[81alum]

5-4 Stanford falls to 18.  The voters probably don't know what to do with us.  All four losses to excellent teams, but no strong wins.

BUT Ohio State falls to 12 after losing by 9 points to Duke, which makes our two losses to them look a little worse.

AND Tennessee climbs past Ohio State to 11 after reeling off an 8-0 start, and UCLA is #7 after losing only to UConn and beating Baylor, Oregon is 7 after thumping A&M and Oklahoma and losing only to Louisville.  So....if you believe the polls, 2 of our upcoming five homestand games will be against competition roughly equal to Baylor and better than tOSU.

This is the time, after about 10 games, that I used to think Sagarin would become accurate.  Well, his computer is not kind to us--wins and losses really do count.  Teams like Utah with easy competition (they lost to Alabama and have beaten Purdue and 5 other teams) appeal to his model, apparently.

1 UConn
6 Baylor
10 Oregon
11 Tennessee
13 Ohio State
15 Oregon State
16 UCLA
20 Utah
21 Arizona State
33 Southern Cal
36 Stanford
40 C.al

I hate to say this, but we could well be 7-6 when we play USC on the afternoon of New Year's eve, to maintain a winning record.

[81alum]

5-4 Stanford falls to 18.  The voters probably don't know what to do with us.  All four losses to excellent teams, but no strong wins.

BUT Ohio State falls to 12 after losing by 9 points to Duke, which makes our two losses to them look a little worse.

AND Tennessee climbs past Ohio State to 11 after reeling off an 8-0 start, and UCLA is #7 after losing only to UConn and beating Baylor, Oregon is 7 after thumping A&M and Oklahoma and losing only to Louisville.  So....if you believe the polls, 2 of our upcoming five homestand games will be against competition roughly equal to Baylor and better than tOSU.

This is the time, after about 10 games, that I used to think Sagarin would become accurate.  Well, his computer is not kind to us--wins and losses really do count.  Teams like Utah with easy competition (they lost to Alabama and have beaten Purdue and 5 other teams) appeal to his model, apparently.

1 UConn
6 Baylor
10 Oregon
11 Tennessee
13 Ohio State
15 Oregon State
16 UCLA
20 Utah
21 Arizona State
33 Southern Cal
36 Stanford
40 C.al

I hate to say this, but we could well be 7-6 when we play USC on the afternoon of New Year's eve, to maintain a winning record.