You can bet the pollsters are wetting themselves with excitement right about now, looking for any excuse to vote USC #1 after their 69 point shutout of the UNRANKED Washington State. I bet that, despite Bama and Texas and Penn State all still being undefeated, some yahoo will still give them at least one first place vote.
If Ohio State doesn't jump us tomorrow, they will if they beat Penn State the following weekend.
So, the way I see it going down is Texas runs the table, 'cause by now I think we all have to admit they're the real deal. Texas Tech is their only real semi-challenge left. They should dispose with Oklahoma State with ease and waltz right through Mizzou again in the Big 12 title game just like they did tonight.
So, it becomes a battle for second place for the rest of us to see who earns the right to face the Longhorns in Miami.
USC won't lose again. They already got bit and they're back in form beating the mighty, mighty powerhouses of the Pac 10 by 30+ points on a regular basis.
Ohio State and Penn State should be a dandy. Winner wins the Big 10. I'm thinking it will be PSU, but am hoping OSU can pull it off just to drop an undefeated team out of our Dawgs way.
So, say at season's end we end up with: undefeated Texas, 1 loss USC, 1 loss Ohio State, 1 loss Georgia just beaten Alabama in the SEC title game. Now, if that happens, you better believe the media will be looking for any excuse it can find to put us at #4 so that we don't get in the way of any of their golden children (USC and tOSU for the chance to play for all the marbles). They'll be plotting and scheming trying to send us to the Sugar Bowl instead of the BCS NC game in Miami.