Take another look, voters!

Sure, I'd like to see OU higher in the rankings. However, I am resigned to the fact that this year isn't the Sooners year. But, I'd like to put it out there that OU should be ranked much, much higher than they are currently. The problem is that people have forgotten (or don't care) about the travesty in Eugene earlier this year. OU should have one-loss. They got beat by Texas in a game they lost because of turnovers - with a little officiating help (if you need proof, take a look at the play that results in a penalty against OU TE Joe Jon Finley).

Texas lost to a strong Ohio State team, at least in part because Billy Pittman didn't take care of the ball near the goalline and redshirt freshman QB Colt McCoy was still growing up. Actually, his appearance makes you think he has a lot of growing up to do. But, then they went to Manhattan and lost to Kansas State.

Auburn got a gift win against Florida and just got drubbed by Georgia. They also got plastered by a quality Arkansas team earlier in the year. Against the Bulldogs, QB Brandon Cox spread the ball around, hitting his guys four times, hitting Georgia players four times and having the ball hit the turf four times. Great job!

Then, there are the Cal Golden Bears. I hope they pummel USC and take the Pac-10 crown, but an embarrassing early season loss at Tennessee and last week's loss at Arizona should have them below the Sooners. It's quite obvious. Cal doesn't have a big non-conference win. They took care of Minnesota at home ... whoopdeedoo. They got Oregon and Arizona State at home. They could recover from the loss to the Vols. That shouldn't be the case for the loss to the Wildcats.

Oh, and the Badgers. The Big 10 is definitely top heavy this year, with Michigan and Ohio State. Unfortunately, the Badgers only had to play the Wolverines. They lost. Match that with a non-conference schedule of Bowling Green, Western Illinois, San Diego State, and Buffalo and you get a fabulous record, devoid of any real quality wins. While some conferences started weak and came on strong, the Big 10 was overhyped and fizzled. Penn State and Iowa have disappointed and haven't been able to push the big boys who meet this weekend with #1 on the line.

There is also a question of where Wake Forest belongs with one loss. They lost to Clemson, but have taken care of everyone else so far, including B.C. At least they have a couple more games against relatively high-level opponents Virginia Tech and Maryland. Another loss will send the Demon Deacons plummeting, as it should.

And, recapping the BCS jumble at the top, there are 12 teams either undefeated or with one loss. The Ohio State v. Michigan game won't change that. We can discard West Virginia and Louisville at national title contenders, dropping the pool to 10. USC v. Notre Dame will remove another, with the number, potentially, dropping to 8 if Cal beats USC and the Trojans beat Notre Dame. Rutgers will, probably, lose to WVU and I expect Wake Forest to lose again before the season is out. So, we're down to seven. Dropping Wisconsin for having no real high-level wins whittles the field to six. Boise State is in the running for a BCS game, but not THE game ... 5. The SEC and/or SEC championship game will prevent both Florida and Arkansas from finishing with one loss. It might blemish both again. So, we're down to four or less.

So, we're actually down to Ohio State, Michigan, USC or Notre Dame, and Arkansas or Florida. With one loss, all of those teams seem worthy of a shot. But, it's not unrealistic that both teams in the "or" pairings will have losses. That would set up a rematch of the Ohio State v. Michigan game for the national title at a neutral site. The BCS sucks, but I think it might work out for them again this year. But, just because it "works out" doesn't mean it's the best, or even a good, system.