re: If LSU wins out they will have 7 top 10 wins

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It’s harder to beat a team at the beginning of the season that thinks they’re good than a team that knows they aren’t good at the end of the season.

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Maybe, but I also think that as much of a positive that was for Texas (e.g., early confidence) it could have been a negative for LSU (e.g., played them as if they were more or an equal, instead of a clearly inferior team).

Regardless, 6-4 is about as accurate of a record as they can have considering they’re 3-3 in one possession games. But if anything, they’re closer to 2-4 than 4-2 in those games since they have a smaller scoring margin (11 vs. 16), more last second wins (2 vs. 1), and fewer games that had a late score (e.g., < 2 minutes) to make it one possession (1 vs. 2) in their 3 wins.

So it’s a pretty decent win, but even those unquantifiable circumstances (e.g., hyped up team with a lot of confidence) that may make it a bit better of a win, doesn’t make it a very good win, let alone anything close to a top-10 win.