Jerry Palm
Jerry Palm
based four losing losses road strength
It's all pretty much based on strength of schedule. Another thing you have to look at is all four of Pitt's losses have been on the road. In the new RPI formula, losing on the road is useful.
falling further great hurt last losing strong stuck themselves three
You never want to be stuck in the middle, but I don't see them falling much further than that. They hurt themselves by losing two of their last three games, but their RPI is strong at 30 and they did a lot of great things this season.
poll seen understand
I've seen they were in the poll and couldn't understand why. They haven't done anything special.
oklahoma usc
It would have been better for USC if Oklahoma had put up more of a fight.
ahead cal last ohio permanent southern state
Even if Ohio State is ahead this week, it's no more permanent than Southern Cal being ahead last week.
help opponent played schedule strength texas weak
Texas played an opponent that is now 4-2. So that's going to help what has been a pretty weak strength of schedule so far.
clear holds maintain texas week winning
Texas is a clear No. 2 this week -- and the foreseeable future, too -- as long as they maintain their big holds in the polls. They got to keep winning with style.
dropping ends higher looking seed team tennessee
Tennessee is dropping like a rock. It's looking like whichever team ends up with the higher seed (UNC or Tennessee) will end up in Greensboro with Duke.
arkansas bad beaten dominion except good teams western
Vanderbilt's got two Top-25 RPI wins, over Old Dominion and Western Kentucky. That's more than a lot of teams. But Arkansas is a bad loss. All the teams that have beaten Vanderbilt are pretty good except Arkansas.
hit lull middle texas usc
USC is in the middle of a lull in the schedule. Texas is about to hit a lull.
mediocrity tough year
There's just a lot of mediocrity out there. It's going to be real tough year for the committee.
guy hurt idaho rest ruin takes votes voting whether
Votes like that hurt the credibility. Whether it's carelessness or ignorance, you can't have votes for Idaho. It only takes one guy voting for Idaho to ruin it for the rest of the 114.
I'd be surprised. That's not typically what happens.
closer human likely stay unless usc
More than likely it's just for one week. They are not going to stay there long-term unless they get closer to USC in the human polls.