Bleacher Report's College Football Top25: Week 13

But if Tennessee loses at Kentucky, Georgia gets the invitation to play LSU for the SEC title. 

With an 11th win in Atlanta over the top-ranked Tigers, there’s an outside chance Uga could earn an invitation to Louisiana.  However, I expect that a loss in the conference championship would knock the Bulldogs out of the BCS altogether, and 9-3 Florida would get the SEC’s second bid. 

Of course, Richt doesn’t actually have to pony up—he can only watch the ponies run the race like the rest of us.

#8  Oklahoma  9-2  (204)
Previous:  4
Strength of Schedule: 62
Last Week:  Lost to Texas Tech 34-27
This Week:  Oklahoma State (+11.5)

If you’re a true college football fan, you can’t take any pleasure in what happened in Tucson and Lubbock last week.

Two of the best quarterbacks in the country were injured early in pivotal conference clashes, costing both their teams any real chance of competing for a national title.

But whereas Dennis Dixon is done for the season with a bum knee, a concussed Sam Bradford will be in the lineup when the Sooners host Oklahoma State this Saturday.

The Crimson and Cream have claimed four straight in the Bedlam rivalry, and a win—or a Texas loss to A&M—will send them back to the Big 12 Championship. 

A win in San Antonio will send them back to the Fiesta Bowl.

#9  Oregon  8-2  (203)
Previous:  1
Strength of Schedule: 6
Last Week:  Lost to Arizona 34-24
This Week:  at UCLA (+1)

Oregon has every right to be the bitter, drunk, twice-divorced aunt at the Thanksgiving table:

Left not at the altar but at the goaline in the final minute against Cal.  Jilted again by an injury to their Heisman-caliber quarterback in a loss to lowly Arizona. 

There’s a very real possibility that the Ducks could finish in the bottom half of the Pac-10 standings, despite sitting atop the conference and the country just last week. 

#10  Virginia Tech  8-2  (197)
Previous: 11
Strength of Schedule: 26
Last Week:  Beat Miami 44-14
This Week:  at Virginia (+3.5)

With the Coastal Division still undecided, all we know is this: Only one ACC team can finish with two losses.  

Given the perceived lack of strength in the conference, that means only one ACC team is going to the Bowl Championship Series—Boston College, Virginia, or Virginia Tech.

The Hokies are hoping Christmas comes early, in the form of a rematch with BC in the championship game.  And with their offense in rhythm after back-to-back 40 point efforts, VaTech would probably be the favorite to win that contest and represent the ACC in the BCS.

To earn that privilege, however, the Hokies must win the most impactful meeting in the 112 year history of the Virginia-Virginia Tech rivalry.   

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