LSU: wins over three ranked teams. Only loss to top 15 Florida. If LSU wins out, it will have beaten five ranked teams.

USC: wins over two ranked teams. Loss to 6-7 Cal.

Common opponents: Auburn and Arizona.

LSU beat Auburn 31-7. LSU was up 21-0 at halftime.

USC beat Auburn 23-0. USC was up 10-0 at halftime.

Advantage: LSU by 1.

LSU beat Arizona 59-13. LSU was up 38-0 at halftime.

USC beat Arizona 45-0. USC was up 35-0 at halftime.

Advantage: LSU by 1.

Combined advantage: LSU by 2. Combined advantage of halftime scores: LSU by 14.

Email these stats to voters in the polls. Maybe it will sway some opinion.

I'm sure you wanted to say USC and not Cal. I know it's petty of me to correct, but I figured you'd want to hear it from one of your LSU brethren than from someone else.

I can't wait to see how much ground we've closed on USC in the next BCS. We've come a very long way in the BCS in the past five weeks.

I need to make a correction. Cal came back to beat Stanford, so USC's only loss was to a 7-6 Cal team.

And now, who has USC beaten? Auburn? Washington State? You call those quality wins? Come on! Washington State lost to Notre Dame and Washington, a team that lost to Arizona. Auburn has lost to just about everyone.