Bayou Bengals Debut at #1

LSU looks to become the first school to debut at #1 in the BCS standings and win the title.

Conference Rankings Big 12 Southeastern Big Ten Big East Pacific-12 Atlantic Coast USA Mountain West Mid-American Western Athletic Sun Belt If my system were the basis of the BCS selections, here is my hypothetical projection of how the bowls would be arranged: BCS Championship Game: Louisiana State vs. Oklahoma State Rose Bowl: Wisconsin vs. Stanford Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Nebraska Sugar Bowl: Alabama vs. West Virginia Orange Bowl: Clemson vs. Boise State

LSU, by virtue of the quality win over Oregon, nudges past the 'Pokes for the #1 spot. An undefeated LSU/Alabama winner will almost certainly claim the #1 ranking on Selection Sunday; an undefeated Big 12 team (OU, OSU, and KSU are the three remaining) will almost certainly be #2.

1. Louisiana State
2. Oklahoma State
3. Clemson
4. Alabama
5. Oklahoma
6. Boise State
7. Kansas State
8. Wisconsin
9. Houston
10. Stanford
11. Virginia Tech
12. Nebraska
13. Oregon
14. Arkansas
15. Michigan
16. South Carolina
17. Penn State
18. Illinois
19. Michigan State
20. Southern California
21. West Virginia
22. Rutgers
23. Washington
24. Southern Methodist
25. Texas
26. Auburn
27. Georgia Tech
28. Louisiana-Lafayette
29. Southern Mississippi
30. Arizona State
31. Texas A&M
32. Georgia
33. Notre Dame
34. North Carolina
35. Brigham Young
36. Baylor
37. Syracuse
38. Cincinnati
39. Temple
40. Texas Tech
41. Texas Christian
42. San Diego State
43. Wake Forest
44. UCLA
45. Florida
46. Ohio State
47. South Florida
48. Virginia
49. Toledo
50. Tulsa
51. Iowa
52. Arkansas State
53. Nevada
54. Florida International
55. Ball State
56. Miami (Florida)
57. Florida State
58. Hawaii
59. Western Michigan
60. Missouri
61. Utah
62. Vanderbilt
63. Tennessee
64. San José State
65. Marshall
66. Texas-El Paso
67. Ohio
68. Mississippi State
69. Iowa State
70. California
71. Wyoming
72. Northern Illinois
73. Eastern Michigan
74. New Mexico State
75. Central Florida
76. Washington State
77. Kansas
78. Purdue
79. Pittsburgh
80. East Carolina
81. Maryland
82. Kentucky
83. Troy
84. Colorado State
85. North Texas
86. Connecticut
87. Rice
88. Fresno State
89. Mississippi
90. Air Force
91. North Carolina State
92. Bowling Green
93. Navy
94. Louisiana-Monroe
95. Army
96. Tulane
97. Louisville
98. Miami (Ohio)
99. Northwestern
100. Utah State
101. Louisiana Tech
102. Colorado
103. Arizona
104. Central Michigan
105. Duke
106. Buffalo
107. Indiana
108. Kent State
109. Middle Tennessee State
110. Oregon State
111. Akron
112. Florida Atlantic
113. Boston College
114. Alabama-Birmingham
115. Idaho
116. Memphis
117. Nevada-Las Vegas
118. Minnesota
119. Western Kentucky
120. New Mexico