There weren’t that many questions left heading into the final weekend of the regular season in College Football, with one big mystery left to be solves – who joins Notre Dame in the BCS national championship game. Alabama, with a dramatic win over Georgia in the SEC Championship game, are the answer, giving Florida the boost it needed to make it into the Sugar Bowl.

1	Notre Dame	.9978	1	1	2866	.9969	1	1470	.9966	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1.000
2	Alabama	.9441	2	2	2765	.9617	2	1417	.9607	3	4	2	4	3	3	3	.910
3	Florida	.8984	4	4	2480	.8626	4	1287	.8725	2	2	6	2	2	2	2	.960
4	Oregon	.8621	5	3	2548	.8863	3	1313	.8902	6	6	4	6	6	5	6	.810
5	Kansas State	.8226	6	6	2332	.8111	6	1190	.8068	4	3	3	5	8	4	7	.850
6	Stanford	.7683	8	7	2142	.7450	8	1047	.7098	4	5	5	3	5	6	4	.850
7	Georgia	.7583	3	5	2388	.8306	5	1216	.8244	11	10	10	11	11	9	11	.620
8	LSU	.7511	7	8	2128	.7402	7	1111	.7532	7	8	8	9	4	7	5	.760
9	Texas A&M	.6756	9	9	1991	.6925	9	1039	.7044	10	11	11	10	9	11	9	.630
10	South Carolina	.6604	10	10	1838	.6393	10	947	.6420	9	9	9	8	10	8	8	.700
11	Oklahoma	.6502	11	11	1745	.6070	11	890	.6034	8	7	7	7	7	10	10	.730
12	Florida State	.5047	13	12	1655	.5757	12	853	.5783	16	17	14	15	24	21	15	.360
13	Oregon State	.4716	15	14	1280	.4452	14	663	.4495	12	13	15	13	13	12	13	.520
14	Clemson	.4693	14	13	1485	.5165	13	769	.5214	15	15	13	14	20	NR	18	.370
15	Northern Illinois	.3276	21	16	998	.3471	16	495	.3356	19	21	12	16	25	NR	12	.300
16	Nebraska	.3264	12	18	710	.2470	21	328	.2224	13	12	20	12	12	15	14	.510
17	UCLA	.2872	16	17	791	.2751	19	408	.2766	17	18	24	18	15	16	21	.310
18	Michigan	.2537	19	22	525	.1826	22	278	.1885	14	16	22	19	14	14	16	.390
19	Boise State	.2513	20	15	1058	.3680	15	569	.3858	31	NR	19	NR	NR	NR	NR	.000
20	Northwestern	.2327	22	20	682	.2372	17	444	.3010	21	19	25	21	22	NR	20	.160
21	Louisville	.1808	NR	19	705	.2452	18	409	.2773	29	24	NR	23	NR	NR	NR	.020
22	Utah State	.1787	24	21	660	.2296	20	334	.2264	23	NR	17	25	NR	NR	19	.080
23	Texas	.1519	18	24	230	.0800	25	97	.0658	17	14	21	22	16	13	24	.310
24	San Jose State	.1346	25	—	—	—	24	110	.0746	20	20	18	17	NR	23	17	.260
25	Kent State	.0772	17	23	330	.1148	NR	84	.0569	25	NR	16	20	NR	NR	NR	.060

Northern Illinois, finishing the season as the MAC champions (beating Kent State 44-37 in a double overtime game) become the first non-AQ conference team to reach a BCS bowl (thanks to their #15 ranking, activating the automatic berth) despite having a loss this season.

This, plus the fact that a conference can’t have more than two teams in the BCS Bowls, has hurt a few teams expecting to find themselves in one of the big games after this weekend. The biggest upset in the whole arrangment are Oklahoma, who finish with an #11 ranking and their two losses coming against top 5 teams (Kansas State, Notre Dame). Still, the voters decided to give North Illinois just enough of a push to give them a BCS berth, while Oklahoma settle for the AT&T Cotton Bowl, facing Texas A&M, another team that felt they might have a shot at a BCS Bowl.

Not when Georgia, who were #3 in the nation heading into the weekend and get dropped after a 4 point loss to Alabama to #7, putting them in the Capital One Bowl vs Nebraska, another loser in a conference title game and the #16 team in the nation.

The Louisville Cardinals weren’t ranked last week but finish the season with a huge win over Rutgers, giving them a share of the BCS title and a place in a BCS Bowl, facing Florida in the BCS Bowl. Oklahoma State, who lost their final game of the season against Baylor, were the only team to drop out of the rankings.