re: BCS hypothetical

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4. If Arkansas beats LSU then Arkansas will still be ranked behind Alabama, who crushed the Razorbacks, and LSU.

Here's why: because Arkansas is presently sixth in the BCS standings.

No pollsters will jump you above Alabama, the team that destroyed you, and LSU won't fall far enough for you to jump them. (It's possible that even with a loss to Arkansas LSU wouldn't fall below two since it would still have head-to-head wins over the number three and four teams in America.) Meanwhile, Arkansas can't advance above Alabama. So Alabama and LSU will be the top two teams in the BCS standings. In a three-way SEC tie, the top two teams in the BCS head-to-head governs.

That means LSU is going to the title game and Alabama would be the SEC's second BCS selection.

Again, barring a complete collapse and two losses in the final three games of the season, LSU will be in the SEC title game, and the national title game.

Arkansas won't even make the BCS even if finishes the season 11-1. I'm not saying it's necessarily fair, but it is reality.

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