So I know it's early, but if we want to be ranked going into the Arizona games, here are some games to watch. I didn't include any PAC 12 teams, we want them to win their OOC games (although WSU losing to OSU would probably be a wash):
#16 VA Tech v. ECU. Any loss to ECU puts VA Tech out of the rankings.
#18 KSU @ Vandy. Any loss to Vandy puts KSU out of the rankings.
#20 TCU v. SMU. Any loss to SMU puts TCU out of the rankings.
#22 USF v. Illinois. USF losing in any fashion drops them below us.
#23 Tennessee @ #24 Florida. Doesn't matter who wins, we just want it to be a blowout. No 20-19 garbage.
That's about it for realistically possible upsets (and most of these are very unlikely). Mostly just hope for the Tenn/UF game to be a blowout in one way or the other.
#16 VA Tech v. ECU. Any loss to ECU puts VA Tech out of the rankings.
#18 KSU @ Vandy. Any loss to Vandy puts KSU out of the rankings.
#20 TCU v. SMU. Any loss to SMU puts TCU out of the rankings.
#22 USF v. Illinois. USF losing in any fashion drops them below us.
#23 Tennessee @ #24 Florida. Doesn't matter who wins, we just want it to be a blowout. No 20-19 garbage.
That's about it for realistically possible upsets (and most of these are very unlikely). Mostly just hope for the Tenn/UF game to be a blowout in one way or the other.