[ColoradoTree]

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Wilner ranking. He's getting a lot of grief for being the only voter to rank 'Bama #1.

In case you're interested, Stanford's opponents average 3.6 wins. He's pegged us #7, ahead of ND.

As I've said elsewhere on this board, I always like how Wilner takes the time to justify his ballot, which most other AP voters really don't do.  And I also like how willing he is to move teams depending on other results.  By his own rationale, Alabama might be the #1 resume this week, but likely won't be next week.  I'm not surprised by this ranking this week, but I'd be very surprised if he keeps Alabama there over the next few weeks, as the Big 12 sorts itself out, we get Michigan State-Ohio State and Michigan-Ohio State, Clemson-FSU, and some big Pac-12 games as well.  Because his ballot is so volatile, I wouldn't be surprised to see Alabama outside his Top 4 at the end of the season even if they win out. 

[ColoradoTree]

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegespor...schedules/

Wilner ranking. He's getting a lot of grief for being the only voter to rank 'Bama #1.

In case you're interested, Stanford's opponents average 3.6 wins. He's pegged us #7, ahead of ND.

As I've said elsewhere on this board, I always like how Wilner takes the time to justify his ballot, which most other AP voters really don't do.  And I also like how willing he is to move teams depending on other results.  By his own rationale, Alabama might be the #1 resume this week, but likely won't be next week.  I'm not surprised by this ranking this week, but I'd be very surprised if he keeps Alabama there over the next few weeks, as the Big 12 sorts itself out, we get Michigan State-Ohio State and Michigan-Ohio State, Clemson-FSU, and some big Pac-12 games as well.  Because his ballot is so volatile, I wouldn't be surprised to see Alabama outside his Top 4 at the end of the season even if they win out.