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So you have no idea. That is all you had to say.

record matters
SOS matters
get a bump for playing and beating top-30 teams
get a bigger bump for playing beating top-10 teams.

his #3 to #9 are very, very close, less than 1 point away. #3 is 91.77, #9 is 89.87.

#2 is 94.62.

So the gap between #2 and #3 is about the same size as the gap from #3 to #12. So the very slightest things can change the rankings in that 3-9 range.