A question for Izzy, because I am not sure. What benefits us more? Miss St beating Ark next week and staying ranked, but Ark dropping some, or Ark beat Miss St, thus Ark rising in the rankings and Miss St will probably drop out. My thought is Ark beating Miss St, because if we beat a higher ranked Ark it will have a greater weight than if Miss St stays ranked, but wasn't when we played them. Also, if Miss St beats Ark, then we beat them, then Ark will probably fall out of the top 25 anyway. If Ark beats Miss St, but loses to us, they will probably still be ranked. Which way benefits us more?
Oregon State lost at home to Washington State by 2 touchdowns. So that "quality" win for both Boise and TCU, wasn't quality at all.
Yeh, Utah getting trounced by a horrible ND team doesn't help their argument at all. VT beating UNC on the other hand sorta washes the Ore St failures.
If Auburn loses and drops below LSU, moving LSU up to 4th, LSU gets an automatic at-large bid. The bowl doesn't get to choose at that point.
Only conference champions get automatic bids. If Auburn loses to South Carolina, Auburn becomes an at-large just as LSU would be. The bowls can pick (in a designated order) from the at-large pool based on who they think would create the best draw. One would assume they'd pick the higher ranked school from a conference... but they are not required to do so.
