Monday's Poll Watch returns with a glimpse into the peculiarities of the AP Top 25 ballots and ballot voter data. We scan these ballots to look for interesting patterns and what they may say about the college football landscape as the season progresses.
Washington's Big Win
Last week's "Top Ten Throwdown" produced at least one surprising result. Washington routed Stanford to announce that it's back in the graces of the college football elite for the first time since 2000. This is quite a turnaround for a program embarrassed by Rick Neuheisel, mismanaged by Keith Gilbertson, napalmed by Tyrone Willingham, and, more recently, guided into stretch after stretch of three-game losing streaks under Steve Sarkisian this century.