I honestly do not see how one can make a legitimate argument for one of the other one loss teams over Bama (assuming Bama and LSU win out). What team has a "better" loss than them that would justify putting them in over Bama?
Arkansas? (this one will sort itself out this week, so ill pass)
Stanford? They got handled by the same Oregon team that LSU handled.
Ok State? They lost to an unranked Iowa State
Va Tech? Lost to Clemson, and they were just exposed
Boise St? They did beat Georgia for a quality win, but the rest of the schedule is pretty bad.
And then the unbeaten Houston. A far worse schedule than Boise, they most likely shouldnt be in the top ten.
I know we are not going to jump a 2 loss team up.
Then you have Bama, who only lost to the undefeated and number one team in the nation, in overtime, by a field goal. (yes it was at home).
I say it is no stretch at all to say that they are darn near identically evenly matched, and the best two teams in the nation.