#1 Alabama @ #4 Auburn

[BeaverPoke]

The winner goes to the SEC title game, and likely against the #5 Mizzou Tigers.

So if Auburn beats #1 Alabama, and beats #5 Mizzou in the SEC title game, do they jump up to #2 in the country and go the National Title game?

People keep talking about how Ohio State needs someone to lose to make the BCS title game, but no one has talked about what happens if Auburn wins these next two games.

So if Auburn beats the Tide, does Bama even drop out of the top 2? The BCS has a hard on for Bama so it wouldn't surprise me.
I think Auburn should go to #3, and Bama number #4, but would the BCS really drop Bama down to #4?
Then if Auburn beats #5 Mizzou, does that leapfrog them over Ohio State to #2 in championship week? Ohio State will be playing a top 12 team in Michigan State for the title game, so that game might be enough to keep Ohio State ahead of Auburn.
But do you think there is a chance that there is a BCS title game without an SEC team?

 

[BeaverPoke]

Or if Auburn wins, the rankings might be:
1-FSU
2-Auburn
3-Alabama
4-Ohio State
5-Mizzou

That way, even if Auburn loses to Mizzou in the SEC Title game Bama can be 2nd.

Whatever happens, I just don't want another SEC team in the title game.

 

[fromolwyoming]

I'd be less dissapointed if it was Ohio State and Florida State in the title game rather than another SEC school.

 

[MrTitleist]

What if Bama loses to Auburn, South Carolina/Missouri beat Auburn in SEC title game.. does that mean Bama's right back in the hunt?

 

[seattlecowboy]

Jerry palm said a one loss sec team will not Jump Ohio St.

So if Alabama loses then it will be a Ohio St. vs. Florida St. in the national championship game unless Ohio St. loses to Michigan St. which could happen.

 

[WestWYOPoke]

If you look at the one loss teams, the "best" losses are Clemson losing to Florida State, and (in your scenario) a Bama loss to Auburn. Since Clemson got destroyed at home, that hurts their case. I would see a Top 5 after a Bama loss to Auburn looking something like this:

#1 FSU
#2 Ohio State
#3 Alabama
#4 Auburn
#5 Missouri

Yes, I could see Bama still being ahead of Auburn, but not ahead of an undefeated Ohio State. The SEC title game however could give Auburn the nudge it needs to jump Bama into #3, #2 if Ohio State falters against Michigan State in the B1G title game. As much love as the SEC gets, I don't know if a 1-loss Bama or Auburn gets enough points to jump an undefeated Ohio State.

 

[Cornpoke]

I could care less about SEC football.I'm sure there are plenty of SEC fan sites to discuss it.

 

[BeaverPoke]

I could care less about SEC football.I'm sure there are plenty of SEC fan sites to discuss it.

Then don't discuss it on here, move along.

 

[McPeachy]

I could care less about SEC football.I'm sure there are plenty of SEC fan sites to discuss it.

Then don't discuss it on here, move along.

Well...he kinda has a point Beav - after all the name of this forum is "Cowboy and MWC Football."

 

[BeaverPoke]

I could care less about SEC football.I'm sure there are plenty of SEC fan sites to discuss it.

Then don't discuss it on here, move along.

Well...he kinda has a point Beav - after all the name of this forum is "Cowboy and MWC Football."

This is not the first time that there has been a post about something not related to MWC football... :roll:

It's BCS title implications...has an impact on whether Fresno gets into a BCS Bowl.
Fresno is a MWC team. There, I made the connection for ya

 

[OrediggerPoke]

I could care less about SEC football.I'm sure there are plenty of SEC fan sites to discuss it.

Then don't discuss it on here, move along.

Well...he kinda has a point Beav - after all the name of this forum is "Cowboy and MWC Football."

This is not the first time that there has been a post about something not related to MWC football... :roll:

It's BCS title implications...has an impact on whether Fresno gets into a BCS Bowl.
Fresno is a MWC team. There, I made the connection for ya

To further your point, Wyoming will receive more money from the MWC (maybe to pay off the head coach) should Fresno make a BCS bowl.

Although, I really don't think this game has an affect on Fresno one way or another.

 

[BeaverPoke]

Well if Auburn beats Bama, and loses the SEC title game, aren't teams limited to 2 BCS Bowl teams?
Mizzou/South Carolina would be in the Sugar Bowl, and Auburn/Bama would take an at large.

But if Bama wins, then beat Mizzou/South Carolina, they would be in the title game, with the SEC not guaranteed to have an at large.
But it wouldn't surprise me to see Fresno play in the Sugar Bowl against an SEC team, and another SEC team play in the Rose Bowl (assuming Ohio State is in the Title game)

 

[BeaverPoke]

Possible matchups:
BCS Championship: Florida State-Ohio State
Fiesta: Oklahoma State-Clemson
Sugar: Louisville-Mizzou
Orange: Fresno State-NIU
Rose: Stanford-Alabama

 

[cowboyz]

Bama loses to Auburn
Ohio State loses to Michigan State
Florida State loses to Florida

No. Illinois and Fresno in the National Championship Game! That's how it works, right?

 

[McPeachy]

This is not the first time that there has been a post about something not related to MWC football... :roll:

Truer words may have never been spoken!

Hope Fresno makes it - with NIU surpassing them, and the loss of a game (Colorado) - there are some "strikes" against them!

 

[BeaverPoke]

This is not the first time that there has been a post about something not related to MWC football... :roll:

Truer words may have never been spoken!

Hope Fresno makes it - with NIU surpassing them, and the loss of a game (Colorado) - there are some "strikes" against them!

I think they may both get in.
I was just reading the BCS Bowl selection criteria, and 1 of them is guaranteed (the higher ranked team), but if there is another at large bowl available, and the other team is ahead of a BCS Conference champion, they can be selected.
So maybe getting Ohio State into the NC game would help Fresno, because that Rose Bowl bid would be free.

 

[spindoctor02]

I think they may both get in.
I was just reading the BCS Bowl selection criteria, and 1 of them is guaranteed (the higher ranked team), but if there is another at large bowl available, and the other team is ahead of a BCS Conference champion, they can be selected.

There is exactly a 0% chance of a BCS bowl selecting a non-BCS conference at-large team. They'll take a 2nd team from the SEC, Big-10, Pac-12, and Big 12 before they'd even consider a 2nd at-large squad.

The only non-BCS team getting a BCS invite will be whomever is ranked higher between Fresno and NIU in the final rankings, provided they stay ahead of UCF/Louisville (whomever wins the AAC). BCS Bowls (outside of the title game) are about 1 thing, and 1 thing only: selling tickets.

So maybe getting Ohio State into the NC game would help Fresno, because that Rose Bowl bid would be free.

In that scenario, the Rose Bowl gets to pick a B1G replacement team for Ohio State, as long as they finish in the top 14 of the standings, so they'd likely take a 10-2 Wisconsin team, or potentially Michigan State, depending on how the title game plays out. Wisconsin fans travel a lot better, so it's more likely they get picked as the B1G's replacement team.

 

[MrTitleist]

This is not the first time that there has been a post about something not related to MWC football... :roll:

Truer words may have never been spoken!

Hope Fresno makes it - with NIU surpassing them, and the loss of a game (Colorado) - there are some "strikes" against them!

The loss of the Colorado game is actually helping Fresno, since Colorado is so bad.

 

[kansasCowboy]

Possible matchups:
BCS Championship: Florida State-Ohio State
Fiesta: Oklahoma State-Clemson
Sugar: Louisville-Mizzou
Orange: Fresno State-NIU
Rose: Stanford-Alabama

I'm all for this line up. We seriously need one year without an SEC school in the Championship game.