If that is the case, then it is doubtful that any of the states up until we get to the winner-take-all states will count for anyone. I don’t see anyone winning an absolute majority of delegates in any of the proportional states.
b) Each candidate for nomination for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States shall demonstrate the support of a majority of the delegates from each of eight (8) or more states, severally, prior to the presentation of the name of that candidate for nomination. Notwithstanding any other provisions of these rules or any rule of the House of Representatives, to demonstrate the support required of this paragraph a certificate evidencing the affirmative written support of the required number of permanently seated delegates from each of the eight ( 8) or more states shall have been submitted to the secretary of the convention not later than one (1) hour prior to the placing of the names of candidates for nomination pursuant to this rule and the established order of business.
It's conceivable Trump will have his 8 by the end of Super Tuesday.
I don't see anybody else getting 8 states.