Is Boise State the NQ team in a BCS bowl this year? AP rankings:

[El Supremo]

AP Top 25 Ranking
Rank Team Record Pts Last Week
1. LSU (60) 13-0 1500 1
2. Alabama 11-1 1418 2
3. Oklahoma St. 11-1 1400 3
4. Stanford 11-1 1283 4
5. USC 10-2 1179 9
6. Oregon 11-2 1170 8
7. Arkansas 10-2 1148 6
8. Boise St. 11-1 1107 9
9. Wisconsin 11-2 1038 15
10. South Carolina 10-2 946 14
11. Kansas St. 10-2 829 16
12. Michigan St. 10-3 733 11
13. Michigan 10-2 707 17
14. Clemson 10-3 663 21
15. Baylor 9-3 656 19
16. TCU 10-2 632 18
17. Virginia Tech 11-2 591 5
18. Georgia 10-3 566 12
19. Oklahoma 9-3 386 13
20. Houston 12-1 370 7
21. Nebraska 9-3 363 20
22. Southern Miss 11-2 336 24
23. West Virginia 9-3 199 22
24. Penn St. 9-3 129 23
25. Florida St. 8-4 49 25
Others Receiving Votes:

Notre Dame 23,
Cincinnati 22,
Arkansas St. 18,
BYU 12,
Northern Illinois 7,
Georgia Tech 7,
Virginia 5,
Missouri 5,
Tulsa 2,
Louisville 1

[fishwax]

1. TCU may also wind up meeting the automatic qualifications, so will the bowls have a choice?

Teams qualify if they are ranked in the top 12 or if they are ranked in the top 16 and higher than a BCS Conference Champion. TCU has a chance to sneak into the top 16 (they were 18 last week and four teams ahead of them lost) and will probably be higher than West Virginia.

I know that they don't have to pick more than one school from a non-BCS conference, even if more than one qualifies; however, I don't know whether they necessarily have to pick the highest-ranked non-BCS school when multiple schools qualify. I think they do, but am not sure ...

[fishwax]

2. wow -- OSU really closed the gap on Alabama

From 164 points back last week to 18 points back this week.

And in the coaches poll (which, after all, actually matters in the BCS) they closed the gap from 166 to 32 and jumped from 5th to 3rd.

[Awsi Dooger]

3. If the vote had been next week, Oklahoma State would be in the title game

There was a swell of passionate support for Oklahoma State but it didn't have enough time to impact the voters.