[dennis1x]

ummm..the winner of the Sugar Bowl is THE national champion....there are no other scenarios......eg the winner of the Rose Bowl.

[staytrue]

winner of the Sugar Bowl is THE national champion....there are no other scenarios

How about the sugar bowl winner, eeks out a win while USC beats michigan by 50. USC might be the winner especially since USC will probably be #1 in both human polls on Sunday.

[Azzurri]

ummm..the winner of the Sugar Bowl is THE national champion....there are no other scenarios......eg the winner of the Rose Bowl.

The coaches poll is contractually obligated to vote for the Sugar Bowl winner as the national champion. However, the AP poll is not obligated and could conceivably have USC (from the Rose Bowl) as the national champion after the bowl games are done.

[Richard Kimball]

BTW, Syracuse just mopped up the floor with Notre Dame and then kicked their *sses for missing the corners. This knocks down USC's ratings, as USC beat Notre Dame earlier this year. PROBABLY OU-LSU in the Sugar Bowl.

[LisaMalia]

Not according to those "expert" pundits at ESPN, Mark May and Trev Alberts. They said it's possible for the team NOT playing in the Sugar Bowl to be voted 1st in both post season polls, resulting in a Co-National Championship.

I actually heard this same scenerio mentioned several weeks ago when Ohio State was still in the mix to go to the Sugar Bowl.

Now, THAT would be $crewed up!!!!!

[LisaMalia]

From ESPN:

Can the Sooners remain No. 1 in the BCS Standings without being ranked first in either of the two "human" polls? Is America staring at a split national championship? And is it really true that the final BCS Standings were determined by what happened in upstate New York earlier in the day, and in Honolulu in the wee hours of Sunday, Eastern time?

Yes.