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Alabama is down, but is it out? Our writers weigh in with their picks for the BCS title contenders in light of the Crimson Tide's stumble Saturday.

Brad Edwards updates his projected BCS bowl matchups, plus the next teams in line for each bid, and breaks down what needs to happen for five BCS title contenders.

Story | Conversation | November 04, 2012

Brian Fremeau examines the AP top five -- Alabama, Oregon, LSU, FSU and Georgia -- and compares their statistical profiles to past title contenders.

Story | Conversation | September 25, 2012

Travis Haney takes a look at the potential "trap" games for this season's BCS title contenders.

Blog | Conversation | August 28, 2012

Travis Haney identifies the biggest weaknesses for the top six SEC title contenders (Florida, Georgia and South Carolina in the East, Alabama, Arkansas and LSU in the West), and provides possible fixes for each team.

Blog | Conversation | July 18, 2012

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

Brad Edwards provides ideal scenarios for how second-tier title contenders Alabama, Arkansas, Boise State, Oklahoma and Oregon can make the BCS Championship Game.

Story | Conversation | November 10, 2011

With the BCS rankings unveiled, Brian Fremeau of Football Outsiders looks at the remaining undefeated teams and ranks them based on their chances of finishing with zero losses. The odds are against Alabama, LSU and other BCS title contenders.

Story | Conversation | October 17, 2011

Brad Edwards looks at the remaining undefeated teams and ranks them in the order of likelihood that they'll receive a BCS title game berth if they remain unbeaten.

Story | Conversation | October 08, 2011

Jimbo Fisher and E.J. Manuel have the Seminoles on the verge of sustained success, KC Joyner writes.

Story | Conversation | March 15, 2011

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 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

All the top teams took care of their business and the BCS standings were unchanged at the top Sunday, with Alabama and Texas Tech holding the top two spots and Florida, Texas and Oklahoma poised to move up.

Down the stretch they come, and On The Mark weighs the pros and cons of the BCS title contenders.

Down the stretch they come, and On The Mark weighs the pros and cons of the BCS title contenders.

LSU is in the driver's seat for the No. 2 spot in the BCS standings but it might be possible for Kansas to leapfrog the Tigers by winning out, writes Brad Edwards.

Story | Conversation | November 04, 2007