Who Needs A Blogpoll Week Nine: Survive And Advance

Every season there is a week where contenders struggle against overmatched competition, usually as they prepare for rivals or meaningful conference games Week Nine was just such a week, although the national landscape did not significantly change as Clemson, Stanford and Notre Dame all survived ugly efforts. This week should be a good one, though, as we have several wonderful games that start to narrow the playoff picture: Oklahoma State-TCU, Clemson-FSU, and Alabama-LSU among them.

Here is this week's Who Needs A Blogpoll. It is fairly self-explanatory, although I did generally dock the PAC12 for being an overvalued butt-like substance all season and promoted the Big Ten somewhat, because I suspect the top third is a little better than people give them credit for.

As usual, I don't think the B12 is actually worth a damn.

Dropped Out: Duke Blue Devils, Temple Owls, Pittsburgh Panthers

Also considered: Temple Owls