Maybe LSU would have only dropped to #2, but could that ranking be justified if they lost to a rival with four losses?
At the time, it was stated as such. They would have been 12 and 1. The other 3 teams were 11 and 1. Alabama lost to LSU. OK State lost to 6 and 7 Iowa State. Stanford might have had a case, losing to 12 and 2 Oregon who had lost to LSU.