My preseason top 25 ballot

We at ESPN spent last week rolling out our preseason top 25 power poll, as voted on by 25 writers, editors, analysts and researchers at ESPN.

Five Big 12 teams made the poll, and as promised, here's how my ballot looked.

Each team's actual ranking in our power poll is included in parentheses.

1. Oklahoma (1)
2. Alabama (2)
3. LSU (3)
4. Oregon (4)
5. Boise State (6)
6. Florida State (5)
7. Stanford (7)
8. Wisconsin (11)
9. Oklahoma State (9)
10. South Carolina (12)
11. Texas A&M (8)
12. Arkansas (10)
13. Nebraska (13)
14. TCU (16)
15. West Virginia (19)
16. Missouri (24)
17. Ohio State (18)
18. Notre Dame (15)
19. Virginia Tech (14)
20. Mississippi State (23)
21. Auburn (NR)
22. Georgia (20)
23. Arizona State (21)
24. Utah (NR)
25. Maryland (NR)