aj-2012-ironbowl.JPG

Think AJ McCarron and his Alabama teammates enjoyed their 49-0 win over Auburn in the 2012 Iron Bowl? Imagine if they lost to Auburn and got a rematch in the BCS Championship Game. (Vasha Hunt/vhunt@al.com)

You think the rest of the college football world has Alabama and SEC fatigue now? Imagine the full-blown depression that would set in if next week's Alabama-Auburn game was the first of two meetings between the rivals this season.

Imagine if the Mother of all Iron Bowls led to a rematch in the BCS Championship Game.

Don't laugh, Jimbo Fisher. Don't cry, Urban Meyer, at least not yet.

It could happen.

There are four major unbeatens left. Each of them has at least one difficult game ahead that could go the other way. It's not a stretch to suggest we could see these dominoes fall between now and Dec. 7.

No. 1 Alabama could lose to Auburn in Jordan-Hare Stadium. Did you know that

against Auburn teams t

hat would finish the season with nine or more wins? These Tigers already have 10 wins.

No. 2 Florida State could lose to Florida in the Swamp or to Duke in the ACC Championship Game. That's not out of the question if Jameis Winston gets sidelined by a criminal charge in the current investigation of an alleged sexual assault.

No. 3 Ohio State could lose to Michigan State in the Big Ten Championship Game. The Buckeyes haven't seen a defense like the one the Spartans will throw at them.

No. 4 Baylor could lose to Oklahoma State this Saturday in Stillwater. The Cowboys lead the nation in non-offensive touchdowns, and they're tied with FSU for the national lead in interceptions. Danger, Brice Petty.

If the top four teams all suffer their first loss, the USA Today and Harris poll voters and the computers will have to pick two of the one-loss teams to meet in the BCS Championship Game. If Alabama loses a close game at Auburn, there's a real chance they could choose the Tide and the Tigers.

Alabama would be 11-1 with a tough defeat in a tough environment to one-loss Auburn, which would have to go on and beat Missouri or South Carolina in the SEC Championship Game to put up a 12-1 record.

At that point, who would have a better resume than the Tide and the Tigers? No one. Hence, a rematch.

The only thing that might scuttle the deal at that point would be the emotions of the voters. Would they give Alabama another second chance the way they did two years ago against LSU? Would they find any possible reason to push another one-loss team in between Auburn and Alabama to avoid another all-SEC championship game?

The Iron Bowl Part II is a longshot, but then again, so was Nick Marshall to Josh Harvey-Clemons to Ricardo Louis. The last year of the BCS deserves nothing less than total chaos.

There's no greater formula for anarchy than a rematch of the Mother of all Iron Bowls in the home of the Granddaddy of Them All, the Rose Bowl.