Southern Miss 40, TCU 28: There is a good reason some conferences don't send teams to a BCS bowl game. Only two games from an undefeated season, the Horned Frogs struggled out of the gate, rallied, but ultimately fell short. With TCU eliminated from the picture, this all but assures Texas of an at-large bid (assuming they beat A&M in eight days), and gives a slight boost to the strength of schedule of USC (since Southern Miss lost to CAL early in the season).