...think that it's a given that a one-loss SEC champion would get picked over an unbeaten Cincinnati," BCS analyst Jerry Palm said. Palm said TCU from the Mountain West Conference, fourth in the latest BCS standings and just ahead of Cincinnati...

...a 65-21 victory against Texas Tech, which dropped to seventh place. "This was a good week for Oklahoma," said Jerry Palm, an independent BCS analyst and blogger, in a telephone interview. "It wasn't really to be expected that they'd...

...it would be nothing more than a Big Ten championship - and I don't think you get mulligans in college football." Jerry Palm, an independent BCS analyst, estimates that 40 of the 113 voters in the Harris poll and 25 of the 62 in the USA Today...

...become the first team from a conference without an automatic Bowl Championship Series bid to play for the BCS title.Jerry Palm, who analyzes the BCS standings at collegebcs.com, said despite a better early season showing in the polls than ever...

...control of the title race."They're fighting over what color uniform to wear in the championship game," BCS analyst Jerry Palm said.Oregon is No. 1 in the two polls used in the standings and No. 2 according to the computer ratings. Auburn...

...victory over Colorado probably had some poll voters rethinking their first-place votes this week, but BCS analyst Jerry Palm expects USC to be in first and Texas to be a solid second in the BCS standings. "Texas played an opponent that is now...

...probably send an unbeaten Sooners team to the Orange Bowl to face an unbeaten Southern Cal, according to BCS analyst Jerry Palm. Palm said computer rankings usually don't fluctuate drastically late in the season, and Oklahoma's strength of...

...spot in the title game wasn't assured until Boise State beat Hawaii at 3 a.m. EST Sunday. According to BCS expert Jerry Palm, that game was worth 0.2 points in the strength of schedule because USC beat Hawaii in September - slightly more than...

...have its choice of uniforms. "I think they'd still be the No. 1 team in the computers if they lose," BCS expert Jerry Palm said. "They might be third in the polls, but they would have the strongest strength of schedule of the three teams...

...teams they've played this year. The Trojans are 22 spots ahead of LSU in strength of schedule this week. BCS expert Jerry Palm projects that Southern California could end up anywhere from 15 spots ahead to 26 spots behind. There are seven games...