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You are missing that Bama is in the SEC. End of story. If Im not mistaken Bama was still ranked #1 in some of the computer polls even after they lost.

Basically what has happened is people see SEC teams as so much better than the rest of the league that regardless of whether or not they lose they are still better so they rank them higher. In other words it's not settled on the field (not yet) it is settled preseason (with these silly preseason polls) and that is how it stays through out the season.

The only hope Oregon has now is winning next week while Stanford loses to UCLA. That will get them back into the PAC-12 Championship

The good news is the Bucks are now only 1 of 2 undefeated teams. If Notre Dame loses to USC next week week....hmmm

Don't know what the rankings will be today, but it is safe to say the two teams will be within a spot or two of each other. However Bama has a huge advantage going forward because they are likely to play for their conference championship, and Oregon will not. So where the two teams end up relative to the other is really irrevelant. Oregon very likely killed their opportunity to play for the national championship last night.

The good news is Clemson plays South Carolina (who doesn't deserve to be in the top10) so they could knock scar out and Fla State plays Florida (who also doesn't deserve to be in the top 10) so we could see some changes. I don't see another repeat of last year but I think it's inevitable that an SEC team gets in. unfortunately. Lets just hope ND loses so we can be the only undefeated and so ND is not the team the SEC team faces. I have little faith in ND personally.

you are going back and forth between years and got yourself confused.

Last year..Bama's only loss was the #1 ranked team.

This year..Bam's loss was to and Atm team that will be ranked ahead of Stanford..so again..Bama's loss each year was a better loss than Oregon.

If Bama gets in...and the ONLY way they get in this year..is going 12-1 and winning the SEC...which is in any realistic student of cfb..better than a 1 loss Pac12 team that didn't even win their half of a division.

Hate on the SEC all you want...but don't let it be the reason for illogical reasoning.

Now...if UCLA beats Stanfor next week and Oregon beats UCLA...Oregon would reposition themselves for a chance..though that would mean that their loss is to a 3 loss team that ND beat (if ND got beat by USC and ended up 11-1).

In the end...even if ND loses next week...a 1 loss SEC champ, a 1 loss ND, and a 1 loss Fla (if they get by FSU) are all more deserving of playing for the NC than a 1 loss Oregon (if Stanford wins next week).

I would give Oregon the nod over a 1 loss K-St or a 1 loss FSU based purely on who those two loss to unranked teams.

Plus Bama flat out crushed Western Carolina yesterday.

I think Bama gets the benefit of the doubt cause their conference has won six NC's(2 of last 3 belonging to them) in a row and Oregon has come up small on an almost annual basis in big games under Kelly(see Auburn, LSU, OSU and now Stanford).

You may call that "SEC bias" but if I'm splitting hairs between the two, to me Bama's resume looks more impressive than Oregon's from a historical perspective.

Don't worry Florida could lose to Florida St., South Carolina could lose to Clemson, and Georgia could lose to Georgia Tech and the SEC will still be considered the Greatest football conference of all time. Total BS. A four team playoff won't help this out, we need a 8 or 16 team tournament then the Real teams will stand out. and if it happens to be all SEC teams then SO BE IT !