BlogPoll: Huskers Out of Top 20 On My Ballot

Call it a reaction to losing at home to a team like Northwestern, but top 20 teams shouldn't lose like that. So I penalize the Huskers down to #21.  Not sure that's correct, because I think Nebraska is better than a lot of those teams ahead of them...but it probably depends on which Nebraska team shows up.  When I moved Nebraska into the Top Ten, I did it under the assumption the defense was back on track.  Well, that wasn't the case last week... so down they go...

Husker Mike's Blasphemy Ballot - Week 11

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Oklahoma St. Cowboys	2
2	Stanford Cardinal	2
3	LSU Tigers	-2
4	Boise St. Broncos	1
5	Alabama Crimson Tide	-3
6	Oregon Ducks	--
7	Oklahoma Sooners	--
8	Arkansas Razorbacks	1
9	Virginia Tech Hokies	2
10	Clemson Tigers	2
11	Wisconsin Badgers	3
12	Michigan St. Spartans	1
13	Penn St. Nittany Lions	3
14	South Carolina Gamecocks	-4
15	Houston Cougars	2
16	Georgia Bulldogs	4
17	Auburn Tigers	4
18	USC Trojans	5
19	Texas Longhorns	5
20	Southern Miss. Golden Eagles	--
21	Nebraska Cornhuskers	-13
22	Washington Huskies	-3
23	Ohio St. Buckeyes	2
24	Kansas St. Wildcats	-2
25	Cincinnati Bearcats	--
Dropouts: Michigan Wolverines, Arizona St. Sun Devils

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Moving Oklahoma State up to #1 is more a response to the defensive struggle in the Esssss--Eeee-Ceee than what the Cowboys did. Yes, those were two great defenses...but c'mon...it's not like other teams hadn't scored touchdowns against either defense all season. So to counteract the Essss-EEEEE-Ceee bias some will show, I'm dropping both teams for now.  Call it irrational, but those were two lousy offenses out there.

In this wee are Southern Miss and Cincinnati; out go the Weasels and Arizona State for obvious reasons.