re: 2012 BCS National Championship

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Uh, no. The team that got in as a 3rd place SEC team WAS the "alternative." According to the then BCS agreed-upon-rules, SOS was supposedly a large criterium

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The BCS formula was changed many times. By the time of this game it was simply three parts. One third coaches poll, one third Harris poll (after the AP told them they couldn't use it anymore) and the final component was the 6 computer polls. For that part is was Olympic style in the your highest and lowest ranking were dropped. At one point strength of schedule, margin of victory, etc. were all big parts of the that. Over time it was lowered and lowered after teams like Auburn were left out of the title game in 2004 (because of their non conference schedule) and non automatic qualifying schools like Utah, TCU, and Boise complained they were being unfairly left out for the same reason.

For the record Jeff Sagrin is one of the guys who had a computer poll in the BCS formula that year. His rankings had Oklahoma State's SOS at #3 and Alabama's at #15. Considering there were over 120 FBS schools at the time, that's not "VASTLY SUPERIOR" as you claim.