The dominant win set the stage for Alabama (12-0, 8-0 SEC) to face No. 2 Florida in the league championship game with a berth in the BCS national title game on the line.
The loss left Auburn (5-7, 2-6) shut out of a bowl game for the first time in nine years and cast another shadow on the decade-long tenure of coach Tommy Tuberville.No. 7 Texas Tech 35,Baylor 28
LUBBOCK, Texas - Graham Harrell capped a 21-point rally for Texas Tech with a touchdown pass midway through the fourth quarter and the Red Raiders kept their hopes for a Big 12 South title alive.
The Red Raiders would face Missouri in the conference championship next week if No. 3 Oklahoma loses to 11th-ranked Oklahoma State later Saturday.
A win by the Sooners creates a three-way tie for the Big 12 South with Texas and Texas Tech, leaving it to Sunday's BCS standings to determine which team will play the Tigers in Kansas City, Mo.
The Red Raiders have little hope of coming out on top in that scenario. Texas Tech (11-1, 7-1) won 11 games in a season for the third time in the program's 84 years.
Kansas 40, No. 12 Missouri 37
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Todd Reesing threw a touchdown pass to Kerry Meier with 27 seconds left.
The Tigers will still play for the Big 12 title, but they'll do so coming off a hard-fought loss to their border rivals. The Jayhawks (7-5, 4-4 Big 12) led by 16 early in the third quarter, let Missouri (9-3, 5-3) back in it, then traded touchdowns with the Tigers in the fourth quarter before Reesing hit Meier.
Reesing finished 37-for-51 for 375 yards with two interceptions, throwing two touchdown passes to Meier and one each to Dezmon Briscoe and Dexton Fields.
Missouri's Chase Daniel had 391 total yards and threw for four touchdowns, but also had two interceptions, a fumble and was sacked for a safety.
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Jeremiah Masoli threw for 274 yards and three touchdowns and Oregon all but crushed Oregon State's hopes of going to the Rose Bowl with a 65-38 victory Saturday in the highest-scoring game ever in the Civil War rivalry.
A win would have sent the No. 17 Beavers (8-4, 7-2 Pac-10) to Pasadena on New Year's Day for the first time since after the 1964 season. Instead, Oregon State will have to wait to see if UCLA can upset No. 5 USC next Saturday. Should the Bruins win, the Beavers would share a three-way tie for the conference title with the Trojans and the Ducks, and Oregon State would have the tiebreaker for the Rose Bowl.
The No. 19 Ducks (9-3, 7-2) foiled the Beavers and snapped their six-game winning streak as they avenged a Civil War loss last year at Oregon.
Oregon State's prolific freshman running back Jaquizz Rodgers watched solemnly from the sidelines in the waning moments before he walked dejectedly off the field.
STILLWATER, Okla. - Now it's up to voters and computers.
Sam Bradford threw for 370 yards and four touchdowns, and No. 3 Oklahoma based its case for a BCS bump on its high-powered offense, outscoring No. 11 Oklahoma State 61-41 Saturday night in the highest-scoring Bedlam rivalry game in the century-old series.
Needing to make up a minuscule eight-thousandths of a point to second-place Texas in the Bowl Championship Series standings to earn a spot in next week's Big 12 championship game, the Sooners (11-1, 7-1) relied on the Heisman-caliber arm of Bradford.
He completed 30 of 44 passes and also scored on a 1-yard touchdown run, leading Oklahoma to its fourth straight 60-point game.
The Sooners' defense, which had been improving and made a statement in last week's 65-21 rout of then-No. 2 Texas Tech had few answers for quarterback Zac Robinson and the Cowboys - but it was enough.
Robinson threw for 254 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score, but never could guide Cowboys (9-3, 5-3) into the lead after halftime.
The BCS standings will be released Sunday and break a three-way tie between Oklahoma, Texas and Texas Tech in the Big 12 South standings. The highest rated team gets to face North champion Missouri.
No. 19 Oregon 65, No. 17 Ore. St. 38No. 3 Okla. 61, No. 11 Okla. St. 41
