Oklahoma - 

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Wis ranking: #1

Key wins: Minnesota, Nebraska, Syracuse

Road to NC: Beat Texas, win Big12 CC

Biggest Obstacle: At the end of the season, their SOS will likely much worse than it is now. 

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USC - 

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Wis ranking: #2

Key wins: Maryland

Road to NC: Beast Stanford, UCLA, win Pac12 CC

Biggest Obstacle: What was supposed to be a relatively strong SOS, is turning out to be weak. USC can't afford a loss to anyone if they want in. 

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Texas - 

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Wis ranking: #3 

Key wins: Ohio State, Michigan, Nebraska

Road to NC: Beat OU

Biggest Obstacle: The Longhorns need Michigan and Ohio State to run the Big10 tables. 

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Virginia Tech - 

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Wis ranking: #4

Key wins: Ohio State, LSU, Pittsburgh

Road to NC: Win out, need at least a few undefeated teams to fall. 

Biggest Obstacle: With one loss on the schedule already, VT has to win-out. 

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Penn State - 

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Wis ranking: #5

Key wins: N/A

Road to NC: Win out. Need other teams to lose

Biggest Obstacle: Weak SOS

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Boston College - 

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Wis ranking: #6

Key wins: Miami, UNC

Road to NC: Beat VT

Biggest Obstacle: VT is pretty good...may have to play them twice. 

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Notre Dame - 

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Wis ranking: #7 

Key wins: Stanford, LSU

Road to NC: Win out

Biggest Obstacle: Softball

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NC Prediction

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USC vs Texas