http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex LSU with 60 1st place votes in AP. Based on these poll numbers it should be hard for anyone to catch us if we win out.
You're still worried about falling to #3??? Coaches poll has been out for a while: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/usatpoll.htm
Coaches: 1. LSU (51) 10-1 1,483 1 2. Kansas (8) 11-0 1,441 4 3. West Virginia (1) 9-1 1,345 5 4. Missouri 10-1 1,328 6 5. Ohio State 11-1 1,276 7 6. Arizona State 9-1 1,158 8 7. Georgia 9-2 1,105 9 8. Virginia Tech 9-2 1,019 10 9. Oklahoma 8-2 931 3 10. Oregon 8-2 890 2 11. Texas 9-2 883 11 12. Southern California 8-2 879 13 13. Hawaii 10-0 828 12 14. Florida 8-3 736 14 15. Virginia 9-2 626 17 16. Boston College 9-2 619 18 17. Boise State 10-1 593 15 18. Illinois 9-3 485 21 19. Tennessee 8-3 430 19 20. Wisconsin 9-3 343 24 21. Connecticut 9-2 264 NR 22. Clemson 8-3 225 16 23. Brigham Young 8-2 161 NR 24. Texas Tech 8-4 80 NR 25. Auburn 7-4 65 NR
Kansas is the new flavor of the week. Regardless of the outcome of the Arky game, look for those gaps to close significantly if Kansas beats Missouri. The voters are chomping at the bit to move them up. They are seeing that "0" in the loss column and they've been itching to fulfill their fantasies since KU put that 76 spot on Nebraska.
Right now I think If we Win out it will be LSU vs West virginia in NCG. Sam Bradford will probably be back for Oklahoma and they will beat whoever they play in the BIG12 Champ.
It does get more intersting if they win their next two games, both against real competition (Mizzou and probably Oklahoma). In the end, it doesn't matter. If we beat Arkansas and the SEC-E champ, we play for the crystal as either #1 or #2 - who cares? Now, if we don't win both of our next two, then the road is steep and pretty much impassable.
Assuming we win out too, no, I don't. If we're better than them now, why should 2 wins over 2 two loss teams (if they beat Mizzou that's what they would be) suddenly make them better than us?
