UPDATE: BlogPoll Calling: Week Three Ballot SUBMITTED

• I’d probably rank Georgia somewhere. Beating South Carolina and Arkansas was pretty impressive, and their lone loss on the road to Oklahoma State is a lot more of an impressive loss than many of them teams ranked above them.

• Cal didn’t impress me at all against Minnesota. I imagine USC gets it together and thumps them later on down the road.

• TAMU needed a shootout to beat Utah State, there’s no way they should be ranked. With the schedule they have left, they’re still easily looking at 4-6 losses.

Sure, their “defense” is terrible, but a double digit road win and 2-0 in the conference is decent?

(and I want what they’re smoking). The SID Coaches poll has all 59 first places votes going to Florida. There is not a single person, apparently, who thinks that perhaps someone in Austin or Tuscaloosa or Happy valley is a better team… really? And USC didn’t drop out of the top 10?

and Miami is 9 in the AP poll? really? 9?

Egads.

-I agree with everyone else the UGA has to be ranked somewhere in the top 25. You should be rewarding teams who play tough schedules to start the season.

-There is actually a legitimate argument that Auburn should be ranked somewhere as well. They have a conference win and another win over West Virginia. It may not seem extremely impressive, but it is a lot better than some of the other teams.

-Conversely, North Carolina, Texas Tech, Kansas, and Texas A&M have beaten no one. I suppose the best argument could be made for Texas Tech, as they played a competitive game on the road against Texas. I would still argue that both Auburn and UGA have done much more than any of these three teams.

-Also, not sure what to make of Cal. On one hand you really have to discount the opening blowout of Maryland, as Maryland lost to Middle Tennessee State and was taken to over time by James Madison. I do think the win on the road at Minnesota was a fairly quality win. The first two TDs that Minnesota got were ones due to great field position, and Minnesota only had 270 total yards.

-Greg Reid is a monster. Alabama has not missed on many recruits, but I wish Greg Reid would have followed his heart and went to Alabama.

Boise St #7 ?!?!!?! I can’t agree with that at all…maybe #15 but hell no they aint the #7 best team right now.

They’ve played nobody and yet whenever I watch them it’s like they know they’ll ultimately win on athleticism and just cruise along playing just well enough to win. Which is fine. They’re 3-0. But, there’s no way in hell they’re a Top 5 team. Gotta put ’em somewhere, but show me something Lions. Do you have a pulse???

They’ve beat no one and played a super sloppy bit of defense at the end in a home game they should’ve won. Georgia’s 2-1 is way more impressive at this point than Nebraska’s.

are weaker at the receiver position than they were last year. USC is really lacking and watching Florida against Tennessee yesterday really gave me a lot of hope because UT was able to shut them down.

Both Ohio State and Washington blanketed the USC receiving corps. Tennessee blanketed UF’s. I don’t care who you have running the ball, it’s hard to run against 8 in the box.

And I’ll say this about Urban Meyer, without Tim Tebow, his offense is not so spectacular (think 2005-2006 Florida). Even with Tebow this year, his offense is nowhere near as dangerous without Percy Harvin and Louis Murphy. They’re still the best out there, but they’re not going to be as hard to defense.