BlogPoll, Week 4: Arizona Wildcats Rise To 20

A quiet victory against the South Carolina State Bulldogs pumped the Arizona Wildcats up three spots to 20th place in the SB Nation BlogPoll leading into Week 4. The 3-0 Wildcats did themselves very little if any harm in how they dispatched S.C. State, while some other teams did UA a favor.

As a whole, the biggest drops in the week came from Michigan State (14 spots), who fell to Notre Dame, and then the obvious fall by the USC Trojans (13 spots) after their loss to Stanford. The Cardinal were the ones making the biggest push, and David Shaw's team moved up 14 slots to the No. 8 position in the poll -- they even got a first-place vote.

Fun thing to point out: The Wildcats little jump-skip of a leap puts them one place ahead of the Rich Rodriguez's old Michigan Wolverines. Like Arizona, Brady Hoke's squad has the potential to drop more this week as they have a tough test against the Irish.

Maybe we make a competition out of Arizona in Year 1 of the RichRod and Michigan in Year 2 without him. Yes, I am baiting the Michigan commenters that are lurking.

Full poll is after the jump.

Results after Week 3

#	School	Points/blog	SD	Delta
1	Alabama Crimson Tide (89)	24.99	0.10	--
2	LSU Tigers	23.31	1.99	--
3	Oregon Ducks	21.27	4.84	1
4	Georgia Bulldogs	19.89	2.28	1
5	Florida St. Seminoles	19.76	4.46	1
6	Oklahoma Sooners	17.29	5.54	1
7	West Virginia Mountaineers	17.08	5.16	2
8	Stanford Cardinal (1)	17.04	3.67	14
9	South Carolina Gamecocks	16.52	3.78	2
10	Clemson Tigers	16.04	3.12	--
11	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	14.19	4.02	7
12	Texas Longhorns	13.63	3.63	3
13	Florida Gators	12.59	4.60	4
14	Kansas St. Wildcats	12.39	3.53	-2
15	Ohio St. Buckeyes	11.81	4.82	-2
16	USC Trojans	10.50	4.94	-13
17	TCU Horned Frogs	8.52	4.33	-1
18	UCLA Bruins	8.08	3.65	2
19	Louisville Cardinals	7.61	3.46	--
20	Arizona Wildcats	6.54	4.55	3
21	Michigan Wolverines	5.54	4.37	--
22	Michigan St. Spartans	4.59	3.28	-14
23	Northwestern Wildcats	2.59	4.73	11
24	Mississippi St. Bulldogs	2.56	3.61	6
25	Ohio Bobcats	1.97	3.70	--
Others Receiving Votes: Nebraska Cornhuskers | Iowa St. Cyclones |Baylor Bears | Oregon St. Beavers | Boise St. Broncos | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | Texas Tech Red Raiders | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | Virginia Tech Hokies | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | Tennessee Volunteers |Central Florida Knights | Arizona St. Sun Devils | Missouri Tigers | Toledo Rockets | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | Cincinnati Bearcats | Wisconsin Badgers | N.C. State Wolfpack | Texas A&M Aggies | Vanderbilt Commodores | Purdue Boilermakers | Utah Utes | Arkansas Razorbacks |Utah State Aggies | Middle Tenn. St. Blue Raiders | ULM Warhawks |Miami Hurricanes | Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Updated: Sep 18, 2012 9:00 AM EDT

Total Ballots: 90

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