Pre-Pre-Pre-Preseason 2012 Blogpoll Ballot
by BoilerTMill on Jan 18, 2012 11:01 AM EST
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PrintIt is way too damn early to rank teams for the 2012 season, but the makers of the blogpoll want to make this thing year-round, so here is your first 2012 preseason blogpoll ballot. Another will be up after signing day, but for now, here is a way too early projection for 2012:
Hammer & Rails Ballot - Week 17
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama Crimson Tide |  2 |
| 2 | LSU Tigers | -- |
| 3 | USC Trojans | -- |
| 4 | Oregon Ducks | -- |
| 5 | Michigan Wolverines | 5 |
| 6 | Wisconsin Badgers | 5 |
| 7 | Arkansas Razorbacks | -- |
| 8 | Oklahoma Sooners | 12 |
| 9 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys |  -8 |
| 10 | Georgia Bulldogs | 9 |
| 11 | Florida St. Seminoles | -- |
| 12 | Kansas St. Wildcats | 4 |
| 13 | South Carolina Gamecocks | -4 |
| 14 | Virginia Tech Hokies | 4 |
| 15 | West Virginia Mountaineers | -- |
| 16 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | -- |
| 17 | Boise St. Broncos | -12 |
| 18 | Stanford Cardinal | -10 |
| 19 | Texas Longhorns | -- |
| 20 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | -- |
| 21 | Michigan St. Spartans | -7 |
| 22 | Clemson Tigers | -5 |
| 23 | Northern Illinois Huskies | -2 |
| 24 | Washington Huskies | -- |
| 25 | Miami Hurricanes | -- |
| Dropouts: Houston Cougars, Baylor Bears, TCU Horned Frogs, Southern Miss. Golden Eagles, Cincinnati Bearcats, Ohio Bobcats, Purdue Boilermakers | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings "
And a few explanations after the Jump:
- Since Alabama is the alleged national champion they get to start at No. 1
- I can't have co.-No. 1's, so LSU starts at No. 2 since they split with Alabama.
- I am contractually obligated to rate Notre Dame 16th, as is every preseason poll. It's in the Magna Carta or something so we can have college football articles of "What's wrong with Notre Dame?" when they inevitably start 2-3. Of course, they'll likely paste Purdue in that start, but that's beside the point.
- Everything else at this point is crap thrown at the wall. I think Miami can be a surprise team because they reminded me a lot of Purdue 2002: a good team that lost a ton of close games.Through dumbe mistakes.
- Finally, there is no Ohio State because like USC the last two years, they are bowl ineligible. As far as I am concerned, that makes them a college football non-entity. As stated before, any bowl ineligible teams will not receive votes. Miami will join them if the NCAA rules them ineligible.
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I can't wait for Alabama vs Michigan
And the part about ND is awesome.
Where are the boilermakers?
You’re not anticipating a breakout season with the dawn a new era in college football? The holy grail of offenses…. the 6 quarterback offense! That’s right bitches, 5 o-linemen, and the rest quarterbacks. Defenses will be some damn confused they’ll probably crap themselves and pass out from brain overload just trying to figure out what’s going on. Just wait and see. Sure, you don’t have to rank us #1, we’ll probably lose one game due to turnovers. How do you turn it over against a defense that’s incapacitated on the field? I don’t know, but if anybody could do it, it would be my Boilermakers. Still, I think a top 10 ranking is in order.
this was the sarcasm I needed to put a smile on my face after a rough morning
thank you
To your call once more we rally....
by BoilerPaulie on Jan 18, 2012 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
Lets not forget...
we ARE the #1 kickoff average return team in the country…
Purdue listed as a drop out? Were we ever in it?
#IUSucks
This is college basketball.
"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."
--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS
I had listed them at No. 25 on my final 2011 ballot
Mostly to show how absurd the polls can be.
A futile crusade to prevent mass ignorance
HammerAndRails, SBNation's Boilermaker Blog
Steve Spurrier used to put Duke as #25 every year in the preseason coaches poll.
In 2007 they had a 20 game losing streak going into the season and he still put them as #25. I think it was pretty awesome personally, since he only did it for one week before the season and it wouldn’t affect anything. I don’t think he does it anymore. Maybe he doesn’t have a vote?
Correction
He would put them at #25 until they lost. Pretty harmless if you ask me. His reasoning was “they hired me twice when I had no job.” At least he was honest.
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