Auburn loses to Bama and still might go to big game

ESPN was setting up a scenario where Auburn loses a respectable game to Bama and still plays in the National Championship. Of course that's assuming auburn beats USC. I assume most people know this, but amazingly we might have some positigers who might actually argue LSU is more deserving. Anyway the point was made because of the respect/strength of the SEC that auburn could jump ahead of TCU and Boise even if these 2 teams remain undefeated.