Welcome to Voter Coach, a weekly feature during football season. At Pollspeak, we have historically pointed out concerns with polls and ballots after the fact. The goal of Voter Coach is to try to help voters before they turn in their ballots.

We’ll post a new Voter Coach each Saturday evening, ideally after all the biggest games are played, but before the ballots need to be turned in. Voter Coach will point out some significant events of the current, past and upcoming weeks that voters should take into consideration when filling out their ballots. We’ll keep them quick in order to make the ballot deadlines. In some cases we may update Voter Coach throughout the day as games are completed. We’ll also do our best to TWEET the points that can fit nicely into 140 characters. So voters, check here before you turn in your ballots each week.

A final note: we aren’t trying to make voters conform to some standard. It’s called Voter COACH, not Voter DICTATOR. Instead, the goal is to raise awareness of some issues (generally just by asking questions) and let the voters make an informed decision on their own. Feel free to e-mail us suggestions: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Voter Coach – Nov. 12, 2011

• No. 5 Boise State (8-1) lost to TCU (8-2). However, don't forget that the Broncos beat No. 15 Georgia (8-2) on opening weekend. Which team will you rank higher?
• No. 7 Oregon (9-1) beat No. 4 Stanford (9-1) 53 to 30 at Stanford. Which team will you rank higher?
• The Big Ten is getting even harder to sort out.  There are five Big Ten teams with a record of 8-2:  Michigan State, Michigan, Nebraska, Penn State and Wisconsin:
  • Michigan State lost to Nebraska, but beat Michigan and Wisconsin.
  • Michigan lost to Michigan State, but hasn't played any of the other three yet.
  • Nebraska lost to Wisconsin, but beat Michigan State and Penn State.
  • Penn State lost to Nebraska, but hasn't played any of the other three yet.
  • Wisconsin lost to Michigan State, but beat Nebraska.
  • So how will you rank them all?
    

Top 25 Matchups of Note Next Week:

• Nebraska plays Michigan on Saturday, Nov. 19th. Is the team you rank higher this week the team you think will win that matchup?

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