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BCS Rankings, Week 14: Alabama Still Second, But Oklahoma State Lurks

The LSU Tigers are still atop the BCS Rankings in Week 14, but the Alabama Crimson Tide and Oklahoma State Cowboys are worth keeping an eye on for the National Championship once the BCS standings are final.

by Scott Schroeder

Nov 28, 2011, 1:30 AM UTC

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The BCS rankings were bound to be shaken up this week considering two of the top three teams met when the LSU Tigers played the Arkansas Razorbacks. LSU dispatched of Arkansas in spectacular fashion, however, leaving an opening for a third team -- the Oklahoma State Cowboys -- to re-enter the picture behind LSU and Alabama in the Week 14 BCS standings.

It would seem that the Tigers will remain in line for a national championship no matter what happens in next week's game with Georgia Bulldogs. Even if the Tigers fall to the 'Dawgs, SB Nation's BCS expert still believes that LSU would remain in to the two and therefore still in contention for a title.

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The second team in the national championship seems like it should end up being Alabama, but Oklahoma State has a case to make ... it just won’t be easy.

4. How likely is Oklahoma State to jump Alabama anyway?
Not likely. The scenario is different from 2006 in that OSU is currently behind not just Alabama but also Stanford and Virginia Tech in both polls. It will require a huge change of heart from a majority of those voters to push OSU all the way up to No. 2 and forget that it lost to a 6-5 Iowa State team. As of this week, that sentiment isn’t there.

The same probably can't be said, however, for the Stanford Cardinal and Virginia Tech Hokies -- the fourth and fifth teams in the rankings -- or even the undefeated Houston Cougars, who jumped ahead of the Boise State Broncos this week. Arkansas, Oregon and Oklahoma round out the top ten this week.

		BCS		Harris Poll			USA Today			Computer Rankings
RK	TEAM	AVG	PVS	RK	PTS	%	RK	PTS	%	AVG	A&H	RB	CM	KM	JS	PW	%
1	LSU	1.0000	1	1	2875	1.0000	1	1475	1.0000	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1.000
2	Alabama	.9551	2	2	2756	.9586	2	1411	.9566	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	.950
3	Oklahoma State	.8712	4	5	2414	.8397	5	1245	.8441	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	.930
4	Stanford	.8559	6	3	2512	.8737	4	1289	.8739	4	4	4	5	8	10	5	.820
5	Virginia Tech	.7811	5	4	2438	.8480	3	1291	.8753	10	8	9	9	13	18	11	.620
6	Houston	.7399	8	6	2147	.7468	6	1096	.7431	8	5	12	8	9	8	6	.730
7	Boise State	.7027	7	8	2092	.7277	8	1033	.7003	9	9	7	6	14	12	8	.680
8	Arkansas	.7003	3	9	1971	.6856	10	937	.6353	6	10	8	13	4	4	4	.780
9	Oregon	.6862	10	7	2107	.7329	7	1041	.7058	10	15	5	12	12	9	9	.620
10	Oklahoma	.6710	9	10	1768	.6150	11	882	.5980	5	6	6	4	6	6	10	.800
11	Kansas State	.5702	11	15	1348	.4689	15	681	.4617	6	7	10	7	5	5	7	.780
12	South Carolina	.5684	12	14	1554	.5405	13	833	.5647	12	11	13	10	10	11	12	.600
13	Michigan State	.5369	14	11	1704	.5927	9	941	.6380	16	17	11	16	18	20	15	.380
14	Georgia	.5348	13	12	1613	.5610	14	816	.5532	14	13	16	14	11	14	14	.490
15	Wisconsin	.4576	16	13	1567	.5450	12	852	.5776	19	19	14	18	24	25	18	.250
16	Michigan	.4310	15	16	1256	.4369	16	658	.4461	15	12	17	11	17	22	17	.410
17	Baylor	.3910	18	18	900	.3130	18	457	.3098	13	14	18	15	7	7	13	.550
18	TCU	.3310	20	17	980	.3409	17	534	.3620	18	21	15	19	23	19	16	.290
19	Nebraska	.2578	21	19	773	.2689	19	390	.2644	20	18	19	17	25	24	19	.240
20	Clemson	.1979	17	20	632	.2198	21	286	.1939	21	22	20	21	22	23	21	.180
21	Penn State	.1382	19	22	415	.1443	22	192	.1302	23	20	21	20	0	0	23	.140
22	Texas	.1334	25	25	160	.0557	NR	51	.0346	17	16	0	22	15	13	20	.310
23	West Virginia	.1241	NR	21	495	.1722	20	295	.2000	29	0	0	25	0	0	0	.000
24	Southern Miss	.0724	NR	23	287	.0998	23	173	.1173	29	0	0	24	0	0	0	.000
25	Missouri	.0588	NR	NR	16	.0056	NR	16	.0108	22	23	24	0	16	15	25	.160