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ESPN Insider's Jeff Dooley writes in the latest Eliminator column that the LSU Tigers have their BCS championship fate all but sealed before they face Georgia in the SEC title game.

Story | Conversation | November 21, 2011

ESPN Insider's Jeff Dooley takes a look at the typical benchmarks achieved by title contenders, and why LSU is getting close.

Story | Conversation | November 21, 2011

ESPN Insider's Jeff Dooley has the latest Eliminator column and writes that the Oregon Ducks are among three one-loss teams good enough to win a national title. Unfortunately for them, they most likely need LSU or Oklahoma State to lose.

Story | Conversation | October 23, 2011

ESPN Insider's Jeff Dooley introduces the 2011 Eliminator model. After the Auburn Tigers won the BCS championship last year despite the numbers suggesting they shouldn't, the model underwent some tweaking and is better than ever for this season.

Story | Conversation | September 02, 2011

Since turnover margins tend to regress to the mean, Insider's Jeff Dooley takes a look at five teams that could rise and five that could fall in 2011, given normal fluctuations in their ability to secure -- and protect -- the football.

Story | Conversation | August 18, 2011

Jeff Dooley concludes the Eliminator land-mine series by looking at the potential weaknesses that could prevent any of the top five teams in the country from making a run to the BCS national championship game.

Story | Conversation | August 12, 2011

In an article for the Summer Stock series, Jeff Dooley previews Oregon's 2011 campaign. Even though the team lost several playmakers on offense, if the Ducks can get by LSU in Week 1, they could be in the national title hunt again.

Story | Conversation | May 23, 2011

Jeff Dooley continues The Eliminator series, with a look at how last year's top teams can replace the start they lost this offseason.

Story | Conversation | March 17, 2011

Jeff Dooley, who wrote the "Eliminator" articles during the regular season (using previous statistical benchmarks to analyze current results), analyzes the BCS championship. It seems Oregon has a decided edge here -- but it's not where you would assume.

Story | Conversation | January 09, 2011

The final BCS Eliminator -- a model that looks at past champions to inform this season's process -- takes on Oregon versus Auburn. The Ducks should win. Why? The Tigers' defense isn't championship-caliber; it's very similar to the 2008 Oklahoma Sooners'.

Story | Conversation | December 05, 2010

The Eliminator model -- which uses old BCS benchmarks to inform this year -- looks at South Carolina-Auburn and Oregon-Oregon State to see if anything can derail BCS No. 1 and No. 2. Could something? Yes, and his name is Alshon Jeffery.

Story | Conversation | November 28, 2010

With time dwindling, the Iron Bowl will show the nation just how much Auburn looks like past BCS champs. At the moment, though, the Tigers don't stack up.

Story | Conversation | November 21, 2010

The Eliminator -- which looks at benchmarks established by previous BCS contenders and applies those to 2010 -- wraps up Week 11 in college football. Oregon scored only 15 points versus Cal, but its path to the BCS title game seems very likely.

Story | Conversation | November 14, 2010

The Eliminator -- which looks at previous statistical benchmarks to inform the 2010 BCS picture -- believes TCU took a hit to its title hopes even with a huge win, Florida jumped back into the SEC title picture and LSU is still off the BCS pace.

Story | Conversation | November 07, 2010

The Eliminator -- which looks at previous statistical benchmarks to inform the 2010 BCS picture -- believes that Auburn, based on defensive shortcomings, is not a legitimate BCS contender. TCU versus Utah will tell us a great deal, though.

Story | Conversation | October 31, 2010

The Eliminator -- which uses statistical benchmarks for contenders in each conference, historically -- looks at results after Week 8 of college football. Lessons: Missouri is legit, but fear the Huskers. Sparty is legit too, but they should fear Iowa.

Story | Conversation | October 24, 2010