Alabama will remain No. 1, but Oklahoma is expected to jump Texas and move into the No. 2 spot when the Bowl Championship Series standings are released Sunday, according to Sam Chi, the BCS Guru.
If Sam's projections hold true, Texas is getting hosed. The one-loss Longhorns hung the only loss on the Sooners, beating them by 10 points 
on a neutral field. But we're talking BCS, where winners and losers are not always determined on a field.
What can Mack Brown do for you, Longhorn fans? He has a vote in the coaches' poll and Oklahoma counterpart Bob Stoops does not. What's to prevent Brown from voting the Sooners No. 25 in the poll and Texas No. 1? Nobody would know, because the coaches' votes are not made public until after the BCS title game.
In 2004, Brown successfully lobbied voters to put the Longhorns ahead of California, earning Texas a berth in the Rose Bowl. It was a profitable move by Brown, who earned a $50,000 bonus for getting his team into a BCS game.
Boise State is another team on the outside looking in. Only one non-BCS team can make the field of 10, and Utah has clinched that spot. Utah is projected to be No. 6 in the BCS standings and Boise State No. 9. Go to the BCS Guru for the projected top 15.
The possibilities for a disastrous finish are endless, and Sam helped sort it out in a 9:24 podcast, which you can listen to by clicking here.
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