BlogPoll Calling: Week Five Ballot SUBMITTED

Still hasn’t beaten a team with a winning record, have they? (As of today.) Whereas Bama has that win over a top 10 team. So I’d still feel comfortable having the Tide at #1 over them. However, if Florida goes on the road to LSU and handles them easily, that may have to change, particularly depending on how the Bama-Ole Miss game goes.

I’d have Penn State lower perhaps. Who have they beaten?

Or did kentucky just play well? That td pass against arenas was simply right on the money, for example. Opposing teams sometimes execute well themselves. Leave off the doom and gloom and give KY some credit. And how many teams can score Tds when starting from their own 3 yd line?

that logjam at 4-7 is the lols. I watched in person as VT struggled with a terrible duke squad. Then watched the lsu/georgia slap fight on tv later. i mean you have to do something with these guys, and i understand not dropping them until the lose. But I’d be shocked if lsu is in the top ten come January. VT maybe, cause their in the acc. But I’d take a number of lower ranked teams on a neutral filed against all four 4-7 teams.

And, thought it pains me to say it – i think you’ll find you have auburn ranked much lower than most others. World beaters they aren’t, but i think you could make a case for putting them above some of the other one loss teams.

… you need to have Auburn higher, probably even a good bit higher.

I know they still haven’t really played a really good team to date, but so what? Look at the remainder of their schedule, they aren’t going to play but about one really good team at all. Arkansas isn’t great, both Ole Miss and LSU have really struggled, and Georgia will have its worst team since 2001. Say what you will, but Auburn is going to have a pretty dang good chance of winning those games, and they’ll also pick up wins over Kentucky and Furman. If you’re waiting on them to finally face a really good team, you’re going to be waiting for the Iron Bowl.

They’re 5-0 right now, and with the way Auburn has played with the way that Arkansas / LSU / Ole Miss / Georgia have played, I think it’s reasonable to assume that they can split those games. If LSU needs miracles to get by MSU and Georgia, Auburn can beat them. Likewise with Ole Miss getting spanked by South Carolina, etc.

I think we get by them, but they beat Kentucky and Furman, and this is a team that ends up with 9 or 10 wins right now.

Again, I know it’s not a popular opinion most likely, but they do deserve to be higher. You cannot just sit around and say "They haven’t played anyone!!!" because while that’s true, the overwhelming majority of the remainder of their schedule has struggled a good bit this year, so they aren’t going to face anyone. I’d at least have them in the top 15.

I wouldnt have auburn anywhere higher than 15th and thats just because they are undefeated. Their schedule has been terribly easy and the defense has been atrocious. Crompton actually looked semi-competent against them and they gave up 30 points to ball state, (0-5). There is also noway tennessee should have 400 yards of offense on a sec defense. Auburn earns a ranking by being undefeated but has to beat someone to earn a higher one.