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Final 2012 BCS rankings: Oregon, Oregon State both move up

The Ducks improved to No. 4 ahead of their Fiesta Bowl match-up with No. 5 Kansas Sate while Oregon State bumped up to No. 13 before the Alamo Bowl against No. 23 Texas.

By Michael Preston
Steve Dykes

The Oregon Ducks were idle this weekend. Thanks to a loss to a regular season loss to the Stanford Cardinal, they weren't playing in the Pac-12 Championship and watched the very same Cardinal beat the UCLA Bruins for a trip to the Rose Bowl. Still, Oregon's consolation prize isn't bad: they moved up to No. 4 in the BCS and will be playing the No. 5 Kansas St. Wildcats in the Fiesta Bowl. Oregon's only other appearance came in 2002 when they beat the Colorado Buffaloes 38-16.

The guys at Addicted to Quack are looking forward to a match-up they were supposed to get at the beginning of the season.

I'm sure there is going to be plenty to talk about regarding this game considering KSU backed out on a game against Oregon this year, just a few weeks ago it looked like both these teams destined to play in the National Championship and there are a couple of interesting relationships personnel wise.

Meanwhile, the Oregon State Beavers did have one final task last weekend: a make-up game with Nicholls State after their opener was cancelled because of hurricane concerns. The Beavers trounced the Colonels 77-3 and moved up two spots in the BCS rankings to No. 13 ahead of their Alamo Bowl match-up with the No. 23 Texas Longhorns.