College Football Rankings, Week 4: BlogPoll Top 25

SB Nation's college football rankings are live for Week 4, and Alabama has a death grip on the BlogPoll Top 25. The Crimson Tide received 89 of 90 first-place votes.

The only other team to receive a vote? The Stanford Cardinal.

SB nation's Iowa Hawkeyes blog, Black Heart Gold Pants, votes strictly by resume. I question whether Stanford's resume is better, but Patrick Vint of BHGP makes a solid argument:

Stanford has played three teams so far this year: San Jose State, Duke, and USC. Those three teams are 6-0 in games against anyone but Stanford. SJSU pounded Colorado State this weekend. Duke has a 20-point win over Florida International, a team that won eight games a year ago. USC, with wins over Hawaii and Syracuse, was supposed to be a contender to the throne. Stanford's three FBS-level opponents are undefeated in non-Stanford games, a perfect 6-0, and nobody else can say that.

That's an interesting fact, and probably a big reason why Stanford shot up to No. 2 in my rankings this week (1/3rd strength of schedule!).

Speaking of my rankings, I gave you guys the chance to break a tie at No. 25 between Rutgers and Purdue in my spreadsheet. After Purdue jumped on top early, Rutgers had a strong showing throughout the evening, eventually taking 64% of the votes. Lots of Scarlet Knights fans read CougCenter, I guess. That boost did not put The State University of New Jersey into the final BlogPoll.

The full rankings are after the jump. To find ballots by voter, click here. To find the votes by team, go here.

Results for Week 3

#	School	Points/blog	SD	Delta
1	Alabama Crimson Tide (89)	24.99	0.10	--
2	LSU Tigers	23.31	1.99	--
3	Oregon Ducks	21.27	4.84	1
4	Georgia Bulldogs	19.89	2.28	1
5	Florida St. Seminoles	19.76	4.46	1
6	Oklahoma Sooners	17.29	5.54	1
7	West Virginia Mountaineers	17.08	5.16	2
8	Stanford Cardinal (1)	17.04	3.67	14
9	South Carolina Gamecocks	16.52	3.78	2
10	Clemson Tigers	16.04	3.12	--
11	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	14.19	4.02	7
12	Texas Longhorns	13.63	3.63	3
13	Florida Gators	12.59	4.60	4
14	Kansas St. Wildcats	12.39	3.53	-2
15	Ohio St. Buckeyes	11.81	4.82	-2
16	USC Trojans	10.50	4.94	-13
17	TCU Horned Frogs	8.52	4.33	-1
18	UCLA Bruins	8.08	3.65	2
19	Louisville Cardinals	7.61	3.46	--
20	Arizona Wildcats	6.54	4.55	3
21	Michigan Wolverines	5.54	4.37	--
22	Michigan St. Spartans	4.59	3.28	-14
23	Northwestern Wildcats	2.59	4.73	11
24	Mississippi St. Bulldogs	2.56	3.61	6
25	Ohio Bobcats	1.97	3.70	--
Others Receiving Votes: Nebraska Cornhuskers | Iowa St. Cyclones | Baylor Bears | Oregon St. Beavers | Boise St. Broncos | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | Texas Tech Red Raiders | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | Virginia Tech Hokies | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | Tennessee Volunteers | Central Florida Knights | Arizona St. Sun Devils | Missouri Tigers | Toledo Rockets | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | Cincinnati Bearcats | Wisconsin Badgers | N.C. State Wolfpack | Texas A&M Aggies | Vanderbilt Commodores | Purdue Boilermakers | Utah Utes | Arkansas Razorbacks | Utah State Aggies | Middle Tenn. St. Blue Raiders | ULM Warhawks | Miami Hurricanes | Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Updated: Sep 18, 2012 9:00 AM EDT

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