College Football Rankings 2011: ASU Football Enters The Blogpoll At 21

It took awhile for SB Nation pollsters and various other Internet college sports writers to warm up to the The Arizona St. Sun Devils. But a Friday night national TV appearance tends to boost your profile, especially if you win.

In beating the Missouri Tigers, ASU showed they could play very strong offense to complement their imposing defensive profile, and that Brock Osweiler could be a competent Pac-12 level quarterback that could manage the pass-heavy ASU offense.

The Sun Devils are 21st in the rankings in their first week in the poll. The highest ranking was 10th, courtesy of Tom Fornelli of CBS Sports. They also received ten rankings of 15th or more. ASU will be tested very quickly to hold onto those rankings, with a road date to Illinois followed by a critical late night matchup in Tempe against the USC Trojans.

The poll is below.

Results for Week 3

#	School	Points/blog	SD	Delta
1	Alabama Crimson Tide (19)	23.86	1.00	2
2	LSU Tigers (33)	23.82	1.97	-1
3	Oklahoma Sooners (18)	22.93	2.52	-1
4	Boise St. Broncos (1)	21.37	3.07	--
5	Stanford Cardinal (1)	19.22	3.44	--
6	Florida St. Seminoles (1)	19.10	3.42	--
7	Wisconsin Badgers	19.08	2.49	--
8	Oklahoma St. Cowboys	16.34	4.00	3
9	Texas A&M Aggies	15.52	4.02	-1
10	South Carolina Gamecocks	14.59	3.57	2
11	Nebraska Cornhuskers	14.48	4.15	-2
12	Arkansas Razorbacks	13.37	3.73	1
13	Oregon Ducks	13.26	4.89	1
14	Virginia Tech Hokies	13.18	3.13	-4
15	Michigan St. Spartans	9.16	4.48	2
16	Florida Gators	8.26	4.88	3
17	Ohio St. Buckeyes	6.75	4.05	-2
18	West Virginia Mountaineers	6.60	3.25	2
19	South Florida Bulls	6.38	4.46	2
20	Baylor Bears	6.34	4.71	-2
21	Arizona St. Sun Devils	5.79	4.20	5
22	Auburn Tigers	4.89	4.16	11
23	Texas Longhorns	2.84	3.36	2
24	USC Trojans	2.52	3.42	6
25	Michigan Wolverines	2.15	3.92	7
Others Receiving Votes: TCU Horned Frogs | Houston Cougars | Mississippi St. Bulldogs | Central Florida Knights | Tennessee Volunteers | Missouri Tigers | Pittsburgh Panthers | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | California Golden Bears | Illinois Fighting Illini | Washington St. Cougars | Maryland Terrapins | Penn St. Nittany Lions | Clemson Tigers | Northwestern Wildcats | Fla. International Golden Panthers | Texas Tech Red Raiders | Temple Owls | Georgia Bulldogs | Utah Utes | Iowa Hawkeyes | Ohio Bobcats | North Carolina Tar Heels | BYU Cougars | Bowling Green Falcons | Iowa St. Cyclones | Kansas Jayhawks | Southern Miss. Golden Eagles | Kentucky Wildcats | East Carolina Pirates | Navy Midshipmen
Updated: Sep 12, 2011 6:27 AM PDT

SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Rankings 2011

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