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Originally Posted by Murphy3
I don't think a late loss hurts nearly as badly as in years past.
As for USC being higher than Tech and OSU right now..well, that's because both schools still have the meet of their schedule coming up.
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You're overestimating the force of the strength of schedule. I completely agree with you that USC's schedule is trash and they will take a weekly hit because of that; but, a loss by Tech or OSU more than counterbalances the "weekly hit" USC will take on their schedule. SoS is only one component of the computer polls, and the computers are only 1/3 of the BCS.
Human voters, who account for 2/3 of the BCS, aren't going to move USC down each week because they're beating crappy teams. As long as USC wins at least somewhat comfortably, they will stay exactly where they are or move up. If Tech/OSU lose, they will fall too far behind USC to cover that ground.