Wednesday, October 15, 2008

CBS Sports Blog Poll Goes With The Longhorns #1


The bloggers agree with the major media polls that the Texas Longhorns should be the #1 team in the country. After losing 45-35 to the Longhorns Saturday, the previously top ranked Oklahoma Sooners dropped to #5 which is one spot ahead of the Coaches Poll and a spot behind the AP.

Afer getting blown out by Florida the bloggers drop LSU to #15 which is one spot behind the coahes and two spots behind the AP. The Missouri Tigers, another loser on Saturday, wasdropped to #11 by the bloggers which is on par with the AP and two spots ahead of the coaches.

CBSSports.com BlogPoll Top 25

No.SchoolPoints per blogStandard DeviationDelta
1Texas24.60.53
2Alabama24.20.80
3Penn State23.10.73
4Florida19.92.38
5Oklahoma19.63.1-4
6Oklahoma State19.52.610
7Southern California19.02.60
8Texas Tech17.83.20
9Georgia16.13.31
10Brigham Young14.54.7-1
11Missouri14.43.0-8
12Utah14.03.11
13Ohio State13.42.71
14Boise State11.73.51
15LSU11.64.7-10
16Virginia Tech8.83.61
17Kansas7.84.01
18Michigan State7.53.22
19North Carolina7.43.12
20Wake Forest5.72.92
21South Florida5.23.7-2
22California4.54.32
23Ball State3.53.72
24Vanderbilt2.72.6-13
25Tulsa2.13.51
Others Receiving Votes: Pittsburgh (2.0); Georgia Tech (1.4); TCU (1.1); Minnesota (0.8); Florida State (0.5); Cincinnati (0.2); Connecticut (0.2); Boston College (0.1); South Carolina (0.1); Oregon (0.1); Northwestern (0.1); Western Michigan (0.0)