Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks have every right to be scratching their heads. Oregon escaped a rain-soaked Kinnick Stadium with an 18-16 win over Iowa, keeping its playoff dreams intact. Yet somehow they slipped a spot in the rankings as Ole Miss jumped them. The near-upset didn’t just test Oregon’s grit; it lit up analysts who can’t understand the AP Poll’s cold shoulder. And they are already hinting at SEC favoritism behind the snub.

On the November 10th episode of the Cover 3 Podcast , the trio, Chip Patterson , Bud Eliot , and Tom Fornelli, took up this matter. “If I don’t mention where they moved them, they only dropped Oregon one spot. But there are some that dropped them multiple spots for winning on the road against a top 20 team. Craig Stevenson, who moved Ole M

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