If we are going to talk about "who's left out", we have to rank Auburn as the one left out in the cold.
Winning fourteen games in a row - going back to last season... Beating four teams ranked in the top ten when they played them - like LSU, co-national champion...allowing only one rushing touchdown all season until the SEC Championship last night...scoring on their opening drive in every game but one...truly a special team.
The BCS critics have predicted something like this would happen, but every year the supporters say that by season's end, everybody will lose at least one game. It didn't happen, and there is no playoff system to resolve the dispute...and the BCS Gods still rule NCAA Football.
Bring on the playoffs!!!
Without Question Auburn got shafted. I think they are better than USC.
Any team that comes out of the SEC at 12-0 should practically be given the national title without even playing for it in a bowl game.