[Spiny_Norman]

Should we beat OSU and UCLA, but lose to Oregon respectably, would we be in the op 14 BCS final standings? And would a 9-3 Stanford be attractive to the Rose Bowl, assuming Northern Indiana Parochial College is gone? Or would the RB take the other SEC team available that the Sugar didn't take?

A similar scenario played out 5 years ago.  The Rose Bowl had the Pac 10 champs USC but had lost Ohio State to the NC game.  They chose as a replacement a 9-3 Illinois team which was 13th in the BCS while bypassing higher ranked teams.  I think the Rose Bowl will always try to match Big 10 and Pac 12 if they have a choice.

[Spiny_Norman]

Should we beat OSU and UCLA, but lose to Oregon respectably, would we be in the op 14 BCS final standings? And would a 9-3 Stanford be attractive to the Rose Bowl, assuming Northern Indiana Parochial College is gone? Or would the RB take the other SEC team available that the Sugar didn't take?

A similar scenario played out 5 years ago.  The Rose Bowl had the Pac 10 champs USC but had lost Ohio State to the NC game.  They chose as a replacement a 9-3 Illinois team which was 13th in the BCS while bypassing higher ranked teams.  I think the Rose Bowl will always try to match Big 10 and Pac 12 if they have a choice.