Jerry Palm
Jerry Palm
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Don't be surprised if Virginia Tech is not only behind Texas but Georgia as well when the first release comes out.
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It's a paper-thin margin. It's irrelevant, because Virginia Tech is not going to catch Southern Cal and they have a faint hope of catching Texas. Virginia Tech isn't going to catch Southern Cal before they (the Trojans) catch Texas.
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The poll margin is enormous. Virginia Tech would have to be two spots ahead of Texas in the computers to get close. They need to hope those poll margins erode.
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You're already seeing signs that Virginia Tech is catching Texas.
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If Virginia Tech is the only one-loss team, then they make the Sugar Bowl. Otherwise, they don't.
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If Virginia Tech ends up number one in all six computer polls, like Texas is now, and the Longhorns are number three in the computer polls, that would make up the current gap in the human polls. That's the best-case scenario for Virginia Tech. It's not like last year when Auburn was third in the human polls and third in the computer polls.
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I've seen they were in the poll and couldn't understand why. They haven't done anything special.
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It would have been better for USC if Oklahoma had put up more of a fight.
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Even if Ohio State is ahead this week, it's no more permanent than Southern Cal being ahead last week.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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USC is in the middle of a lull in the schedule. Texas is about to hit a lull.