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CGB Top-25 Week 3 Results

First poll results after a Cal week and... surprisingly we didn't see a drop off in voters!

1Ohio State (5)--
2Alabama (10)--
3Oregon (2)--
4Nebraska 2
5Boise State--
6TCU 2
7Oklahoma--
8Texas 1
9Arizona 8
10Utah 2
11Florida 1
12Arkansas 1
13LSU 2
14Wisconsin 3
15South Carolina 5
16Stanford 8
17Iowa 9
18Miami (Fla.) 2
19Southern California 1
20Nevada (2) 15
21Auburn 4
22Penn State 3
23Oregon State 2
24Michigan 2
25Georgia Tech 2

Others receiving votes:
West Virginia, California, Air Force, Oklahoma State, Michigan State, Temple, Florida State, Clemson, Missouri, North Carolina State, Virginia, Kansas State, Fresno State, Virginia Tech, Arizona State

Dropped out this week:
California

Biggest Difference from AP Poll:
Georgia Tech +10, Nevada +7, Arizona +5, Michigan State -5, Auburn -4, West Virginia -4


Naturally Cal drops out (but not completely!) while Nevada flies up the poll (including two first place votes) after a Cal loss to Nevada. We continue to be bullish on Arizona who is now considered a top-10 team. However the top 5 didn't change much other than Nebraska usurping TCU's spot. South Carolina and Stanfurd round up the other top-gainers while Iowa and Wisconsin lose ground. I find it funny that Wisconsin got dinged for barely beating ASU, yet ASU only gained a single vote.


The Biggest Sunshine Pumper Award goes to...

... TwistNHook who voted for Cal as #12!

This award was presented to the user(s) who loved Cal the most out of everyone who voted this week and had copious amounts of sunshine pumping

What the hell Twist? Others who voted for Cal include 4EverGolden (25), Calbear2007 (25), Missing Barry (24), oskisunbear (25) and BeastMode (22).


The OMG Cal Sux Award goes to...

... Ursa Major, Rated-R Superstar, drub12, atomsareenough, sacman701, coolingfan, fake_royrules22, racsan, planetxerox, Berkelium97, Norcalnick, Ohio Bear, and royrules22, all of whom did not vote for Cal!

This award was presented to the user(s) who held a glass half-empty look at Cal

The rest of us weren't so impressed. Hey look another Kapernick TD! Damn it.


The Five Most Confusing Teams Were...
  1. Nevada
  2. Georgia Tech
  3. Southern California
  4. Penn State
  5. Oregon State

Most people had the most trouble figuring out where these five teams belonged. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only.

Nevada ranged from being ranked as #1 to the top-10s, to mid twenties to not being voted at all. Georgia Tech is another really weird team.


The Five Least Confusing Teams Were...
  1. Alabama
  2. Ohio State
  3. Oregon
  4. Utah
  5. Oklahoma

Most people were generally on the same page when it came to these teams. This list is limited to teams that are in the top-25 only otherwise all the crappy teams would top this list.

Hey look it's the top-3!


The Five Most Divergent Voters Were...
  1. Missing Barry
  2. planetxerox
  3. Ursa Major
  4. Norcalnick
  5. BeastMode

This avard was given to the five voters whose poll differed most from the overall Top 25.

Missing Barry takes his usual spot as the most divergent with votes for Nevada (#1), Alabama (UNR), Michigan (15), Temple (20), Clemson (22), Virginia (23) and Furd (25). What the hell? You know I honestly thought 4EverGolden would be on this list with his vote for Nevada at #1 but it looks like he barely missed out because he was barely beaten out by planetxerox (Florida 4, Furd 10, etc), Ursa Major (ASU 25, Kansas St 24, NC St 23, Florida 20, etc) and others.


The Five Least Divergent Voters Were...
  1. fake_royrules22
  2. Ohio Bear
  3. royrules22
  4. racsan
  5. drub12

This avard was given to the five voters whose poll differed the least from the overall Top 25.

Ok who is this fake?! He was remarkably similar to the poll results. In the top-5/6 he only had TCU, Nebraska and Boise flipped. His biggest different was probably voting for Virginia Tech at 25.

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royrules i love these they are so awesome, its cool to see everyone vote

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by 4Ever Golden on Sep 22, 2010 11:07 PM PDT reply actions  

I tried hard to stick to what teams had actually done. To first order, I ignored (or tried to) a team’s reputation. That is, I focused on who teams had actually beaten this season. In that, the reputation/expectations for the losing team was impossible not to factor in. That is how I wound up with Kansas State ranked, since they have beaten two teams from BCS conferences, even though I don’t think they’ll be good. That said, I am not sure that all of my choices make sense, but I can only spend so much time on the ballot.

by Ursa Major on Sep 23, 2010 12:26 AM PDT reply actions  

Whoa, I’m not a usual divergent voter, this is the first time I’ve been divergent yet! I decided next week I’m going to start implementing my real voting strategy, so I just had fun with it this week. Ranked Cal at 24 so I could rank Stanford at 25. Dropped all SEC teams from the rankings (except maybe Florida). Dropped Texas out (the usual). We’ll see how my voting strategy does next week when I implement it.

by Missing Barry on Sep 24, 2010 8:56 AM PDT reply actions  

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