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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 3815593, member: 6927"] There were many things I've found interesting about this latest poll. Just a few thoughts off the top of my head: [LIST] [*]Many voters seemed extremely forgiving (or unaware?) of Texas's latest struggles, losing horribly to West Virginia and then inexplicably losing to a bad Texas Tech team. [*]Similarly, I found myself wondering at times if people even noticed that Texas A&M lost to the pitiful LSU, a team that nearly went 0-fer in its nonconference. [*]Sometimes, what I call the "paired reaction" to an upset (i.e., the impact on a voter's placement of the winner and loser of a surprising result) seems incongruous. For example, most of the voters kept Baylor ranked in the 9-12 range (though I dropped them well below that, and one other voter dropped them out entirely). However, only a few voters included Iowa State in their poll, despite the Cyclones' winning 7 of their last 8 games, including a huge road win over Baylor. Not sure how Baylor continues to be regarded as a borderline top 10 team at the same time that Iowa State can be excluded from top 25. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]