Any way we can get to #2 in the final polls?

[DallasBuckeye]

we pound ND (a given).

USC destroys Texas, aka what they did the Big 12 rep last year in the Orange Bowl.

Penn State and FSU play an uninteresting, low scoring close game. maybe Penn State somehow even loses.

do we finish second? where'd Auburn end up last year?

[Buckeye513]

In the human polls - probably.
We win, two teams above us lose. It's logical.

[tedginn05]

I really don't see the difference if Texas beats USC. USC will still drop 3-4 spots at the min. More if they get their asses waxed in the Rose Bowl.

[AKAKBUCK]

Originally Posted by DallasBuckeye

we pound ND (a given).

USC destroys Texas, aka what they did the Big 12 rep last year in the Orange Bowl.

Penn State and FSU play an uninteresting, low scoring close game. maybe Penn State somehow even loses.

do we finish second? where'd Auburn end up last year?

I think... we'd have to win real big... Penn State would have to lose, and Texas would have to pound USC. (The other way around makes us look bad) and return the favro to PAC-10 rep.

But, I think the odds are a bit long.

[jwinslow]

Auburn was #2, but they didn't lose a game. Your scenario involves us (with 2 losses) jumping SC. I find that unlikely.

[OilerBuck]

I personally think our best chance is for Texas to win as well. If Texas loses, they still get the nod for beating us head to head. If they beat USC comfortably, voters have to consider they only beat us by 3.

[IronBuckI]

Two years ago, Oklahoma loses consecutive games. One a blowout loss to a team that we ended up dominating in the bowl game, and the other a loss to LSU where "The Best Team Ever" was physically dominated, and only kept close due to LSU's inability to put the game away early with several opportunities. So to answer your question. No, it's not very likely that we will jump to two. In fact, I'm not sure that it would be likely that we jump to three, unless Penn State loses. If Texas loses, then they still have the win over us going for them to remain in the top three. If USC loses, then they are still "The Greatest Team Ever", that just had a bad night against a good team. It's just the way the douche bags that vote on this sort of thing think.

[MililaniBuckeye]

Originally Posted by tedginn05

I really don't see the difference if Texas beats USC. USC will still drop 3-4 spots at the min. More if they get their asses waxed in the Rose Bowl.

You're a [censored]ing crack baby if you think that USC will drop past #2 with a loss. USC has been the most dominant team in college football the last three years. USC and Texas have had the two best seasons--by far--this year, so this game is strictly to find out who is #1 and who is #2. The rest of the teams are fighting to see who's #3. Keep in mind how far the last #1 team with a 34-game win streak going into the NC game fell when they lost...to #2.

[SanAntonioBuck]

Cryami, fell to #2 after we beat them.

[Buckin' A]

Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye

You're a [censored]ing crack baby if you think that USC will drop past #2 with a loss. .

And there goes Mili...sugar coating things again.

[osugrad21]

I don't see it happening at all...Not with two losses and losing head-to-head to two teams ahead of us.

[MililaniBuckeye]

The absolute best we can do is make it to #3 by beating Notre Dame and having Penn State lose. However, I'll take beating Notre Dame and finishing #4, losing only to the #1/#2 team (Texas) and #3 team (PSU), by a combined total of 10 points (assuming PSU also wins).

And although I seriously doubt it, PSU may leapfrog USC if Texas routs USC and Penn State blows out FSU. That would put us at #4 with a win over Notre Dame, with our losses being to the #1 and #2 teams in the country.

[coastalbuck]

I really think it all hinges on how the different teams play. Sure, if Texas wins close USC stays at two. But if the game isn't close at all, all kinds of possibilities open up depending on, again, how the other teams play. I have a feeling the media is just waiting for a chance to jump all over USC, just like they couldn't wait to jump on us, or Oklahoma for that matter. Give them the opportunity, they may go for it.

[DallasBuckeye]

I truly cannot believe the love TU is getting here. they aren't going to beat USC and they aren't going to keep it close.

tough to jump Penn State but if Free Shoes U will thrash them ....

we can hope can't we?

[JXC]

If Texas wins and shows that they are the best team in the country...and if Penn State loses to Florida State...then I'd say it is very likely that at 10-2, Ohio State would finish #2 in the country. The more Texas wins by, and the more we win by, will obviously decide how close it is.

I would say that there is also a good chance that we beat Notre Dame, and still stay #4.