Doug Lesmerises Thinks Outside The Poll

The Orlando Sentinel’s Brant Parsons wanted to analyze this week’s AP Poll when he noticed that some of the voters who had not placed Florida at #1 had dropped the Gators much farther than #2. He ended up tracking down the ballot of Cleveland Plain Dealer writer Doug Lesmerises, who placed Florida in fifth place on his ballot. The four teams he put in front of Florida?

↵Alabama, Miami, Houston and Cincinnati.

↵Sure. And if you’re wondering about overall #2 Texas, they’re 7th on his poll.