Michigan lands in Sugar Bowl; MSU settles for Outback

Play it again, LSU and Alabama. The Crimson Tide edged out Oklahoma State in the final round of voting Sunday and will play the top-ranked Tigers in the BCS national championship game on Jan. 9 in New Orleans. Undefeated LSU is the only team to beat Alabama all year, and the top BCS official sees a do-over as a perfectly good title game.

AP Wire

Dec 4, 2011

"Absolutely, if they're 1 and 2, and they are in all the polls released today," executive director Bill Hancock said.

The Cowboys (11-1), champions of the Big 12, will play in the Fiesta Bowl against Stanford from the Pac-12.

The other BCS matchups are:

- Michigan vs. Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl

- Clemson vs. West Virginia in the Orange Bowl.

- Oregon vs. Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl.

Michigan State, which lost to Wisconsin in Saturday's Big Ten Championship game, missed out on a chance to play in a BCS game and will instead face Georgia in the Outback Bowl on Jan. 2