CBSSports.com BlogPoll – Week 8 – First Take

It’s Make Your Argument for #1 Monday!  First of all, remember, all FCS teams are thrown out.  If you play a FCS team, it didn’t happen.  If a team you played against played an FCS team, it didn’t happen.  FCS teams, didn’t happen.  With that, there are three realistic choices for #1 – Alabama, Florida, and Texas.  I’ve gone ahead and eliminated Cincinnati and Iowa from the discussion for the following reasons: Cincy’s opponents have a 0.361 win percentage (more than 100 points lower than the next closest of the top five undefeateds) and Iowa has a margin of victory of 10.0 points (barely more than half the next closest).  As for the other two undefeated – Boise State and TCU – come on.So it comes down to the Crimson Tide, Gators, and Longhorns.  In terms of opponents’ win percentage, the order goes: Florida (0.537), Texas (0.467), Alabama (0.463).  In terms of margin of victory: Texas (28.3), Alabama (20.4), Florida (19.5).  Differe...