Texas (11-0) and Oklahoma (10-1) were #1 and #2 in both polls. Maybe Alabama at #3 gets the nod to play Texas since the Sooners already had their chance and lost.

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1978- Would Bama still get to play PSU or would it be USC who had beaten Bama in Birmingham against Penn St.?

They were both #1 and #2 in the AP poll, so probably.

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1979 instead of Arkansas Bama would have played #1 OSU. Again does Bama win?

That would've been a classic game. Florida State might've snuck in since they were also perfect before the Orange Bowl loss to Oklahoma.

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Posted by Paul B Ammer

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Posted on 2/19/18 at 7:32 am to Korin

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1977

Bama was #2 going into the final week of the regular season. However Oklahoma beat Nebraska like they stole something and leaped Bama. Would there have been any desire for an OU\UT rematch again in the Cotton Bowl?

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1978

Bama not only needed juggernaut OU to fumble 11 times (losing 7) in a 17-14 loss to Nebraska, but the needed Nebraska to lose the next week. Inexplicably Nebraska did losing to Mizzou 35-31 and keeping the Orange Bowl from hosting the National Championship. PSU had already decided to go to Miami if the Huskers won. Nebraska was so enraged by the defeat they proceeded to beat Mizzou 25 years in a row. Hint:LSU

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1979

Bama vs OSU (even sans Woody) would have been a hell of a game. Bama took lower ranked Arkansas over undefeated- and at that time relatively unknown FSU. It paid off after USC defeated #1 in a classic Rose Bowl.

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