Filed by Mitch Sherman at 1:17 p.m.
The polls are out and, as expected, Nebraska has returned to the Associated Press rankings, perhaps even a spot or two higher than expected.
NU is 21st, jumping six spots over weekend losers Mississippi, Utah, North Carolina, Clemson and Oklahoma State. NU also vaulted Stanford, which beat Notre Dame Saturday night. Shows what the voters think of the Irish, considering that the Huskers' victory came against 3-9 Colorado.
The Huskers moved up three spots to No. 20 in the USA Today coaches' poll.
Texas remains ranked third by the AP and second by the coaches.
Here's an interesting fact about the Big 12 championship game (we'll provide a new one every 24 hours or so on the blog until kickoff Saturday night): Mack Brown of Texas, in 25 years as a head coach at Appalachian State (1983), Tulane (1985-87), North Carolina (1998-97) and UT (1998-present), has won one conference title. That, of course, came with the Longhorns in 2005, when Texas advanced to beat Southern Cal for the national title in Pasadena, Calif, site of the title game this year
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