College Football Rankings - Week One

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Southern Cal	--
2	LSU	--
3	West Virginia	2
4	Florida	2
5	Texas	2
6	Wisconsin	1
7	California	6
8	Oklahoma	2
9	Virginia Tech	1
10	Louisville	1
11	Ohio State	2
12	Georgia	--
13	Auburn	1
14	Penn State	2
15	Rutgers	2
16	Nebraska	2
17	Tennessee	2
18	UCLA	1
19	Arkansas	1
20	Boise State	2
21	TCU	--
22	Boston College	3
23	Clemson	3
24	Hawaii	--
25	Texas A&M	2

Dropped Out: Michigan (#4).

Now that we all actually got a chance to see everybody play, it's a lot easier to fill out my ballot. There weren't that many changes to my ballot this week, but teams did move around.

The only team to drop out of my rankings is obviously Michigan. If you lose at home to Appalachian State, you don't deserve to be ranked. I don't think it takes a genius to figure that out. Still, I'd like to thank the Wolverines for lessening the sting of Notre Dame's 33-3 loss. I mean, I wasn't expecting the Irish to win much this season anyway, so knowing that Big Blue's season is already over as well is nice.

As for the rest of the movement.

• LSU - LSU didn't look like the #2 team in the country for most of their 45-0 win against Mississippi State, but that just shows you how talented they actually are. They don't play well and still win by 45.
• Texas - I dropped Texas a few spots because, even though they won, they should have beaten Arkansas State a lot worse than 21-13. Another performance like that next week against TCU, and the Longhorns will lose.
• Cal - Cal made the biggest jump in the polls thanks to their win over Tennessee on Saturday night. For any SEC team or coach-Les Miles-who thinks that the Pac-10 doesn't have the same kind of speed the SEC does, I hope they saw DeSean Jackson and the Bears running away from the Vols all night. Don't go giving the Trojans the Pac-10 title just yet.
• Virginia Tech - I knocked the Hokies down a few spots because my fears about Sean Glennon still haven't been answered. Glennon struggled against a good East Carolina defense, and he'll have to face LSU in Baton Rouge next Saturday night. It could get ugly for the Hokies.
• Clemson - Clemson is the only new team on my ballot, thanks to their victory over Florida State Monday night. If they're going to win the ACC though, they'll have to develop more of a passing game. Don't get me wrong, I would just keep giving the ball to James Davis and C.J. Spiller too, but it's not going to work all season. Florida State nearly came back from a 21-point deficit when the Tigers running game came to a halt in the second half.

So what do you think? Any huge disagreements with my ballot? Please feel free to leave your thoughts and opinions in the comments.