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Originally Posted by Murphy3
Because, DUB, USC doesn't play anyone else the rest of the season.... The strength of opponent is huge.. With OU already 2 slots ahead of USC in the BCS, there's no way that USC leap frogs OU unless they get that second loss. USC would have to pass OU without OU losing another game this year. That's not going to happen. OU's strength of schedule will continue to strengthen their spot if they continue to win. USC doesn't play anyone else the rest of the season....
In case you didn't know, USC is 6th in the BCS.. OU is 4th.
USC doesn't have a game left against anyone that is currently ranked in the top 25.
OU has two games left against teams that are currently in the top 10.
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I don't think you really addressed my point. You made a comment that "
every team in the big 12 would need to lose 2 games, or possibly three" for USC to make it into the title game. That's not true at all. If Texas goes undefeated, OU loses one more, and Tech/OSU both lose 1, USC will very likely end up ahead of all of them, and could very well end up as the BCS #2, depending on how things shake out with PSU/Bama. USC with 1 loss will end up ranked ahead of Ohio State with 1 loss, Bama with 1 loss, LSU with 1 loss, etc. You point to their terrible strength of schedule, but you're not considering the immensely favorable treatment they get from the human voters.
I don't like it, but that's just the way it is. USC's roster is so loaded with 5 star recruits that sometimes what they actually do on the field gets dwarfed by these crazy perceptions of how good they are on paper.