Wake up call: Preseason Blogpoll
The preseason Blogpoll came out yesterday, and surprise surprise the Demon Deacons ended up exactly where they did in those other two polls that clearly don't matter as much as this one. Complete poll data is available here, Brian does some pretty interesting analysis with it.
| Rank | Team | PPB | StdDev | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia (24) | 23.3 | 1.6 |  25 |
| 2 | Ohio State (17) | 22.9 | 2.0 | 24 |
| 3 | Southern Cal (15) | 22.9 | 3.0 | 23 |
| 4 | Oklahoma (6) | 22.0 | 1.8 | 22 |
| 5 | Florida (14) | 21.9 | 2.0 | 21 |
| 6 | Missouri | 19.0 | 3.2 | 20 |
| 7 | LSU (2) | 17.8 | 3.0 | 19 |
| 8 | Clemson | 16.8 | 3.5 | 18 |
| 9 | West Virginia | 16.1 | 4.5 | 17 |
| 10 | Auburn | 14.8 | 4.4 | 16 |
| 11 | Texas | 14.8 | 3.3 | 15 |
| 12 | Texas Tech | 12.5 | 4.3 | 14 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 11.9 | 4.2 | 13 |
| 14 | Virginia Tech | 9.4 | 4.5 | 12 |
| 15 | Kansas | 9.0 | 4.9 | 11 |
| 16 | Arizona State | 8.6 | 3.9 | 10 |
| 17 | Tennessee | 8.2 | 4.0 | 9 |
| 18 | Oregon | 8.1 | 5.0 | 8 |
| 19 | South Florida | 8.0 | 5.1 | 7 |
| 20 | Brigham Young | 7.4 | 4.4 | 6 |
| 21 | Penn State | 6.9 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 22 | Illinois | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 23 | Wake Forest | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3 |
| 24 | Alabama | 1.6 | 3.0 | 2 |
| 25 | Utah | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1 |
Total Ballots: 78
Votes by blog here, votes by team here.
My ballot did come in fourth for the Coulter/Krugman award which goes to the voter who's ranking of his own team is farthest above the poll average. I'm okay with that, ultimately becuase I don't think my ranking of Wake is really all that unreasonable. I suppose you could say that makes me numb to the reailties of how things are, or maybe just stubborn, but at this point in a preseason poll I think you're allowed to have your own crazy opinions. Hopefully what happens on the field will only confirm what I already think I know.
On to other things...
I'm hoping to get out to practice myself this afternoon, although I'm not 100% sure if that will actually happen or not. Sorry for not having anything yesterday, I was driving all day. Dan Collins reported that Riley Skinner and Jordan Williams both practiced yesterday, which is great news.
I've got a busy day ahead, but look for something on practice later tonight.
