Difficult to argue this one: Florida, Oklahoma for title

One loss each. No questions asked.

Florida and Oklahoma each won their conference title games Saturday to virtually assure themselves a showdown for the national championship on Jan. 8 - a matchup hardly anyone outside of Texas can argue with.

"After what happened tonight, I would go so far as to say Texas doesn't have much of an argument, either," said Jerry Palm, the BCS analyst and blogger.

Led by Tim Tebow, No. 2 Florida defeated top-ranked Alabama 31-20 to win the Southeastern Conference.

Later, Sam Bradford - a top Heisman contender just like Tebow - led No. 4 Oklahoma to a 62-21 victory over Missouri to take the Big 12. The Sooners set an NCAA record by scoring 60-plus for five straight games.

"I don't see how we could not be No. 1 tomorrow," Bradford said.

Barring some kind of computer meltdown when the final BCS rankings come out today, the Gators (12-1) will be ranked second, paired against the top-ranked Sooners (12-1) for the championship game in Miami.

Call it the Unstoppable Force vs. the Unstoppable Force: Oklahoma's offense is ranked first in the nation in scoring and set the NCAA record for points in a season (702). Florida's offense averaged more than 49 points over the last nine games.

The point spread won't come out until the game officially is set. But chances are that over-under number will be a big one.

"Oklahoma puts up basketball scores with that offense. It's ridiculous how in sync that offense is," Palm said. "Florida is going to need to score a lot of points to beat them. But Florida can score a lot of points."

It will be a classic matchup between two storied programs, and maybe it will provide a rare, argument-free ending to the season.

College football's stubborn refusal to introduce a playoff system often results in controversy and arguments, especially when there are several title-worthy teams with 1 loss, as is the case this year: Florida, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Southern California, Penn State.

But most of this year's BCS drama came last week when Oklahoma won the Big 12 South tiebreaker over Texas and Texas Tech to earn the spot in the conference title game.