Several of the Insiders here at Sports Talk Florida have joined forces to put together their own poll. The concept is simple; you get 25 points for being #1, 24 for #2, etc…
There are currently seven voters – Andrew Melnick, Charlie Bernstein, Carson Ingle, David Botello, Gerardo Gonzalez, Eric Lopez and Mike Tuck.
1. Alabama (6) – 174
2. LSU (1) – 167
3. Oregon – 158
4. Florida State – 151
5. West Virginia – 134
6. Georgia – 131
7. South Carolina – 129
8. Oklahoma – 128
9. Clemson – 125
10. Notre Dame – 108
11. Stanford – 101
12. Florida – 94
13. Ohio State – 88
14. Kansas State – 86
15. Southern Cal – 84
16. Texas – 81
17. TCU – 55
18. Louisville – 53
19. UCLA – 52
20. Arizona – 46
21. Michigan State – 35
22. Michigan – 34
23. Nebraska – 14
24. Northwestern – 13
24. Mississippi State – 13
In: Nebraska (22), Northwestern (23), Mississippi State (23)
Out: Virginia Tech (14), Tennessee (20), Arizona State (25)
Also Receiving Votes: Oklahoma State (5), Iowa State (5), Cincinnati (4), Ohio (4), Tennessee (3), Rutgers (3), Virginia Tech (2), Baylor (2), Oregon State (2), Missouri (2)
Games To Watch:
Missouri @ South Carolina(7), 3:30 pm EST, CBS
Michigan(22) @ Notre Dame(10), 7:30 pm EST, NBC
Kansas State(14) @ Oklahoma(8), 7:50 pm EST, Fox
Arizona(20) @ Oregon(3), 10:00 pm EST, ESPN
In State:
Kentucky @ Florida(12), 12:21 pm EST, SEC Network
Miami @ Georgia Tech, 3:00 pm EST, ESPN3
South Florida @ Ball State, 4:30 pm EST, ESPN3
Florida Atlantic @ Alabama(1), 5:00 pm EST, ESPN3
Louisville (18) at Florida International, 7:00 pm EST, ESPN3
Clemson(9) @ Florida State(4), 8:00 pm EST, ABC
Central Florida has a bye. They’ll host Missouri on Saturday, September 29 at noon.
Check back every Monday for the latest poll.
(Andrew Melnick is the ESPNFlorida.com Magic and NBA Insider, co-host of the ESPN 1080 Insiders Show and publisher of Howard the Dunk. The Insiders Show can be heard Sunday mornings at 10:00 am EST on AM 1080 in Orlando and on ESPNFlorida.com. You can follow Andrew on twitter here.)
