11.   Now, with his loss, Rahman is probably out of the championship picture.

12.   One of the most exciting, upsetting and bowl-shifting days in college football history ended yesterday with the national championship picture drawn, erased and redrawn.

13.   One place Alabama most likely would not be is in the national championship picture.

14.   Texas took the entire season, but it finally exerted some influence on the national championship picture.

15.   The Buckeyes want to ignore an inexcusable home loss to a nonbowl team, Michigan State, which knocked them out of the championship game picture.

16.   The Aggies lost the opener last year to Florida State and quietly were shoved out of the national championship picture.

17.   The Gamecocks could mess up the national championship picture as well since they play Florida and Clemson.

18.   The front-runners in the national championship picture remained unbeaten.

19.   The presence of the once-beaten Huskers in New Orleans could make the championship picture even more messy.

20.   The Wildcats currently are the unbeaten left out of the national championship picture.