The Oklahoma St. Cowboys are No. 3 in Week 10's BCS rankings, and comfortably ahead of the Stanford Cardinal, putting them in line to take either the No. 2 spot should the LSU Tigers or Alabama Crimson Tide indeed lose on Nov. 5. One of these two teams almost certainly will lose. I have inside knowledge.
But keep an eye on the surging Oklahoma Sooners, who the human polls have adored all year long. The Coaches Poll, which makes up a third of the BCS, kept OU at No. 1 for multiple weeks after it was clear LSU had earned the spot. The Sooners have made their way back to No. 6 after losing to Texas Tech only a week ago, and could jump up and grab OK State's spot, since those two play each other as well.
But there are 34 other bowl games to project, almost all of them horrible and all of them precious. Here we've collected Week 10 projections by Phil Steele, Scout.com and ESPN's Brad Edwards and Mark Schlabach:
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Bowl |
Phil Steele |
Edwards |
Scout |
Schlabach |
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BCS Championship, 1/9 |
Alabama-Oklahoma State |
Alabama-Oklahoma State |
LSU-Oklahoma |
Alabama-Oklahoma State |
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Orange, 1/4 |
Clemson-Cincinnati |
Clemson-Cincinnati |
Clemson-West Virginia |
Clemson-West Virginia |
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Sugar, 1/3 |
LSU-Stanford |
LSU-Boise State |
Alabama-Boise State |
LSU-Boise State |
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Rose, 1/2 |
Michigan State-Oregon |
Wisconsin-Oregon |
Wisconsin-Oregon |
Stanford-Nebraska |
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Fiesta, 1/2 |
Oklahoma-Boise State |
Oklahoma-Stanford |
Oklahoma State-Stanford |
Oklahoma-Oregon |
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GoDaddy, 1/8 |
Temple-FIU |
Toledo-UL Lafayette |
Temple-UL Lafayette |
Toledo-UL Lafayette |
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Compass, 1/7 |
Pitt-UL Lafayette |
South Florida-Vanderbilt |
Rutgers-Vanderbilt |
Syracuse-Ohio |
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Cotton, 1/6 |
Texas A&M-Arkansas |
Texas-Arkansas |
Kansas State-Auburn |
Kansas State-Georgia |
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Outback, 1/2 |
Nebraska-South Carolina |
Nebraska-South Carolina |
Nebraska-Georgia |
Penn State-South Carolina |
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Gator, 1/2 |
Penn State-Florida |
Ohio State-Florida |
Michigan State-Florida |
Wisconsin-Florida |
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Capitol One, 1/2 |
Wisconsin-Arkansas |
Michigan-Georgia |
Michigan-Arkansas |
Michigan-Arkansas |
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TicketCity, 1/2 |
Iowa-Tulsa |
Iowa-SMU |
Illinois-SMU |
Illinois-SMU |
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Chick-fil-A, 12/31 |
Virginia Tech-Auburn |
Virginia Tech-Auburn |
Virginia Tech-South Carolina |
Virginia Tech-Auburn |
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Liberty, 12/31 |
Houston-Mississippi State |
Houston-Tennessee |
Houston-Mississippi State |
Houston-Mississippi State |
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Sun, 12/31 |
Georgia Tech-California |
Georgia Tech-Utah |
Georgia Tech-California |
Georgia Tech-Utah |
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Texas, 12/31 |
Ohio State-Baylor |
Penn State-Missouri |
Ohio State-Texas A&M |
Ohio State-Baylor |
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Kraft, 12/31 |
Syracuse-N.C. State |
Fresno State-Wake Forest |
Utah-Pitt |
Fresno State-N.C. State |
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Insight, 12/30 |
Kansas State-Michigan |
Michigan State-Kansas State |
Penn State-Texas |
Michigan State-Texas A&M |
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Music City, 12/30 |
Miami-Tennessee |
Virginia-Mississippi State |
Wake Forest-Tennessee |
Virginia-Vanderbilt |
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Armed Forced, 12/30 |
Southern Miss-BYU |
Southern Miss-BYU |
Tulsa-BYU |
Southern Miss-BYU |
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Pinstripe, 12/30 |
Rutgers-Missouri |
Rutgers-Baylor |
Syracuse-Baylor |
Rutgers-Missouri |
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Alamo, 12/29 |
Texas-Arizona State |
Texas A&M-Arizona State |
Missouri-Arizona State |
Texas-Arizona State |
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Champs Sports, 12/29 |
Florida State-Notre Dame |
Florida State-Notre Dame |
Florida State-Notre Dame |
Florida State-Notre Dame |
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Holiday, 12/28 |
Texas Tech-Washington |
Texas Tech-Washington |
Texas A&M-Washington |
Texas Tech-Washington |
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Military, 12/28 |
Virginia-UTEP |
N.C. State-East Carolina |
Miami-Marshall |
Miami-Western Michigan |
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Belk, 12/27 |
North Carolina-West Virginia |
West Virginia-North Carolina |
Cincinnati-North Carolina |
Cincinnati-North Carolina |
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Little Caesars, 12/27 |
Illinois-Toledo |
Illinois-Northern Illinois |
Toledo-Iowa |
Temple-Iowa |
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Independence, 12/26 |
Air Force-Wake Forest |
Miami-Air Force |
Wyoming-Virginia |
Wake Forest-Wyoming |
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Hawaii, 12/24 |
SMU-Hawaii |
UTEP-Hawaii |
UCF-Hawaii |
Tulsa-Hawaii |
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Las Vegas, 12/22 |
TCU-Utah |
TCU-California |
TCU-UCLA |
TCU-California |
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Poinsettia, 12/21 |
San Diego State-Nevada |
San Diego State-Nevada |
Air Force-Louisiana Tech |
San Diego State-Nevada |
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St. Petersburg, 12/20 |
South Florida-UCF |
Syracuse-UCF |
South Florida-Southern Miss |
Pitt-East Carolina |
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New Orleans, 12/17 |
Arkansas State-Marshall |
Arkansas State-Tulsa |
Arkansas State-UTEP |
Arkansas State-UTEP |
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Idaho Potato, 12/17 |
Fresno State-Ohio |
Temple-Louisiana Tech |
Nevada-Northern Illinois |
Louisiana Tech-Northern Illinois |
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New Mexico, 12/17 |
Colorado State-Northern Illinois |
Wyoming-Ohio |
San Diego State-Purdue |
Air Force-Eastern Michigan |
For more, stay tuned to SB Nation's college football news hub. And stay tuned for more 2011 bowl projections.