Had Oklahoma State been 12-0 in 2011, is it possible Bama still gets in over them?

No because it wasn’t humans deciding

But Bama wouldn't have been No. 2 if Okie State hadn't lost that road game against a mediocre Iowa State team.

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No because it wasn’t humans deciding

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Exactly, it was razor thin as it was.

There should have never been a playoff committee, should have used the BCS selection to determine the playoff selections.

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We had several people vote Okie State #4 or lower that year. If you went simply off of Computer Rankings then LSU would have played OSU.

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There were a bunch of voters in the human polls who wanted the rematch. I think they would have found a way to get it no matter what.

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The human polls were responsible for 2/3 of the BCS formula.

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while this is true using the polls which are human but with far more voters is less likely to be manipulated like a room of 12 ppl in one location are.

Oklahoma State's problem in 2011 is that they were Oklahoma STATE.

Had they been Oklahoma or Texas, they would have played LSU.

Again, college football is not a real competition, it is a pageant where the rules change annually for the benefit of the Tier 1 programs/media darlings.

Remember, 2011 was the last year the slogan "Every Game Counts" was used. In fact, that slogan was immediately removed after a Tier 2 program (LSU) won the "Game of the Century" in Bama's backyard. That wasn't supposed to happen. When it did, CFB again changed the criteria.

Yes because Alabama.

Bama probably not as Little Nicky didn't have the world sucking his ballsack yet.

But, you never know with the Gumps...

To be fair, Georgia did get in in 2021 despite losing the SECCG, but that's probably because there weren't enough 1-loss P5 champions/G5 undefeateds. Georgia is also a Tier 2 program.

It's entirely possible /joeroganvoice