Alabama Football: Why the Tide Will Make It into BCS Title Game

Most college football fans have longed for the day when the BCS is scrapped in favor of a true playoff to determine the national championship. 

Proponents of the BCS will say that the system works because the regular season is a playoff in itself. 

Despite being on the edge of anarchy seemingly every November with multiple worthy teams battling it out for the right to play for it all, in the end, things always seem to shake out with the two best teams matched up in the national championship game.

With that rationale in mind, Alabama’s title dreams were dealt a crushing blow with their 9-6 overtime loss to top-ranked LSU on Nov. 5—or so it seemed. 

Nick Saban's squad is currently sitting at the No. 3 spot in the latest BCS rankings, and with the pressure rising up immensely as the season is coming to an end, the argument could be made that they are in the perfect position to end up in the BCS title game. 

While the two teams in front of them, LSU and Oklahoma State, control their own destiny, both teams will face top-10 opponents (in the Tigers’ case, maybe two) who are capable of derailing their dream seasons. 

All things considered, the odds of one of those two teams slipping seem more favorable.

Alabama faces an FCS school, Georgia Southern, this weekend before traveling to face in-state rival Auburn next weekend for the Iron Bowl. 

Anything is possible in a rivalry game, and Alabama needs to look no further than what happened to them the last time they played in Jordan-Hare Stadium two years ago, so don’t expect them to overlook the Tigers.

Still, it is a fair and simple assessment to say that the Tide have the easiest road left to travel. 

The other issue that is left to deal with is the posturing that is bound to occur with several other one-loss schools vying for a highly-coveted spot in the BCS title game. 

Oregon, Oklahoma and Arkansas lead the pack of schools sitting behind the Tide and patiently waiting and hoping for chaos to occur. 

Each school has a case as to why they should get to play for the national title. 

Assuming they win out, Oregon and Oklahoma will be champions of their respective conferences. 

Alabama could conceivably make it over those two teams without winning its own division. 

Regardless of those facts, with just one more stroke of good fortune, expect the Tide to roll into New Orleans on the second week of January.