Just to call attention to an interesting fact as we move today toward Rivals’ selection of their #6 team, here’s how the Top Six looked back on 8/1, the last time I took a snapshot of the vote count after 19 had voted:
Which teams will make Rivals Top Ten?
This poll will close on 08-11-2011 at 10:00 AM
6 Boise State 17 89.47%
5 Alabama 16 84.21%
3 Oregon 15 78.95%
8 LSU 15 78.95%
10 Oklahoma 14 73.68%
2 Stanford 13 68.42%
14 Florida State 8 42.11% (8)
27 Nebraska 8 42.11% (9)
4 TCU 7 36.84% (15)
7 Ohio State 7 36.84% (16)
25 South Carolina 7 36.84% (17)
9 Arkansas 6 31.58% (14)
12 Wisconsin 6 31.58% (7)
19 Notre Dame 5 26.32% (13)
24 Florida 4 21.05% (21)
11 Oklahoma State 3 15.79% (11)
36 West Virginia 3 15.79% (24)
64 Texas 3 15.79% (22)
13 Virginia Tech 2 10.53% (12)
20 Texas A&M 2 10.53% (10)
22 Southern California 2 10.53% (19)
26 Utah 2 10.53% (26)
31 Michigan State 2 10.53% (18)
45 BYU 2 10.53% (25)
54 Georgia 2 10.53% (27)
40 Miami-Florida 1 5.26% (28)
50 Penn State 1 5.26% (23)
23 Arizona State 0 0% (20)
*** OTHER *** 1 5.26%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 19
Regardless of how we looked before now, this seems prophetic to me. We did well as a group of 19, I’d say.
Just goes to substantiate that old maxim: In numbers there is quantity.