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Three MAC Teams Just Outside BlogPoll Top 25

Toledo, Kent State, Northern Illinois ranked between 26-30

By Phil_Friend
Matt Kartozian-US PRESSWIRE

This week's BlogPoll finds five Mid-American Conference teams - Toledo, Kent State, Northern Illinois, Ohio and Ball State - with votes. The first three are knocking on the door of the top 25.

More following the poll.

College Football Rankings 2011

Results for Week 9

# School Points/blog SD Delta
1 Alabama Crimson Tide (60) 25.04 2.79 --
2 Kansas St. Wildcats (11) 23.75 2.55 Arrow_up 2
3 Oregon Ducks (2) 23.43 2.44 --
4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3) 22.86 2.45 Arrow_up 1
5 LSU Tigers 19.71 0.59 Arrow_up 1
6 Georgia Bulldogs 18.58 0.85 Arrow_up 9
7 Florida Gators 18.54 0.82 Arrow_down -5
8 Ohio St. Buckeyes (1) 18.09 4.93 Arrow_up 1
9 Florida St. Seminoles 17.79 1.45 Arrow_up 2
10 Clemson Tigers 14.53 3.09 Arrow_up 4
11 South Carolina Gamecocks 14.11 1.71 Arrow_up 6
12 Louisville Cardinals 13.83 3.67 Arrow_up 4
13 Oregon St. Beavers 12.67 3.45 Arrow_down -6
14 Oklahoma Sooners 12.63 3.44 Arrow_down -6
15 Stanford Cardinal 10.26 3.46 Arrow_up 4
16 Texas A&M Aggies 10.12 3.31 Arrow_up 5
17 Mississippi St. Bulldogs 8.24 3.72 Arrow_down -5
18 USC Trojans 7.29 3.32 Arrow_down -8
19 Texas Tech Red Raiders 6.79 3.83 Arrow_down -6
20 Boise St. Broncos 5.75 4.17 Arrow_up 3
21 Nebraska Cornhuskers 4.87 3.17 Arrow_up 8
22 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 3.86 3.40 Arrow_up 2
23 West Virginia Mountaineers 2.37 2.58 Arrow_up 2
24 Arizona Wildcats 2.33 3.03 Arrow_up 15
25 UCLA Bruins 2.05 2.96 Arrow_up 15
Others Receiving Votes: Toledo Rockets | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | Kent St. Golden Flashes | Texas Longhorns | Northern Illinois Huskies | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | Northwestern Wildcats | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | Ohio Bobcats | Utah State Aggies | North Carolina Tar Heels | Iowa St. Cyclones | Central Florida Knights | Cincinnati Bearcats | Michigan Wolverines | ULM Warhawks | Arizona St. Sun Devils | Duke Blue Devils | Penn St. Nittany Lions | Ball St. Cardinals
Updated: Oct 30, 2012 8:37 AM EDT

SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Rankings 2011

The MAC is clearly getting tons of love from a number of pollsters as Toledo, Kent State and Northern Illinois are all ranked between 26-30, just outside the top 25.

No. 26 Toledo shows up on 31 ballots, with a No. 13 ranking from One Bronco Nation Under God, a Boise State blog. All other votes are between 18 and 25.

No. 28 Kent State has votes for the third consecutive week, with Corn Nation, a Nebraska blog, ranking the Golden Flashes 13th. They appear on 24 ballots, and also have a vote at 16, 18 and 19.

No. 30 Northern Illinois has votes for the fourth consecutive week, and are as high as No. 12 on One Bronco Nation Under God. The Huskies appear on 10 other ballots, including at No. 17 by The Champaign Room.

Ohio has received votes every week this season, but took a precipitous drop this week, only showing up on five ballots. OBNUG has the Bobcats 14th.

Ball State has votes for the fifth week out of six, with OBNUG placing the Cardinals 25th.

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