<!-- SB Nation BlogPoll Top 25 Ballot -->The Purple Wimple is a voter in this year's SBNation BlogPoll (formerly MoGoBlog's blogpoll) and here's my ballot for the pre-season poll.
The Purple Wimple Ballot - Week 1
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | -- |
| 2 | Boise St. Broncos | -- |
| 3 | Virginia Tech Hokies | -- |
| 4 | TCU Horned Frogs | -- |
| 5 | Oregon Ducks | -- |
| 6 | Alabama Crimson Tide | -- |
| 7 | Iowa Hawkeyes | -- |
| 8 | Oklahoma Sooners | -- |
| 9 | Texas Longhorns | -- |
| 10 | Utah Utes | -- |
| 11 | Houston Cougars | -- |
| 12 | Florida Gators | -- |
| 13 | Pittsburgh Panthers | -- |
| 14 | Wisconsin Badgers | -- |
| 15 | Texas A&M Aggies | -- |
| 16 | Oregon St. Beavers | -- |
| 17 | Miami Hurricanes | -- |
| 18 | Florida St. Seminoles | -- |
| 19 | Temple Owls | -- |
| 20 | California Golden Bears | -- |
| 21 | Missouri Tigers | -- |
| 22 | Arkansas Razorbacks | -- |
| 23 | Stanford Cardinal | -- |
| 24 | Air Force Falcons | -- |
| 25 | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | -- |
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I submit to you that pre-season polls are an exercise in absurdity, so hold your fire if you think your team deserves a higher spot on my ballot, or if it didn't appear at all. (Auburn? Georgia? Nevada? West Virginia? Connecticut? Nebraska? Chill out. Really.) Nobody has played anybody yet, and so any team with a pulse has as much a case as yours for a better ranking.
Here at the Purple Wimple, resume polling is the order of the day. So when teams begin to accumulate a resume, my ballot will change immensely and immediately. Look forward to it-- it's kind of a wild ride.