BCS: OU Sooners Ranked 4th

With three weeks left to decide which teams will play for the national title, it’s Oregon against the Big 12 in a BCS battle.

The LSU Tigers moved into the first place in the Bowl Championship Series standings Sunday and the Oregon Ducks jumped into second place, a day after Ohio State was upset by Illinois. The University of Oklahoma Sooners are ranked 4th.

With three games remaining, including the Southeastern Conference championship game on December 1, LSU will likely reach the BCS title game in New Orleans by winning out.

The Ducks have three games left but they’ll have to watch their backs with three Big 12 teams looming, led by third-place Kansas.Oregon is past the toughest part of its schedule. The Ducks play at Arizona on Thursday night, have a road game against UCLA on November 24 and finish the season against rival Oregon State at home on December 1.

None of those teams is ranked, so if the Ducks struggle to a victory it could open up an opportunity for Kansas. Or fourth-place Oklahoma. Or fifth-place Missouri. If either of those three can win out, they could overtake Oregon, especially the perfect Jayhawks (10-0).

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