43 Quotes by Jerry Palm

Vanderbilt's got two Top-25 RPI wins, over Old Dominion and Western Kentucky. That's more than a lot of teams. But Arkansas is a bad loss. All the teams that have beaten Vanderbilt are pretty good except Arkansas.

USC is in the middle of a lull in the schedule. Texas is about to hit a lull.

Even if Ohio State is ahead this week, it's no more permanent than Southern Cal being ahead last week.

There's just a lot of mediocrity out there. It's going to be real tough year for the committee.

It would have been better for USC if Oklahoma had put up more of a fight.

I've seen they were in the poll and couldn't understand why. They haven't done anything special.

Texas played an opponent that is now 4-2. So that's going to help what has been a pretty weak strength of schedule so far.

Texas is a clear No. 2 this week -- and the foreseeable future, too -- as long as they maintain their big holds in the polls. They got to keep winning with style.

Tennessee is dropping like a rock. It's looking like whichever team ends up with the higher seed (UNC or Tennessee) will end up in Greensboro with Duke.