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Good Bull BlogPoll - Wrapping up the Regular Season

Much has changed in three months. Top ranked USC to start the year is no more, and unranked Notre Dame sits atop the poll. Take a moment to fancy the inevitable 8-team playoff we'll once be blessed with. Let's dive into the final GBH BlogPoll for 2012.

Jaime Valdez-US PRESSWIRE

Here are the results from the SB Nation BlogPoll populace:

College Football Rankings 2011

Results for Week 14

# School Points/blog SD Delta
1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (42) 24.59 0.88 --
2 Alabama Crimson Tide (11) 23.89 0.82 --
3 Oregon Ducks 21.43 1.88 --
4 Florida Gators (1) 21.20 1.95 Arrow_up 1
5 Kansas St. Wildcats 20.00 1.50 Arrow_up 2
6 Georgia Bulldogs 19.48 2.45 Arrow_down -2
7 Stanford Cardinal 18.38 2.27 Arrow_up 1
8 Ohio St. Buckeyes (2) 18.05 7.51 Arrow_down -2
9 LSU Tigers 17.05 2.14 --
10 Texas A&M Aggies 16.88 2.90 --
11 South Carolina Gamecocks 14.71 1.82 --
12 Oklahoma Sooners 14.36 2.43 --
13 Florida St. Seminoles 13.43 2.14 --
14 Clemson Tigers 11.82 1.39 Arrow_up 1
15 Oregon St. Beavers 9.82 3.19 Arrow_up 1
16 Northern Illinois Huskies 9.68 3.48 Arrow_up 3
17 UCLA Bruins 7.02 2.95 --
18 Utah State Aggies 6.66 3.10 Arrow_up 2
19 Boise St. Broncos 5.09 4.26 Arrow_up 4
20 Louisville Cardinals 4.84 3.31 Arrow_up 7
21 Northwestern Wildcats 4.25 3.42 --
22 Nebraska Cornhuskers 4.00 3.82 Arrow_down -8
23 Michigan Wolverines 3.70 3.07 Arrow_down -1
24 San Jose St. Spartans 3.61 3.11 Arrow_up 2
25 Kent St. Golden Flashes 2.84 3.23 Arrow_down -7
Others Receiving Votes: Wisconsin Badgers | Texas Longhorns | Vanderbilt Commodores | Penn St. Nittany Lions | Baylor Bears | Fresno St. Bulldogs | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | Ball St. Cardinals | Arkansas St. Red Wolves | Cincinnati Bearcats | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | San Diego St. Aztecs | Mississippi St. Bulldogs | Toledo Rockets | Arizona St. Sun Devils | TCU Horned Frogs | North Carolina Tar Heels | USC Trojans | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | Arizona Wildcats | Central Florida Knights | West Virginia Mountaineers
Updated: Dec 4, 2012 9:30 AM EST

And here is my ballot:

Some words:

  • First, an apology. I submitted my BlogPoll and erroneously dropped Stanford two slots. It was not intentional. I guess I was drunk on SEC 'shine.
  • I probably should have dropped Nebraska more. They are going to get drilled by that Georgia offense in Orlando.
  • Not much else changed in my poll. I think we have a pretty good read on these teams and what they're about.
  • The SEC is absurdly heavy at the top. Humpty Dumpty style.
  • I'll leave you with a question - if Vegas favors the Tide over the Irish, and YOU think the Tide will beat the Irish, shouldn't you just rank Alabama No. 1 right now? This is the puzzling, arbitrary, subjective nature of polling.
Per usual, I welcome your beefs and agreements in the comments.