Oregon charged back into national championship contention, jumping to fourth place in the BCS standings Sunday after its big victory over Stanford.
LSU and Oklahoma State, both unbeaten, have the top two spots locked down and are on a path to meet in the BCS title game if they can stay perfect.
Alabama is third, hoping for a stumble by the top two. Oregon jumped from seventh last week to fourth with its 53-30 victory over Stanford.
The losses by Stanford and Boise State allowed Oklahoma to inch into fifth.
Boise State’s loss dropped the Broncos to 10th and gives them little hope to reach the BCS again. Undefeated Houston from Conference USA is 11th, solid position to be this year’s BCS buster if it can keep winning.
It’s unanimous.
LSU was a unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll, marking the first time since 2008 a team has received all the first-place votes during the regular season.
The Tigers (10-0), who have been No. 1 since Sept. 25, received all 60 first-place votes from the media panel in the rankings. The last unanimous top-ranked team in the regular season was Texas on Oct. 26, 2008.
Longhorns lose Whittaker
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas senior running back Fozzy Whittaker’s college career is over after tearing ligaments in his right knee early in the Longhorns’ loss at Missouri.
Whittaker slipped on the artificial turf and tore the medial collateral and anterior cruciate ligaments.
Whittaker, who has battled injuries his entire career, was having his best season with 995 all-purpose yards and a team-high nine touchdowns.
Footnotes.
Cincinnati quarterback Zach Collaros will have surgery for a broken right ankle, sidelining him for the Bearcats’ last three regular- season games.
• Auburn cornerback T’Sharvan Bell is out for the season with a knee injury, a significant blow to an already struggling secondary.
• Illinois linebacker Trulon Henry will miss the rest of the regular season after he was shot in the hand at a large house party near campus.
• Missouri running back Henry Josey, the Big 12’s leading rusher, had surgery on his left knee and is out for the season.
