Oklahoma State needs to sway 35.

"I would think there would be less movement in the coaches' poll," Edwards said. "Because there are a number of media members who vote in the Harris Poll, I would think there is a possibility of a lot of anti-rematch sentiment for Alabama-LSU again."

The politicking began early Saturday, when Alabama coach Nick Saban appeared on ESPN's College GameDay to make his case for another game against LSU.

"If you're a college football fan you had to love that first football game that we had against LSU," said Saban, who votes in the coaches' poll. "There was great tension in the game. The whole nation was watching. It was one of the highest-rated games. There were a lot of great football players out there thatOklahoma State lost 37-31 in double-overtime at unranked Iowa State.

The Birmingham News sampled some Harris Poll voters across the country for how they plan to vote.

George Schroeder, a columnist for the Eugene (Ore.) Register-Guard, said he will move Oklahoma State to No. 2 ahead of Alabama because the Cowboys routed a huge rival and have a better resume than Alabama.

"Oklahoma State did lose to a 6-6 Iowa State team in overtime," Schroeder said. "It was a horrendous loss. It was also a day they spent the entire day thinking about a plane crash (that killed two Oklahoma State women's basketball coaches). That doesn't mean I'm voting them out of sympathy. It does mean it's not quite the same if they went down there a week earlier and lost