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Nov 11, 2024
9:34:48am
Skeptical Optimist Political Junky
Looking at the 6 teams ahead of us in the AP poll
Rankings are AP ranking for the week of the game.

#1 Oregon (10-0):
Ranked wins against Ohio State (#2) at home and Illinois (#20) at home. Also beat Boise State which is currently ranked #13.
Remaining games: @Wisconsin, vs Washington

#2 Ohio State (8-1):
Ranked win against Penn State (#3) on the road
Loss Oregon (#3) on the road
Remaining games: @Northwestern, vs Indiana (#5)

#3 Texas (8-1):
Ranked wins against Michigan (#1) on the road, Oklahoma (#18) at a neutral site, Vanderbilt (#25) on the road
Loss Georgia (#5) at home
Remaining games: @Arkansas, vs Kentucky, @ Texas A&M (#15)

#4 Penn State (8-1):
Ranked wins against Illinois (#19) at home
Loss Ohio State (#4) at home
Remaining games: @Purdue, @Minnesota, vs Maryland

#5 Indiana (10-0):
No ranked wins
Remaining games: @Ohio State (#2), vs Purdue

#6 Tennessee (8-1)
Ranked wins against #24 NC State at home, #15 Oklahoma on the road, #7 Alabama at home
Loss: Unranked Arkansas on the road
Remaining games: @ #11 Georgia, vs UTEP, @Vanderbilt

#7 BYU (9-0)
Ranked win against #13 Kansas State at home. Also beat SMU who is now ranked #14.
Remaining games: vs Kansas, @Arizona State, vs Houston


My assessment: There should be a discussion about Tennessee and Indiana before us. Indiana hasn't beat any ranked teams and Tennessee lost to an unranked team. That may sort itself out as both play highly ranked teams in the closing weeks. With Indiana playing Ohio State, one of those should drop below us if we keep winning. Tennessee will probably have trouble with Georgia on the road.

If we keep winning, we should be top 5 by the end of the regular season.
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Originally posted on Nov 11, 2024 at 9:34:48am
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