Oregon and Auburn also hold the top two spots in the BCS standings. It’s become apparent that no matter how much winning TCU and Boise State do, they need the Ducks or Tigers to lose to have a shot at playing for the national championship. No. 1 in the AP poll has been beaten twice this season, South Carolina knocked off Alabama and Wisconsin beat Ohio State. Oklahoma was in first-place in the BCS when it lost to Missouri. Yes, they were all upsets, but all those top-ranked teams lost on the road to ranked opponents. The last time the No. 1 team in the AP poll lost to an unranked team was Sept. 25, 2008, when Oregon State upset Southern California. You’d have to go back to 2007 to find the last time an unranked team beat No. 1 in November. That wild season it happened twice, when Illinois beat top-ranked Ohio State on Nov. 11 and Arkansas beat LSU on Nov. 23. Illinois and Arkansas each had seven victories at the time of their big wins. The Illini ended up in the Rose Bowl that season and Arkansas went to the Cotton Bowl.
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