Wide Right & Natty Lite Ballot - Week 5

Rank	Team	Delta
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	--
2	Oregon Ducks	--
3	Florida St. Seminoles	1
4	LSU Tigers	-1
5	Georgia Bulldogs	--
6	Kansas St. Wildcats	--
7	West Virginia Mountaineers	--
8	Texas Longhorns	1
9	South Carolina Gamecocks	1
10	Ohio St. Buckeyes	4
11	Florida Gators	2
12	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	--
13	Stanford Cardinal	-5
14	USC Trojans	-3
15	TCU Horned Frogs	--
16	Oregon St. Beavers	3
17	Louisville Cardinals	1
18	Clemson Tigers	-2
19	Oklahoma Sooners	-2
20	Washington Huskies	--
21	Mississippi St. Bulldogs	--
22	Northwestern Wildcats	1
23	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	1
24	Texas Tech Red Raiders	--
25	Nebraska Cornhuskers	--
Dropouts: Michigan St. Spartans, Ohio Bobcats, Iowa St. Cyclones

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It's getting harder and harder to keep this ballot consistent while rewarding teams for big wins or staying undefeated. It's hard to rationalize USC falling 3 spots for being idle, but with Stanford's loss and the need to keep the Trojans below the Cardinal, it was the only solution. Same goes for Clemson and Oklahoma dropping 2 spots to give way to Oregon State and Louisville's undefeated records. Any thoughts on how to solve this logjam would be very welcome.

Not too much changes at the top of the Big 12, where the league looks as wide open as ever. West Virginia's offense looks like they can put up 200 on Savannah State, but for as dominant as Geno Smith and the offense looks, their defense has been equally unimpressive. Texas had to rally to win at Oklahoma State, with their defense being challenged. Kansas State was idle. The one major change, of course, was having to drop the Cyclones off my ballot while Texas Tech makes its first appearance at #24.