By RALPH D. RUSSO
The Associated Press
LSU managed it is part to make certain both the Tigers and Alabama start this BCS country wide 7steps game. Then Oklahoma State afforded your voters a reason to rethink the particular rematch.
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The top-ranked Tigers secured up a area while in the shining on Jan. 9 throughout New Orleans with a 42-10 success alongside No. twelve Georgia inside Southeastern Conference concept game within Atlanta on Saturday.
Oklahoma State followed this which has a 44-10 blowout associated with rival Oklahoma in Stillwater.
"They had their shot," Oklahoma State train Mike Gundy stated of Alabama. "Give us ours."
LSU (13-0) is going to be very first in the BCS standings when they end up upon Sunday. And this hottest rout by the Tigers prepared Alabama's chances regarding controlling on towards the second area and also possessing off Oklahoma State, that's next final week.
"I would definitely recognize whenever university soccer decides them should be a pair of SEC groups actively playing to the national championship," LSU private coach Les Miles said. "It's an extremely particular discussion having incredibly special teams."
The Tigers conquer your Tide (11-1) 9-6 with overtime at Tuscaloosa, Ala., every thirty days ago. Alabama may be the only team in the country to settle within just 13 factors involving LSU this season. Other as opposed to Alabama game, the actual Tigers' best sport seeing that September has been a 24-point victory in opposition to Arkansas.
The Cowboys can assert to own far more high quality is victorious as opposed to Tide Oklahoma State today includes five advantages versus teams while in the BCS top 25, Alabama possesses a couple but their double-overtime loss at Iowa State (6-6) two months back has been a drag about their resume.
"I don't think there may be virtually any dilemma Oklahoma State ought to play while in the huge game," Gundy said.
He added: "And whenever we'd possess received this sport 17-14, I have no idea in the event that I'd have got reported it. . When you gain by 34 points, many of us need the right."
Oklahoma State appeared to be fifth inside both Harris and coaches' polls, though Alabama appeared to be an too much to handle No. only two powering LSU. The Cowboys grabbed another bust any time Virginia Tech, that has been well before these people in both all those polls very last week, appeared to be outdone 38-10 simply by Clemson inside the Atlantic Coast Conference title game.
If the actual voters have to have any kind of help doing their particular decisions, Oklahoma State given a size e mail titled The Case with regard to Oklahoma State from the BCS Title Game, which struck sports writers' inboxes a little bit immediately after 1 a.m. EST.
There's undoubtedly Oklahoma State will switch way up Sunday, although could it be ample that will capture Alabama?
Clemson's surprisingly uncomplicated wining within your ACC subject activity give the Tigers towards the Orange Bowl using their first meeting concept throughout 20 years.
Oregon locked way up its area while in the Rose Bowl by means of earning the actual Pac-12 title adventure Friday night.
The Ducks will probably face Wisconsin, which in turn conquer Michigan State 42-39 in a unforgettable earliest Big Ten championship game. The Badgers are going to be doing their second direct vacation in order to that Rose Bowl. The Ducks come in the idea with the second time within several seasons, using a country's tournament game trip in between.
Championship Saturday started off with an upset.
Case Keenum and No. 7 Houston were pounded 49-28 simply by Southern Mississippi inside the Conference USA championship game, some sort of reduction that could cost the particular Cougars a spot from the BCS plus the countless bucks of which matches it.
The high-scoring Cougars were required to finish their fantastic regular time and win that league to turn into that year's BCS buster, along with the first workforce through C-USA to succeed in the BCS.
A BCS bid can have netted that league in relation to $7 million dollars.
With Houston out of your picture, the item TCU is known for a shot to be able to go back for the BCS to get a third consecutive season.
TCU, which in turn beat lowly UNLV 56-9, might need to step into the top rated 16 within the remaining BCS standings with Sunday for you to bring in an automated bid, because the Big East's conference champ West Virginia will the majority of most likely possibly not jump in front of the Horned Frogs.
TCU had been No. 18 with continue week's BCS standings .
The Big East ended up being earliest to eliminate it is title species Saturday. When Cincinnati defeat Connecticut 35-27, it changed West Virginia into situation for you to make a BCS bid by way of earning a three-way tiebreaker between your Mountaineers, Cincinnati and also Louisville.
The Mountaineers are usually heading to the Sugar or maybe Orange bowl.
Houston's fall in BCS standings may possibly also affect how an at-large bids shakeout on Saturday.
Stanford may seem like a fastener regarding a great at-large towards Fiesta Bowl, and also rumours appeared to be that Michigan will be given an at-large bid to the Sugar. But the nonproductive Wolverines have to move to the major age 14 belonging to the remaining standings. They have been 16th being received by the next weekend.
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AP BCS Projections
BCS tournament adventure LSU vs. Alabama
Fiesta Bowl Oklahoma State vs. Stanford.
Rose Bowl Oregon vs. Wisconsin.
Orange Bowl Clemson vs. West Virginia.
Sugar Bowl Michigan vs. Kansas State.
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AP Sports Writers Jeff Latzke with Stillwater, Okla., and Paul Newberry within Atlanta contributed to this report.
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December 04, 2011 07:11 AM EST
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