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The Blogpoll usually takes into account some combination of a power poll, SOS, injuries, derpy playcalling, coaching, recruiting, luck, consistency, and the oh-so-nebulous “eyeball test.” At the beginning of the year, we don’t have a lot of these to work with, but we do have returning starters, coaching shuffles, injuries of note, new QBs, fall camp momentum and the like.
This is one of the most fluid polls out there, so a team that is No. 3 this week can easily drop 10-12 spots over one week — at least until we’re four or five weeks into the season and have a lot more data points.