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SBNation Blogpoll Week 9 Ballot

Here's my intial Week 9 ballot for the BlogPoll; remember, I'm a resume voter, comparing bodies of work. These are becoming significant; notes follow the ballot, below the break.

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Rank Team Delta
1 Auburn Tigers Arrow_up 3
2 Boise St. Broncos Arrow_down -1
3 TCU Horned Frogs Arrow_up 2
4 Oregon Ducks Arrow_down -1
5 Michigan St. Spartans Arrow_up 1
6 Wisconsin Badgers Arrow_up 7
7 Missouri Tigers Arrow_up 1
8 Utah Utes Arrow_down -1
9 Alabama Crimson Tide Arrow_up 3
10 Oklahoma Sooners Arrow_down -8
11 Stanford Cardinal --
12 Florida Gators --
13 LSU Tigers Arrow_down -3
14 Ohio St. Buckeyes Arrow_up 3
15 Arizona Wildcats Arrow_up 1
16 USC Trojans Arrow_up 2
17 Virginia Tech Hokies Arrow_up 3
18 Nebraska Cornhuskers --
19 Oklahoma St. Cowboys Arrow_down -10
20 Nevada Wolf Pack --
21 Iowa Hawkeyes Arrow_down -6
22 South Carolina Gamecocks Arrow_up 1
23 Miami Hurricanes --
24 Arkansas Razorbacks Arrow_down -3
25 San Diego St. Aztecs --
Dropouts: Florida St. Seminoles, Texas Longhorns, Mississippi St. Bulldogs, West Virginia Mountaineers

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First, the ritual reading of the Three Rules: Rule #1: I make exceptions to all of the following rules, as I see fit, except for Rule #2. Rule #2: for at least one week, the winner of a game must outrank the loser of the same game. Rule #3A: We cannot measure a team’s quality until it beats a quality opponent. Rule #3B: Beating a 2A team is usually a meaningless exercise.

Alright: I'm on the Cam Newton bandwagon. Wow. Big time players play big time in big games, and to date, Newton's biggest came was Saturday, and he was sensational. The Iron Bowl is growing in significance each time this man carries the ball.

About Oregon, which I moved below TCU, knowing that this will draw ire from BlogPoll watchers. This is the body of work beginning to hurt the Ducks, who have exactly one high quality win to date-- Stanford. Beating UCLA at home is an OK win, and after that the Ducks have gobbled up a bunch of creampuffs. Honestly, I might demote Oregon further, upon comparing its resume with that of Michigan State (Wisconsin > Stanford) and Wisconsin (which has two very high quality wins, but one loss).

I keep Nevada and San Diego State in my ballot this week, for different reasons. Nevada is my lowest ranked one-loss team, and its wins over Cal, BYU, and Colorado State are widely underrated, in my opinion. Its loss to Hawaii is increasingly forgivable. San Diego State, on the other hand, is still two admitted bad referee mistakes away from a perfect record, and its near-miss at Missouri looks better by the week.