(Author’s note: Thanks to Chris Conaty and the rest of the FOW Staff on Slack for bouncing ideas and offering insight to inspire this piece.)
The TCU Horned Frogs had one of their better weeks in recent memory, securing two marquee wins in Dallas and in Los Angeles against name-brand opponents. The Frogs have played themselves up to 30th in the Kenpom rankings (and 51st in the controversial NET rankings) with two Top 100 wins (one on the road). The Frogs’ lone blemish, a nine point loss at the hands of Atlantic Sun Conference contender Lipscomb (74th in Kenpom, 45th in the NET), seems to keep a lid on the Frog hype for AP Voters: one-loss TCU received just thirteen points in the most recent AP Poll and sits behind a cluster of eight 2-loss teams: Kansas State, Indiana, Syracuse (all tied for 25th), Iowa, Marquette, Nebraska, Maryland, and Iowa State (all also receiving votes).