I will crosspost this to lemmy.world, only fill out one ballot please. Week 0 is in the books, let’s see how this shakes up our polling. As previously discussed I will be posting the results on Wednesday of each week. Mods is there an appetite to make the results reflected in the banner?
Here’s my breakdown with a comparison.
I was really impressed with Hartman at ND so they got a big bump. I thought they’d be good, but I didn’t anticipate how good they’d look on offense with Hartman.
I don’t know why I expected SoCal to be better on defense. The offense looks to be fine, but you really can’t just count on outscoring every team every week. so they dropped a good bit.
I’ll try to avoid poll inertia as we move into week one, so I’d expect my ballot to rapidly change week-to-week.
| Rk | Week 0 | Week 1 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | Georgia | |
| 2 | Michigan | Michigan | |
| 3 | Ohio State | Ohio State | |
| 4 | Alabama | Alabama | |
| 5 | Penn State | Penn State | |
| 6 | Washington | Washington | |
| 7 | SoCal | LSU | 1 |
| 8 | LSU | Oregon | 1 |
| 9 | Oregon | Notre Dame | 7 |
| 10 | TCU | TCU | |
| 11 | Utah | Utah | |
| 12 | Tennessee | SoCal | -5 |
| 13 | clemson | Tennessee | -1 |
| 14 | Florida State | clemson | -1 |
| 15 | Texas | Florida State | -1 |
| 16 | Notre Dame | Texas | -1 |
| 17 | Kansas State | Kansas State | |
| 18 | Tulane | Tulane | |
| 19 | Oregon State | Oregon State | |
| 20 | South Carolina | South Carolina | |
| 21 | Duke | Duke | |
| 22 | Boise State | Boise State | |
| 23 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State | |
| 24 | Texas Tech | Texas Tech | |
| 25 | North Carolina | North Carolina |
I still think SoCal is going to be good. I think they’d beat Tennessee based on what I’ve seen.
We’ll see what both teams look like next week
I don’t know why I expected SoCal to be better on defense
I can’t believe Alex Grinch keeps getting away with it. How many times does he have to teach us that his defenses are not to be trusted? Still, dropping 5 spots after a week 0 game is extreme, but I respect the willingness to ditch poll inertia.
