[BostonCard]

I think the big thing was that Stanford already had two losses.  Voters largely gave us the benefit of the doubt (in fact, putting us in front of many 1-loss teams) because of our tough schedule.  But that third loss was a killer.  We still wound up as the top 3-loss team.

In any case it doesn't matter an iota.  For bragging rights it might have been nice to say we had four consecutive top-10 finishes, but really, it doesn't matter.  Next year, let's win the damned bowl game.

BC

[BostonCard]

I think the big thing was that Stanford already had two losses.  Voters largely gave us the benefit of the doubt (in fact, putting us in front of many 1-loss teams) because of our tough schedule.  But that third loss was a killer.  We still wound up as the top 3-loss team.

In any case it doesn't matter an iota.  For bragging rights it might have been nice to say we had four consecutive top-10 finishes, but really, it doesn't matter.  Next year, let's win the damned bowl game.

BC