Houstonholds the overall #1 after a clean conference week. Dukejumps Tennesseeon the strength of two Quad-1 road wins. Auburn’s home loss to Alabamadoesn’t kill them, but it closes the gap.
Bubble shakeup: Indianaplays its way in for the first time this season after 2 big wins this week. UCLAfalls to the first-four-out. The metrics are still there, but the schedule strength is collapsing under them and the committee will notice.
Watching this week: Pittsburghhas two Quad-1 chances. A split probably keeps them in. A sweep gets them off the last line. Anything less and they’ll drop out.
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