Blogpoll Top 25 - THIS IS NOT ABOUT CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT

Rank	Team	Delta
1	LSU Tigers	--
2	Alabama Crimson Tide	--
3	Oklahoma Sooners	--
4	Wisconsin Badgers	--
5	Boise St. Broncos	--
6	Stanford Cardinal	2
7	Oklahoma St. Cowboys	--
8	Oregon Ducks	2
9	Clemson Tigers	5
10	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	5
11	Michigan Wolverines	5
12	Arkansas Razorbacks	7
13	Houston Cougars	4
14	West Virginia Mountaineers	6
15	Illinois Fighting Illini	6
16	Arizona St. Sun Devils	6
17	Texas Longhorns	--
18	Michigan St. Spartans	--
19	Kansas St. Wildcats	--
20	Texas Tech Red Raiders	--
21	Washington Huskies	--
22	Cincinnati Bearcats	--
23	Southern Miss. Golden Eagles	--
24	North Carolina Tar Heels	--
25	South Florida Bulls	-13
Dropouts: Nebraska Cornhuskers, Florida Gators, Virginia Tech Hokies, Baylor Bears, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas A&M; Aggies, Temple Owls, South Carolina Gamecocks

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The biggest loser in the poll for this week was clearly one of our own: South Florida. Just when people were starting to get comfortable with them and take notice, they laid yet another egg on Thursday night. The beatdown from Pitt was brutal, but I couldn't see dropping them from the poll altogether. I think they're better than they showed against Pitt, but perhaps not quite as good as we'd hoped early on.
We left the top of the poll alone and will likely continue to do so until someone loses. The top seven or so are better, so much better, than the rest of the country.
Of course we totally expected to have two top ten teams from the ACC in October. And we totally expected them to be Clemson and Georgia Tech. Nevertheless, that's where we are. Clemson's set of wins over Auburn, a depleted FSU team, and Virginia Tech is as good as any other team and well worth a top ten ranking.
The game against Tennessee is beginning to look more and more of the outlier for Cincinnati and so we're happy to include them at 4-1 with a week off to prepare for Louisville. Butch Jones has things going in the right direction right now.
We've not hesitated to move teams up as they win and that certainly applies to Michigan, Illinois, and Arkansas for its miracle comeback against Texas A&M. Speaking of, it was quite easy to dump them after yet another meltdown in the fourth quarter.

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