The regular season is done and conference champs have been crowned. With that, I give you the final, regular season STB College Football rankings and bowl predictions:
- Auburn (by far the toughest schedule of the undefeated teams, and they played one extra game)
- Oregon (finished the season averaging over 50 pts. per game, better have a stronger first half against Auburn in BCS Title game though)
- TCU (finished regular season undefeated and earned a BCS game for the second straight year)
- Boise State (yes, Boise State is the best 1-loss team in the country)
- Ohio State (7 straight wins over rival Michigan and 6 straight Big Ten Championships)
- Wisconsin (debating putting them ahead of the Buckeyes, but didn't)
- Arkansas (6 straight wins, including 3 over ranked opponents)
- Stanford (one of the best seasons in school history)
- Oklahoma (Big 12 champs and BCS-bound again--familiar territory for Stoops and the Sooners)
- LSU (laid an egg against Arkansas and cost themselves a BCS birth)
- Michigan State
- Alabama
- Virginia Tech
- Nevada
- Oklahoma State
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Texas A&M
- Mississippi State
- West Virginia
- Utah
- South Carolina
- Hawaii
- Florida State
- Connecticut
BCS Bowl Predictions:
BCS National Championship
- Auburn vs. Oregon - Oregon wins a high-scoring shootout, ending the SEC's run as National Champs.
Rose Bowl
- TCU vs. Wisconsin - Horned Frogs defense stops the Badgers run attack and TCU wins, showing the Big Ten who the "little sisters of the poor" really are.
Sugar Bowl
- Ohio State vs. Arkansas - Ohio State is 0-9 vs. SEC teams in bowl games. This is the toughest game for me to call, but I'm gonna say the Buckeyes end that streak of futility at 9 and the SEC gets no BCS wins this year.
Fiesta Bowl
- Oklahoma vs. Connecticut - Oklahoma has a streak of futility going of it's own, five straight BCS losses. It ends here though as the Big Joke representative UConn is simply happy to be bowling.
Orange Bowl
- Stanford vs. Virginia Tech - I realize the whole country thinks Stanford will win this game going away, but I don't. I think the Hokies win a close one.
