Still, should OU win out, LSU looks to be the only team that remains in front.

Now, take a look at the unbeatens.

• OU winning out means Kansas doesn’t.

• Who’s going to beat Ohio State? Michigan State, Penn State, Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan still can.

• Boston College’s road is not impossible. If the Eagles can get past Virginia Tech next, only Florida State, Clemson and Miami remain.

• South Florida will have to earn its way, with one-loss Connecticut, two-loss Rutgers, one-loss Cincinnati, Syracuse, Louisville (Cincinnati’s one loss) and Pitt still to play.

• Hawaii can remain perfect and still not be in the way.

The Sooners have their own issues.

“If things work out, they work out, but we’ve just got to …” began quarterback Sam Bradford, turning the question back on the Sooners themselves.

“We’ve got to focus on us,” running back Chris Brown said.

Still, the light at the end of the tunnel is only getting brighter.

“The way the season’s been going, everybody’s getting beat,” Sooner receiver Juaquin Iglesias said. “But coach just told us, everything’s still in front of us.”

It would seem so.