Not necessarily in the championship game, but just a bid... for me its Texas Tech. They have a decent defense this year to compliment the high powered offense. I think their offense is strong enough to shoot it out with Texas, but even if they lose that game, I think it will be their only loss, with a weakened OU visiting... With one loss, as long as its not ugly, Texas Tech could be looking at an at-large bid...
If Auburn comes to LSU and gets a win with a frosh QB and all the talent they lost to the NFL it will be very ugly in Baton Rouge. I would not want to be an Auburn fan walking out of that stadium. I would not want to be one of the three stooges either. It would basically signal Auburns dominance over LSU for the next 3 maybe 4 years or more.