Below lie the fruits of our labor – Jason Collette and I worked out our Top 25 on the podcast, here is the final version of our combination of resume’ voting with some gut-level feelings of inspiration.

PS – seems that the curator of the Blogpoll appreciates our objectivity while busting chops about the lack of “swing”. Much love back regardless. I might counter that we don’t swing much because we get ahead of pretenders that do not belong in the Top 25 discussion. That being said, lots of swing this week!

Fantasy College Blitz Ballot – Week 4

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	–
2	Oklahoma Sooners	–
3	LSU Tigers	1
4	Boise St. Broncos	-1
5	Wisconsin Badgers	–
6	Stanford Cardinal	–
7	Oklahoma St. Cowboys	1
8	Texas A&M Aggies	1
9	Oregon Ducks	2
10	Nebraska Cornhuskers	3
11	Virginia Tech Hokies	1
12	Florida St. Seminoles	-5
13	Arkansas Razorbacks	1
14	South Carolina Gamecocks	-4
15	Florida Gators	–
16	Baylor Bears	–
17	TCU Horned Frogs	2
18	West Virginia Mountaineers	-1
19	South Florida Bulls	–
20	Texas Longhorns	–
21	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	–
22	Clemson Tigers	–
23	Illinois Fighting Illini	–
24	Houston Cougars	-4
25	Ohio Bobcats	-3
Dropouts: Ohio St. Buckeyes, Mississippi St. Bulldogs, Utah Utes (sorry), Michigan St. Spartans, Arizona St. Sun Devils, Auburn Tigers, Missouri Tigers

SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings »

Vince Mullins and Jason Collette targeted this week to get serious with our Top 25. After all, there just have not been enough data points of games and “opponents of opponents” to get a feel for the realtive strength of one program to another.

We agree that five teams can claim the number one spot in college football, there are a few zombie 3-0 teams for whom we wait for implosion, and finally we carry the torch to promote the Ohio Bobcats for Top 25 inclusion.

Jason Collette of Rotowire/DRaysBay and I agree – this whole ranking thing is kind of silly in September. Heck, the lack of evidence on the field is the main reason I don’t run the BlitzIndex defense rankings until three games are on the books, so why not  wait to identify the top quintile of college football?

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Preseason polls have more political weight than anything – in the absence of games to judge one is left with speculation at best, blatant homerism and “analyst inertia” from last year at worst.

But that is on a high national level – you know we at Fantasy College Blitz have already projected out the statistical performances of almost 1000 college football players this year, so how will that translate onto the fields of reality?

Bias disclosed: My orange army of Florida Gators, Oklahoma State Cowboys and Boise State Broncos and promoting deserving non-AQ football programs when they deserve it. Jason’s love for Central Florida Knights stands out even among our already heavily-Knightro’d office.

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