Let's be honest. The quality of team that Alabama has played so far has been no better or even somewhat worse than what the Ducks have played. And that is precisely why Alabama is not deserving of a current #1 ranking. Shit, Florida has played a much tougher schedule than Alabama. So I'll split the difference. Florida should be #1, Oregon #2 and Alabama #3.
Mississippi State should be a cakewalk. Look at the losers they've played. That game will be no different than the Oregon-Az State game that had Az State coming in with a 5-1 record. If Alabama doesn't walk over Mississippi State by at least 16 points it should knock them 'em down to 6th in the BCS.
But all this is cheap talk. We'll know who the REAL champ is soon enough. When Bama plays LSU and Texas A&M we'll have a decent idea of how much juice they've got. And if they make it into the SEC championship and play Florida - then we'll know for sure. And when Oregon plays USC, Stanford and Oregon State - we'll know how much horsepower they've got. So time will tell.
And one of us will have egg on our face, BamaBoy.