Current BCS Rank:
1. LSU
2. Bama
3. Arkansas

Scenario:
Alabama (11-1)
Arkansas (11-1)
LSU (11-1)

-All 3 teams would be 1-1 against the other 2.

Why Arkansas would deserve to be ranked in the top 2:

1. Arkansas would be on the third longest winning streak in the nation (8 games), third only to Houston (undefeated), and Georgia 9-2, will be on 10 game winning streak with win over Georgia Tech this weekend). Arkansas' winning streak would be capped off by winning @ #1 LSU who has not been beaten yet this season.

-LSU would have lost the last game of the regular season to Arkansas.
-Bama would be on a 3 game winning streak with a win at Auburn.
-OSU lost their most recent game to unranked Iowa State and has a bye this week before playing their last game against OU.
-Virginia Tech would be on a 7 game winning streak if they beat Virginia this weekend.

2. Arkansas would be the only team out of Bama-Ark-LSU to have had to play @ both of the other teams' stadiums, earning the same record as the other two teams who each got at least one home game in this 3-team series, and who each would have lost a home game in the series. Arkansas has not lost a home game this season.

-LSU beat Bama @ Bama, and will have lost to Arkansas at home.
-Bama beat Arkansas at home, and lost to LSU at home.

3. Arkansas would be the only team out of Bama-Ark-LSU to have played and beat one of the two ranked teams from the SEC East (#12 South Carolina). (Arkansas' other two opponents from the SEC East were Vanderbilt and Tennessee).

-LSU played Kentucky, Florida, and Tennessee.
-Bama played Vanderbilt, Florida, Tennessee.

4. Alabama's out-of-conference win at #19 Penn State (9-2) is not significantly better than Arkansas' win over Texas A&M at a neutral site. Therefore, Alabama's OOC "advantage" should be given little weight when compared to the 3 reasons above for why Arkansas should be ranked in the top 2.

-Penn State has faced 2 ranked teams and lost to both (#2 Bama, #21 Nebraska).
-A&M has faced 5 ranked opponents, going 1-4 against those five (win over #17 Baylor, losses to #9 OU, #4 Ok St, #3 Arkansas, #11 Kansas State). A&M's 5th loss came to Missouri (6-5).
-For their final games, Penn State is a 18.5 point underdog to #15 Wisconsin, and A&M is a 7.5 point favorite over #25 Texas.

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Conclusion:

Based on the 4 reasons listed and explain above, Arkansas would clearly deserve to be ranked as one of the top 2 teams in the nation, if not the #1 team in the nation.

Since this is the case, it should be up for the voters to decide whether Bama or LSU should drop to 3. Since LSU won @ Bama 3 weeks ago, and since LSU has a stronger resume than Bama, the final rankings should be one of the two:

1. Arkansas
2. LSU
3. Bama

or

1. LSU
2. Arkansas
3. Bama

If the voters insist on moving Bama to #1, then Arkansas should be #2 and LSU #3, since Arkansas must be moved up from #3 after winning at #1 LSU and finishing with the same record as LSU. But Bama knocking LSU out of the top 3 would be a great injustice since Bama got both Arkansas and LSU at home, earned the same 1-1 record, and also since LSU has the stronger resume and head to head win over Bama.

This post was edited on 11/21/11 at 10:37 pm