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If this ain't the last nail in the coffin of the off-season, I dunno what is. It's time to re-up the Frogs O' War ballot in the SBNation BlogPoll, pre-season edition.
Only this time, the usual disclaimers are nearly muted; mooted, even. The corral of bloggers here at Frogs O' War are pooling ballots and making an averaged ballot for the whole blog. Purple Wimple's ballot will (always!) abide by The Rule,* but the other voters in the FOW combined ballot probably aren't as persnickity. So with a fond hat tip to Black Hearts Gold Pants, probably Frogs O' War won't make the wildest swing top five every week in the poll analysis.
Another note: pre-season polls are stoopid. These measure hype, bias, carry-over from last year's wins and losses, and little else. </rant>
Frogs O' War Ballot - Week 19
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama Crimson Tide |
 6 |
| 2 | USC Trojans |
 -1 |
| 3 | LSU Tigers |
-1 |
| 4 | Oregon Ducks | -- |
| 5 | Oklahoma Sooners |
-2 |
| 6 | Florida St. Seminoles |
9 |
| 7 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
3 |
| 8 | West Virginia Mountaineers | -- |
| 9 | Wisconsin Badgers |
-3 |
| 10 | Michigan Wolverines |
-1 |
| 11 | Georgia Bulldogs |
-6 |
| 12 | Arkansas Razorbacks |
2 |
| 13 | Texas Longhorns |
11 |
| 14 | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
11 |
| 15 | Michigan St. Spartans |
-3 |
| 16 | TCU Horned Frogs |
-5 |
| 17 | Clemson Tigers |
-1 |
| 18 | Kansas St. Wildcats |
-1 |
| 19 | Stanford Cardinal | -- |
| 20 | Virginia Tech Hokies |
1 |
| 21 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | -- |
| 22 | Utah Utes |
-2 |
| 23 | Boise St. Broncos | -- |
| 24 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |
-6 |
| 25 | BYU Cougars | -- |
| Dropouts: Ohio St. Buckeyes, South Florida Bulls, Florida Gators | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings "
*what's The Rule? Why, it's simple, and maddening: for at least one week, the winner of a game must outrank the loser of the same game. This is how you make on-field results really matter. All that other crap is window dressing.
Analysis: after the jump.
So FOW is on the Alabama train. The Crimson Tide got two first-place votes, and USC got one. (USC and LSU tied in the ballot average, and I used the first-place vote to break the tie.
Speaking of ballots, and my hatred for pre-season ones, I used Paul Myerberg's ranking (as far as it has been revealed) for my ballot. His analysis is as good as anyone's, but even his is just a lot of guessing.