Auburn at #3 in the polls (though closing the gap!) is still a reflection of Auburn starting out low and creeping up slowly while USC and OK have pretty much been consistent at the top spots all year long. Not exactly a newsflash, I know, but I tend to think that Auburn is dealing with two things that have hurt them now: 1) the hangover from the 2003 flameout, which caused Auburn to be ranked not in the top 5 or 10 but 16, I think, to start the season, and 2) Ball State bailing out on Auburn before the season started and Auburn having to get The Citadel in as a late replacement. Even as something as mundane as replacing a bad MAC team with a bad D-1AA team now is huge. I yelled and screamed for Auburn to get UAB for a one-game deal, a decent three OOC games would have helped, and unfortunately, Auburn is suffering for that oversight. Getting no love from 6 computers which is one-third of total BCS points, but Auburn can really pass the Oklahoma after the SEC championship(provided they win and win with a blowout), AP and Coaches poll are surely going to rank Auburn ahead of OKies and maybe USC. Since AP and Coaches polls accounts for two third of total BCS points, things should be not that bad for Auburn. Good things never come easy for Auburn, which is why I love them so. That, and the chicks.;) Go Auburn!! Go Falcons!!