At this point, it’s going to be the winner of Mizz/Okla. against the winner of the SEC (looking like ‘Bama at this point, but they can sure be upset given their schedule).

I honestly feel Ohio State, while still highly unlikely, would play in the national championship game ahead of USC if they were to both win out from here. Ohio State still has a fairly hard schedule remaining including at No. 9 Wisconsin, No. 12 Penn State, and at No. 22 Illinois. Winning out from here would be firstly impressive and I feel enough to put them into the national championship game if they are going up against teams with 2 losses.

But hey the cases for these potential undefeated teams was only made greater with the USC loss…

The teams I am looking at now that have the best opportunities at that are: BYU, USF, Wake Forest, or Boise State. All four of those teams are currently in the top 20 and have the ability to go into the rest of their games favored in every one.

BYU’s hardest opponent left with be their final game at currently No. 17 Utah. USF does not play another ranked team the rest of the year. Their hardest game may be weekend at unranked NC State or potentially their final game at WVU(depending on if WVU can turn it around). Wake Forest has the hardest remaining schedule of them all but is still a very good team. If they manage to beat Clemson(No. 20) at home a couple Thursdays from now and then run the table up until their final game home vs. Vandy(No. 21), they could also pose a threat. They would also have a hard matchup in the ACC championship game against whoever wins the coastal division. The final team is Boise State who has a very favorable schedule as always.

In my opinion, I feel that even if Boise State or BYU are to finish the season undefeated, they do not deserve a shot at the national title. If either Boise State or BYU were to run the table, I don’t see anyone on their schedules finishing the season ranked. And not being in a major conference means even the teams you played that weren’t ranked, weren’t really noteworthy victories. I feel the true discussion comes when you look at USF and Wake Forest. Both these schools are in major conferences and the purpose of the BCS system is to put the best teams from each division against each other at the end of the year, and for the two teams that performed the best throughout the year to go against each other to determine the national champion.

I will leave the decision up to you guys on USF but I have to argue that Wake Forest should be given the opportunity if they do run the table. That would mean they would have to finish the season potentially beating 4 ranked opponents(1 from the SEC) and a total of 4 OOC opponents, 1 from the Big 12 and 2 from the SEC. Every opponent of theirs was a BCS team and their probably one of the few schools to play 2 SEC teams out of conference.

I’m interested to see what everyone else thinks…But hey who knows, maybe a UF and Oklahoma run the table and then all people talk about is someone else getting screwed and OMG Playoff System!

The system will never be changed. Too much guaranteed money for the major conferences.

- bobby

In regards to USC getting screwed, I personally feel that as long as they run the table, they’ll be playing in the Orange Bowl. USC as too many convincing wins, too much talent, and a QB in a Heisman race, making them the sexy” team to pick (and watch). Also, I think the more exposure Joe McKnight gets, the more people will realize how special he is, which will help USC’s “BCS Popularity.” The last major reason that USC will have an edge is fact that they’re currently ranked #1 in both polls, and have almost every first-place vote. Unless one of the teams directly under them goes off against another high-ranked team, USC will continue to put up W’s by over 20 points and continue to grab the majoirty of the top votes.

When the dust settles in the SEC, as long as one team comes away with no more than one loss, the SEC will have a lock on one spot for the national championship game. The top dog of the top conference always deserves to represent one of the teams competing for the national championship.

That leaves Oklahoma out of the mix in my opinion. Their pre-Big 12 schedule did not help them, unless you consider Cinncinnati a formitable opponent. However, they didn’t have the balls to go out and play a high-ranked team like Ohio State. It doesn’t matter how overrated a Benie-less OSU team is, they were (and maybe still are) one of the elite teams coming into this season. Also, you shouldn’t sell Missouri short just yet. Their offense is as good as it gets, and they are anything but a walk-over for OU.

One more point: BYU and Boise State will be kicking and screaming if they end up running the table as well.

There is a lot of football still left to be played, but I would hate to see any team outside of Michigan (moot point now) end with a goose egg in the loss column and missing out on a chance for the college football crown.

I agree either the SEC or Big 12 is going to produce at least one of the participants, if not both. But if USC runs the table, which they should, their No. 1 ranking in both polls would almost guarantee them a spot in the BCS title game.