Luckily for Alabama, the tide has turned Crimson as they rise to No. 1 in the BCS poll after a dominating 35-0 win over Arkansas State. I hate to say I told you so … but as predicted, Texas couldn’t hold on at No. 1.

The curse of the No. 1 seed prevailed as Texas suffered a last minute loss to arch rival Texas Tech. The Longhorns trailed Texas Tech in the first half, and after an unbelievable comeback, the Red Raiders scored a touchdown in the last second moving Texas down to No. 4.

Florida got their revenge on Saturday and blew out fellow SEC team, Georgia, in a 49-10 win that moved them up from No. 8 to No. 5. Florida jumped over Pac-10 leader USC, who obliterated another opponent in a 56-0 shutout over Washington.

Oklahoma commanded a 64-28 win over Nebraska but fell from No. 4 to six. Nittany Lions fans may be unhappy this week after their bye and Texas Tech’s win kept them at No. 3.

With five weeks left in the regular season, it seems that many of the BCS conference races are over. USC will receive their seventh consecutive Pac-10 title barring wins against UCLA, Cal and Stanford; Penn State will take the Big-10 title if they finish their season undefeated and Florida and top-ranked Alabama are likely to see each other in the SEC championship game to decide the winner of their conference.

That leaves three conferences, the ACC, Big East and Big 12. The ACC title is up for grabs with Georgia Tech (20), North Carolina (19) and the Terrapins (23) fighting it out for their chance at a BCS game. As for the Big 12, Texas Tech is ahead for now, but with games against Oklahoma and Oklahoma State left, the winner of this powerful division is still in question. [West Virginia is in the pole position in the Big East and is 25th in the BCS standings.]

Don’t throw in the towel if your team isn’t in the top 10, though … keep watching because more change is yet to come.