Now, if we would have beat UCLA, and lost to OSU, there would be no way we would be in National Title talk. Notre Dame, KSU, Oregon, Florida, Georgia and Alabama would all still be ahead of us, giving a #7 BCS spot and a #8 AP.
Why would Kansas State be ahead of us in that scenario? They got demolished by Baylor.
The Ohio State loss was bad, but it was a close game throughout that got out of hand late. And Ohio State would more than likely be #1 in the country if they were eligible.
Baylor thrashed Kansas State for 4 quarters, and they were 4-5 at the time.
We have beaten one ranked team all year (when we played them). Michigan and Northwestern are the only B1G teams ranked, who we have defeated. Even if we would have defeated UCLA, that only gives us 3 teams top 25 who we would have defeated. KSU on the other hand, they beat #6 Oklahoma, #13 West Virginia, #14 Texas Tech & #23 Oklahoma State. Only two remain top 25, but their SOS is stronger than ours, especially to this point, and if they beat Texas this weekend, that could give them enough to jump Oregon, but I don't think it will happen. That is why KSU is above LSU. LSU has only lost to the #2 and #4 team.