Alabama gets the nod as nation’s second-best team

College Football
Mountain West
SEC
Andrew Luck
Courtney Upshaw
Dont'a Hightower
Dre Kirkpatrick
Mark Barron
Trent Richardson
Alabama Crimson Tide
Boise State Broncos
LSU Tigers
Oklahoma State Cowboys
Stanford Cardinal
BCS
Heisman
Nick Saban

The Tide is not ranked No. 2, but would be favored over Oklahoma State and Stanford.

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