3. Arkansas really is the the one big whiff
Other than being in love with the defense, I’m not entirely sure what Wisconsin did to deserve the 21 – beating Iowa was okay, but whatever. The three losses – Penn State, Michigan, Notre Dame – were ugly, but relatively okay considering how good those three are.
Mississippi State was the only other three-loss team to get in, and it dropped games to unranked LSU and Memphis, to go along with the totally fine – even if it was a blowout – loss to Alabama.
Arkansas was on a three-game losing streak before beating Arkansas-Pine Bluff, but the win over Texas was good, the victory over No. 14 Texas A&M was great – especially considering that Alabama got a free pass for the loss to the Aggies with the No. 2 ranking – and the losses to Auburn (13), Ole Miss (16), and Georgia (1) were more acceptable than Wisconsin’s and Mississippi State’s defeats.
– Oklahoma is more than okay, even at 9
– The sneaky-interesting ranking was …
– Cincinnati at 6 is fine … really
– Oregon isn’t necessarily safe at 4