Great article by Dr. Saturday on just how messed up the current NCAA polls.

• The coaches rank Oklahoma State ahead of Houston. Obviously they weren’t very impressed by the Cougars’ win at Texas Tech, nor the Cougars’ win at — Who was that again? Oh, right — Oklahoma State. Tulsa: That’s where ya make yer move, kids.

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• All three polls rank Ole Miss ahead of South Carolina. The demons of inertia strike again. Carolina not only thoroughly outplayed Ole Miss in a convincing win last Thursday, but also has two other wins (over N.C. State and Florida Atlantic) better than either of the Rebels’ two victories (over Memphis and Southeast Louisiana). Hell, I’d take the Gamecocks’ last-second loss at Georgia over beating Memphis and Southeast Louisiana, too, but I’ve always been too interested in obscure details like “quality of opponents.” The 3-1 Gamecocks don’t appear in any of the polls.