re: Changing nothing but team names, what happens?

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no, they didn't. Auburn was higher then both before the championship game. Auburn still finished higher then Oklahoma even after Oklahoma played #1 in the championship game. So you lie I see

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You have no idea what you're talking about, my friend. Oklahoma and USC were #1 and #2, respectively, in the computers on Selection Sunday. Being that all three had the exact same winning percentage, the only thing that could separate the three in the computers (before the votes are even tallied) is SOS, be it interpreted through opponents' and opponents' opponents' record, home/away/neutral, or a combo of the both of them. The math gave us 1OU 2USC 3AU, and the polls gave us 1USC 2OU 3AU. AU was in the top 2 by no comprehensively mathematical accounts I've ever seen, and thanks to the Massey Composite, I've seen hundreds and actually informed myself instead of watching ESPN. The only thing that put AU in the top 2 was eye tests like yours

Rank Team AP Coaches Computers BCS
1 USC 1 1 2 .9770
2 Oklahoma 2 2 1 .9681
3 Auburn 3 3 3 .9331
4 Texas 6 5 4 .8476
5 California 4 4 6 .8347
6 Utah 5 6 5 .8181

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