The British Film Institute has produced a poll ranking of what it considers to be the 100 greatest British films of all time, the BFI Top 100 British films.

LSU earned the second spot based on a stronger computer ranking than USC and a No. 2 human poll ranking.

Despite the similarity in the poll rankings, Wisconsin entered the game as a 6 point favorite due in part to recent dominance of the Big Ten Conference in Rose Bowl games.

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John Paquette, the Big East public relations director, explains: The champion will play in either the Cotton, Orange or Sugar bowls, depending upon the final poll rankings.

And this is a game that has little significance in terms of conference races, bowl games or poll rankings.

This resulted in Alabama not playing in a bowl game despite an undefeated record of 8-0-1 and a final poll ranking of No. 4.

And as the right-wing vultures begin to circle, other evidence of Hanson's alleged immorality is introduced, and her poll rankings begin to skid.

The possibility was also raised that an undefeated and untied team would not get a chance to play for the national championship, since poll rankings often differ.

Even Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. has settled on the flannel-shirt folksiness of plain old Lamar (though his poll rankings suggest it's not folksy enough).