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My Final 2011 College Football Top 25

If I had an AP vote, here is what my ballot would look like after the bowls, with the pre-bowl picks in brackets:

Alabama [2]
Oklahoma State [4]
LSU [1]
USC [5]
Oregon [6]
Stanford [3]
Arkansas [9]
Boise State [9]
South Carolina [11]
Wisconsin [7]
Michigan State [12]
Michigan [14]
TCU [15]
Oklahoma [16]
Baylor [17]
West Virginia [19]
Kansas State [13]
Southern Miss [21]
Houston [23]
Georgia [20]
Virginia Tech [10]
Florida State [24]
Cincinnati [25]
Texas [NR]
BYU [NR]

Dropped out: Clemson [18], Nebraska [22]

I almost went with: Auburn

I knew it! The Pac-12

I blew it! Clemson

I can't believe anyone gave votes this week to: Penn State

January 15, 2012 in Sports | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

January 05, 2012

Your Final 2011 College Football Champions - The West Virginia Mountaineers

For the second time this season, the Clemson Tigers have lost possession of the college football championship belt. This time, they leave West Virginia as the final champion of the 2011 season, and for a change, the belt will not be put at risk in the BCS Championship Game. It wasn't close. After building a first quarter lead, Clemson got outscored 56-16 in the final three quarters to lose the Orange Bowl by the shocking score of 70-33.

Since I've been following this method of crowning my own national champion, I've only posted when there was a new champion. Here is the history of my belt, awarded in accordance with the belt method:

Texas took it from undisputed champion USC in the 2006 Rose Bowl.
On September 9, 2006, #1 Ohio State gained the belt by defeating the #2 Texas Longhorns 24-7.
On January 8, 2007, #2 Florida won the belt and the BCS by defeating the #1 Buckeyes 41-14.
On September 29, 2007, the Auburn Tigers took the belt with a 20-17 win at #4 Florida.
On October 20, 2007, #5 LSU obtained the belt from #18 Auburn with a 30-24 victory.
On November 23, 2007, Arkansas took the title from #1 LSU with a 50-48 victory.
On January 1, 2008, #7 Missouri took the belt away with a 38-7 win in the Cotton Bowl.
On October 11, 2008, #3 Missouri lost the title to #17 Oklahoma State 28-23.
On October 25, 2008, #1 Texas won back the belt by defeating #6 Oklahoma State 28-24.
On November 1, 2008, #7 Texas Tech won the belt by defeating #1 Texas 39-33.
On November 22, 2008, #5 Oklahoma took the belt by defeating #2 Texas Tech 65-21.
On January 8, 2009, #2 Florida took the belt, and the BCS title, by beating the #1 Sooners 24-14.
On December 5, 2009, Alabama won the belt (and later the BCS) by beating the Gators 32-13.
On October 9, 2010, #19 South Carolina took the belt from #1 BCS champ Alabama 35-21.
On October 16, 2010, Kentucky took the belt by defeating #10 South Carolina 31-28.
On October 23, 2010, Georgia took the belt by winning at Kentucky, 44-31.
On October 30, 2010, Florida took the belt by beating Georgia 34-31 in OT.
On November 13, 2010,#23 South Carolina reclaimed the belt from #22 Florida 36-14.
On December 4, 2010, #1 Auburn won Belt and BCS from #19 usc 56-17 in the SEC title game.
On September 17, 2011, Clemson took it from #21 Auburn 38-24.
On October 29, 2011, Georgia Tech tore it away from #5 Clemson, 31-14.
On November 10, 2011, Virginia Tech took it from #20 Georgia Tech 37-26.
On December 4, 2011, Clemson took it from VA Tech in the ACC title game, 38-10.
On January 4, 2012, Qest Virginia took it in the Orange Bowl, 70-33.