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Pollsters Bat Eyes At Pete Carroll, Blush
Pollsters Bat Eyes At Pete Carroll, Blush
Four highly-ranked college football teams with spotless records emerged from the weekend thoroughly dirtied with the stain of loss: Florida, Georgia, USC, and Wisconsin. The circumstances of the losses all varied greatly, though only one involved a ranked team playing a ranked team: Georgia's ...
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Curious rankings in college football
We Suck at Sports — Most notably, it is the buoyancy of USC despite suffering an inexcusable loss. Spencer Hall hit the nail right on the head, the fact that Southern Cal didn't fall out of the Top-10 in ...

Blog Pollin': Alabama, a hint of order reign on Week Five's ballot
Dr. Saturday — ... Southern Cal over Georgia and Florida? Spencer Hall may not like it, but aside from Alabama's dismantling of Georgia, USC still has the single most impressive effort of the season against Ohio State. Until the Buckeyes go down again -- maybe at Madison on Saturday night -- that game alone will keep the Trojans afloat. ...

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