CBS announcer Gary Danielson takes shot at Notre Dame

If the four undefeated teams atop college football's polls all finish undefeated, CBS' Gary Danielson says Notre Dame is the last team he'd put in the Bowl Championship Series title game.

"My personal tiebreaker is that a conference championship game has to stand for something," says Danielson, who'll call CBS' Alabama-LSU on Saturday (8 p.m. ET). "I would penalize Notre Dame for not playing in a conference championship. So after Alabama, my first nod would be to Oregon, since its conference has earned respect, then Kansas State and only then Notre Dame."

Actually, says Danielson, even if Alabama had one loss he might put the Crimson Tide in the BCS title game over undefeated teams: "You'd have to put them in the discussion, because they've earned it given what the conference has accomplished."

But Joey Harrington, studio analyst for Fox, which airs No. 2 Oregon at No. 17 USC Saturday (7 p.m. ET), couldn't disagree more about any team with a loss -- even Alabama -- being allowed to bypass unbeaten teams: "No, not even a chance. The SEC historically has been the best conference and probably is this year. ... But Alabama's schedule this year does not make them deserving if they have a loss."

Harrington, an ex-Oregon quarterback, also has an explanation for how the Ducks have gone from so-so to a perennial national title contender: "It was a combination of the (flashy Nike) uniforms, which gets them in the door with recruits, and coach Chip Kelly, that got them to the top."