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fishwax

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Sat Dec-04-10 07:07 PM
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43. This will be the first BCS Championship game with two teams that weren't in the preseason top 10

Oregon was ranked 11th in both the AP and USA Today preseason polls, and Auburn was ranked 22nd in the AP and 23rd in USA Today.

The last team to play in the BCS Championship Game after starting the season not ranked in the top 10 was LSU in 2003. Other teams to have done so: Ohio State in 2002, Oklahoma in 2000, and Virginia Tech in 1999. LSU, Ohio State, and Oklahoma all wound up winning the BCS Championship. (Virginia Tech lost to preseason #1 Florida State.)

Previously the 2000 Oklahoma Sooners were the team that moved the farthest from the preseason (#19) into the championship game, but after today it will be this year's Auburn team.

Congrats to Auburn and Oregon :toast:

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Reply #43: This will be the first BCS Championship game with two teams that weren't in the preseason top 10 [View All]