All good things must come to an end, and so it is with our last regular season rankings. Although we lost one more balloteer, (NOTE: see update) at least we outlasted Hal Mumme’s career at New Mexico State.
MUMME POLL – WEEK 15 RANKINGS
T1. Florida (37)
T1. Oklahoma (37)
T1. Texas (37)
4. Alabama (36)
5. Southern Cal (26)
6. Penn State (6)
7. Utah (4)
8. Texas Tech (2)
9. Ohio State
10. Boise State
11. Oklahoma State
12. TCU
13. Georgia Tech
14. Cincinnati
15. Virginia Tech
16. Oregon
17. Mississippi
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COMMENTS:
- There’s something very satisfying about dodging the whole Texas-Oklahoma debate.
- For the first time all year, every team receiving top five consideration appeared on all of our ballots.
- Ohio State finished out on all of the ballots, but with no top five support.
- Even though neither played this past week, Georgia Tech got considerably more love from us and TCU received less. I have no idea why.
- We sure respect ‘Bama, don’t we?
- There’s a very clear consensus on the top ten teams, again. Boise State was only left off three ballots.
- Blog posts about the Mumme Poll can be found at: The Hobnail Boot; Picture Me Rollin; Runaround Sue’s; Thinking Bulldog; A Bulldog in Exile; Hunker Down Dawg.
Finally, an administrative note or two. Just to answer a few questions I received this week, yes, I intend to have a final ballot after all the bowl games are played. I’ll have a post up soon on that. I also will have a post up looking back on how this worked and asking for your comments and suggestions about how you thought it went and how it could be improved.
I had a blast doing this, and judging from many of the e-mails I’ve received, those who participated had fun, too. Thanks to all of you who voted.
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UPDATE: For some inexplicable reason, one voter’s ballot didn’t show up in my e-mail box at the time it was sent. The final ballot has been amended to reflect his vote.