Yep after week 2 I'll be the first to bring it up, are we looking at another potential LSU/Bama NC game? With Arkansas having their epic collapse I think the likelihood just became a lot better. Obviously it's still insanely early in the season but let me explain why I think it could very well happen.

Lets look at some of the other conferences right now. First lets look at the Big 10, that conference is in ruins right now. Ohio State and Penn State are ineligible to compete for the NC (With Penn State they won't compete for an NC for a very long time), Michigan got embarrassed by Bama and looks highly overrated. Wisconsin and Iowa have both already lost. The only legitimate chance left for the Big 10 is Michigan State and I just don't see them going undefeated with a new QB. Obviously the Big East without WVU is no threat, even if a Big East team like Louisville were to go undefeated a 1 loss SEC team would be ranked higher. So we have already eliminated the Big Ten and Big East.

Looking at the ACC, at this point they still have 3 undefeated teams but that shows nothing at this point. FSU hasn't been tested at all yet, Clemson looked very beatable against a bad Auburn team, and VT looked very beatable against a very mediocre GT team. The only ACC team I could see running the table would be FSU but I still believe they slip up at some point. I'm not convinced yet they are truly back to the old FSU. So that eliminates the ACC.

The only 2 conferences that I believe have a legitimate shot to prevent a LSU/Bama rematch would be the Big 12 and Pac-12. In the Big 12 Oklahoma has not looked that impressive and no one outside Texas has seen what the Longhorns look like so far. With that said from some of score updates with Texas I don't think they are elite yet. I think Oklahoma beats Texas but then slips up as they normally do. Oklahoma State won't be the same team without Blackmon. The Pac-12 is by far the biggest threat, either USC or Oregon could go undefeated. With that said, USC looked very beatable against Syracuse today and I could see a situation like last year where USC beats Oregon but then slips up. If Oregon beats USC I don't see very many teams standing in their way. But of course remember it's likely the USC and Oregon play twice this season. Stanford isn't the same team without Luck so they aren't a factor.

I think the biggest thing is simply the lack of overall talent in college football this year. College football lost a lot of great talent last year and this is really a building year for all of college football. Never mind we all know the media would love a LSU/Bama NC game. All the story lines about LSU possibly being able to get revenge on Bama in the best way, especially if Bama were to win the regular season game in Baton Rouge. ESPN would hardly be able to contain themselves. Plus lets just look at the first 2 weeks, LSU just dismantled what is expected to be a decent Washington team and Bama dismantled Michigan last week. LSU and Bama in my opinion are on a different level than the rest of college football and the only team that can beat those teams are each other.

Of course the likelihood is still low of this happening, plus there will be some media that will try to stop it. My main point of this is it's starting to look like the LSU and Bama show again this year, and I think it's closer than a lot of us even realize. I'd personally love to see an all SEC NC Game again, of course this time with LSU on top. :)

This post was edited on 9/8/12 at 11:15 pm