I don’t often take time out of my day to make predictions about how the college football season will end. Last season proved that such an activity is futile, and last weekend confirmed it.

But after such a hectic weekend — which saw nine ranked teams lose, six of them to unranked opponents — now might be a good time to ask, “What if?”

What if this season throws the BCS system into the most disarray it’s ever witnessed? The ingredients are there.

Obviously, USC, Florida and Georgia aren’t going undefeated. USC is still in the top 10, and Florida and Georgia are hovering close behind, but all three of them will have to work their butts off — and get some luck — if they are going to make it to the national championship.

So what if OU and Missouri are the only two BCS conference schools left undefeated when the regular season ends? They would undoubtedly be ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the nation if that were the case, essentially making the Big 12 Championship a smaller version of the national title game.

What if the game goes right down to the wire and one of the teams only wins by a few points? Would fans clamor to see a rematch? If not, who would the winner face?

Might there be another undefeated team at the top of the rankings? Here’s where the wrench could really be thrown into the BCS system.

The most likely team to be sitting undefeated at the end of the season: the BYU Cougars.

That’s right. This year has the best chance to have a non-BCS school storm into the national championship.

There’s one of these teams every year. Utah, Boise State, Hawaii ... they’ve all gone undefeated and attempted to shake up the BCS. Utah and Boise State actually won their BCS bowls (Sooner fans remember Boise State’s triumph quite well).

All three of those teams qualified for a BCS bowl, and all three loudly proclaimed they should be qualified for the national championship.

But Utah didn’t break into the top 10 until the eighth week of the season, Boise State didn’t cross that threshold until week 12 and Hawaii couldn’t make the top 10 until the last week of the regular season.

But this season — in just the fifth week — BYU is No. 8. Since beating Washington on a blocked extra point, the Cougars have outscored opponents 103-0. The only teams on their schedule that could pose a legitimate threat to them are TCU and Utah.

So if BYU finishes undefeated, would it go to the national championship? Could the Sooners take on a team half the nation knows nothing about?

If it happens, might this be the year that convinces the misers of the BCS to institute at least a partial playoff system?

— Corey DeMoss is the sports editor and a journalism senior.