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Texas A&M's upset of former No. 1 Alabama has introduced the likelihood of a BCS National Championship Game minus a SEC team for the first time in seven years, with Kansas State now moving up and into the top spot, followed by Oregon. If both K-State and the Ducks remain unbeaten through the end of the year, poll darling Oregon should be able to swap spots with the Cats due to narrowing computer rankings, but it wouldn't matter -- all you need to be is in the Top 2.
Notre Dame isn't out of the running, however, and neither is the SEC. The Irish will likely be the first up to take advantage of a Kansas State slip-up against Baylor or Texas or an Oregon loss to Stanford or Oregon State or in the Pac-12 Championship Game. The Irish still have to play USC as well, which means we can't rule out No. 4 Alabama or even No. 5 Georgia, which will likely get to play Bama in the SEC title game. But that's it. The national title field has been narrowed, for all practical purposes, to five teams.
Full selector rankings for the complete BCS Top 25 for Week 12, via ESPN:
BCS | Harris Poll | USA Today | Computer Rankings | ||||||||||||||
RK | TEAM | AVG | PVS | RK | PTS | % | RK | PTS | % | AVG | A&H | RB | CM | KM | JS | PW | % |
1 | Kansas State | .9674 | 2 | 2 | 2774 | .9649 | 2 | 1427 | .9675 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .970 |
2 | Oregon | .9497 | 3 | 1 | 2844 | .9892 | 1 | 1460 | .9898 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | .870 |
3 | Notre Dame | .9396 | 4 | 3 | 2634 | .9162 | 3 | 1346 | .9125 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .990 |
4 | Alabama | .8534 | 1 | 4 | 2494 | .8675 | 5 | 1243 | .8427 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | .850 |
5 | Georgia | .8328 | 5 | 5 | 2398 | .8341 | 4 | 1260 | .8542 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | .810 |
6 | Florida | .7955 | 6 | 7 | 2113 | .7350 | 7 | 1079 | .7315 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .920 |
7 | LSU | .7331 | 7 | 8 | 2082 | .7242 | 8 | 1040 | .7051 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | .770 |
8 | Texas A&M | .6621 | 15 | 10 | 1842 | .6407 | 10 | 967 | .6556 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | .690 |
9 | South Carolina | .6349 | 8 | 11 | 1732 | .6024 | 11 | 903 | .6122 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | .690 |
10 | Florida State | .6071 | 10 | 6 | 2175 | .7565 | 6 | 1143 | .7749 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .290 |
11 | Clemson | .5921 | 13 | 9 | 1972 | .6859 | 9 | 1033 | .7003 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 14 | .390 |
12 | Oklahoma | .5797 | 12 | 12 | 1631 | .5673 | 12 | 799 | .5417 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 10 | .630 |
13 | Stanford | .5705 | 14 | 13 | 1621 | .5638 | 13 | 793 | .5376 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | .610 |
14 | Nebraska | .4679 | 16 | 14 | 1239 | .4310 | 14 | 653 | .4427 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 12 | .530 |
15 | Texas | .4259 | 17 | 15 | 1095 | .3809 | 15 | 615 | .4169 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 15 | .480 |
16 | Oregon State | .4161 | 11 | 16 | 1081 | .3760 | 17 | 490 | .3322 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | .540 |
17 | UCLA | .2925 | 18 | 19 | 870 | .3026 | 16 | 494 | .3349 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 21 | .240 |
18 | USC | .2769 | 19 | 18 | 886 | .3082 | 21 | 343 | .2325 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 18 | .290 |
19 | Louisville | .2159 | 9 | 17 | 943 | .3280 | 18 | 442 | .2997 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .020 |
20 | Louisiana Tech | .1911 | 20 | 20 | 728 | .2532 | 19 | 413 | .2800 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .040 |
21 | Michigan | .1665 | NR | 24 | 264 | .0918 | 23 | 144 | .0976 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 17 | .310 |
22 | Rutgers | .1529 | 23 | 21 | 571 | .1986 | 20 | 354 | .2400 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .020 |
23 | Texas Tech | .1416 | 22 | 22 | 325 | .1130 | 25 | 106 | .0719 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 23 | .240 |
24 | Oklahoma State | .1088 | NR | NR | 118 | .0410 | 24 | 111 | .0753 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 0 | .210 |
25 | Washington | .0850 | NR | NR | 1 | .0003 | NR | 7 | .0047 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 19 | .250 |
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