Shouldn't this be merged with the thread about this that was started last week?
Here's my take--if Boise State is #1 after the national title game and Iowa is #2, with Bama #3 and Texas #4, then the most likely scenario was that Boise State, Alabama or Texas, and Iowa all went undefeated and Iowa was left out of the NCG. Boise State would then beat Bama/Texas to be #1, Iowa would win the Rose Bowl to be undefeated and #2 and the NCG loser would be #3 or #4. I don't think Iowa has enough national respect to lose the national title game and stay ahead of Bama or Texas, but I think an undefeated Iowa team would end the year ranked ahead of a one-loss NCG loser.