OK State and Stanford move up:

[El Supremo]

It is possible that Stanford could play in the BCS Championship without winning the Pac 12. But even if Georgia beats LSU, I bet that LSU and Bama will play in the championship anyway. There is no way to avoid that rematch.

AP Top 25 Ranking
Rank Team Record Pts Last Week
1. LSU (60) 12-0 1500 1
2. Alabama 11-1 1440 2
3. Oklahoma St. 10-1 1286 5
4. Stanford 11-1 1281 4
5. Virginia Tech 11-1 1196 6
6. Arkansas 10-2 1060 3
7. Houston 12-0 1055 8
8. Oregon 10-2 1054 9
9. USC 10-2 1053 10
9. Boise St. 10-1 1053 7
11. Michigan St. 10-2 866 11
12. Georgia 10-2 825 13
13. Oklahoma 9-2 808 12
14. South Carolina 10-2 796 14
15. Wisconsin 10-2 749 15
16. Kansas St. 9-2 658 16
17. Michigan 10-2 570 17
18. TCU 9-2 488 19
19. Baylor 8-3 468 21
20. Nebraska 9-3 352 22
21. Clemson 9-3 258 18
22. West Virginia 8-3 196 NR
23. Penn St. 9-3 151 20
24. Southern Miss 10-2 78 NR
25. Florida St. 8-4 58 NR
Others Receiving Votes:

Notre Dame 53,
Texas 45,
Cincinnati 23,
Arkansas St. 18,
Georgia Tech 16,
Missouri 13,
BYU 13,
Virginia 9,
Tulsa 7,
Louisville 3,
Northern Illinois 1

[hughee99]

1. Bama is "in the clubhouse" at 11-1

and LSU, at worst, can finish 12-1. I'm not sure how OK St., a Stanford team that didn't win the Pac 10, or any ACC team can pass either one.

[Upton]

2. Lets see..

we have 3 SEC schools in the top 10, 3 from the Pac-12, and 1 each from the ACC, Big 12, CUSA and MWC. Where oh where is the Big 10?

Oh, and LSU and Alabama are obviously the two best teams in the country...so a rematch is warranted.

[a la izquierda]

3. If it's LSU and Alabama...

it'll be the first National Championship I will miss in about 20 years. That game bored the hell out of me the first time, and both I can't decide which coach makes me more ill.

I'm tired of football. My team is a bunch of underachieving chumps who can't pull it together. :(

[Carnage251]

4. The AP poll isn't used in the BCS

Stanford could play in the BCS Fiesta bowl against Oklahoma State.

[a la izquierda]

5. Oklahoma State has to get by this weekend...

we'll see how that goes.

[Carnage251]

6. I want OU to win

I was looking at the bowl projections at http://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls">ESPN for that Fiesta bowl match up. Do you think that your coach will get fired if he loses this game?

[a la izquierda]

8. No I don't think so...

but our defensive coordinator might. He kind of sucks anyway, and people have been calling for his head for a few years now. I missed a week of sports radio streaming last week, so I'm curious as to what's going on at the moment (I lived in Norman, OK for 7 years, but I'm out of state now).

I have to say, though, I'm not sure how many chances Stoops is going to get. This was supposed to be OU's year. They've blown it twice so far. They'll be underdogs this week, an unheard of position for them recently. We'll see what happens. I hope we blow OSU's doors off.

[El Supremo]

7. BCS is virtually the same

1 LSU 1.000
2 Alabama .9551
3 Oklahoma State .8712
4 Stanford .8559
5 Virginia Tech .7811
6 Houston .7399
7 Boise State .7027
8 Arkansas .7003
9 Oregon .686
10 Oklahoma .6710
11 Kansas State .5702
12 South Carolina .5684
13 Michigan State .5369
14 Georgia .5348
15 Wisconsin .4576
16 Michigan .4310
17 Baylor .3910
18 TCU .3310
19 Nebraska .2578
20 Clemson .1979
21 Penn State .1382
22 Texas .1334
23 West Virginia .1241
24 Southern Miss .0724
25 Missouri .0588

[Capt. America]

9. OK State needs to roll OU in order to save America from Evil.

[hughee99]

10. It depends on which evil you want to avoid.

A defensive SEC rematch with an "over/under" of about 30 or an SEC blowout of a team that doesn't play defense. Either way, the championship game doesn't look like it's going to be that interesting.