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Blogpoll Week 14

Before you yell and say where is so and so team, please read my polling philosophy and then yell afterwards.

~Two teams stand in the way of the "this game won't count in 2 or 3 years" championship game of Auburn and Oregon. If Oregon loses to Auburn in the title game, then no one wins the title once Cam Newton is ruled ineligible?

~Goodnight sweet Boise State, may you enjoy your home bowl game against someone inconsequential.

~Good night Les Miles, may you enjoy the Cotton bowl.

~Hello Arkansas, may you pull for Auburn strongly as you shall not enjoy the comforts of the Sugar Bowl if Cam Newton does not hoist the SEC trophy.

~Boomer Sooner is back, ready to win the Big 12 and ready to lose to... insert Big East opponent here.

~In my world, Stanford is not ranked 4th and does not get an auto bid.... I'm slightly unsure why they are ranked ahead of Wisconsin, given their marquee win is Arizona who in reality probably should not be ranked. Holding onto that Iowa win for way too long and well the options from 20 on are dreadful.

~I can't rank a MAC team that lost to Illinois and Iowa State. I'm sorry Northern Illinois.

~Instead I rank UConn cause YAY BCS! The Big East is the NFC West of college football, minus Sam Bradford.

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