Big East in the rankings and my ballot
September, 13, 2010
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Brian Bennett | ESPN.com
West Virginia once again stands as the lone wolf among ranked teams for the Big East.
The Mountaineers are 21st in both major polls and No. 25 in the latest ESPN.com power rankings. Pitt is very close to jumping back into the AP Top 25 and is on my ballot.
Speaking of which, here's how I voted this week:
1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Boise State
4. TCU
5. Oregon
6. Texas
7. Iowa
8. Oklahoma
9. Wisconsin
10. Nebraska
11. Florida
12. South Carolina
13. Utah
14. LSU
15. Michigan
16. USC
17. Arizona
18. Arkansas
19. Auburn
20. Miami
21. Stanford
22. Cal
23.West Virginia
24. Pitt
25. Houston
I dropped WVU a couple of spots after an unimpressive (at least for 54 minutes) showing at Marshall. Meanwhile, I put Pitt back in as I was pretty impressed with how Utah played in Week 2. The Panthers also beat a really strong FCS team in New Hampshire.
No one else from the Big East is really on the Top 25 radar right now. UConn is talented enough to be there, but the Huskies don't get any real statement games to erase that Week 1 blowout at Michigan for a while. They'd have to be incredibly good against Temple, Buffalo and Vanderbilt to get voters' attention. Rutgers is 2-0 but not looking great because of its offense. And Cincinnati would have to beat NC State and Oklahoma back-to-back to get in.
The Mountaineers are 21st in both major polls and No. 25 in the latest ESPN.com power rankings. Pitt is very close to jumping back into the AP Top 25 and is on my ballot.
Speaking of which, here's how I voted this week:
1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Boise State
4. TCU
5. Oregon
6. Texas
7. Iowa
8. Oklahoma
9. Wisconsin
10. Nebraska
11. Florida
12. South Carolina
13. Utah
14. LSU
15. Michigan
16. USC
17. Arizona
18. Arkansas
19. Auburn
20. Miami
21. Stanford
22. Cal
23.West Virginia
24. Pitt
25. Houston
I dropped WVU a couple of spots after an unimpressive (at least for 54 minutes) showing at Marshall. Meanwhile, I put Pitt back in as I was pretty impressed with how Utah played in Week 2. The Panthers also beat a really strong FCS team in New Hampshire.
No one else from the Big East is really on the Top 25 radar right now. UConn is talented enough to be there, but the Huskies don't get any real statement games to erase that Week 1 blowout at Michigan for a while. They'd have to be incredibly good against Temple, Buffalo and Vanderbilt to get voters' attention. Rutgers is 2-0 but not looking great because of its offense. And Cincinnati would have to beat NC State and Oklahoma back-to-back to get in.
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- Joined ESPN.com in 2008
- Wrote for The Courier-Journal
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