STILLWATER — Mike Gundy stood before the media at his weekly press conference Monday and said he felt uncomfortable politicking that Oklahoma State, the No. 3 team in the Bowl Championship Series standings, deserves to be in the national title game over No. 2 Alabama.

In fact, the Cowboy coach did the exact opposite of politicking.

Gundy is not a voter in this season's USA Today/Coaches poll. But he said if he did fill out a ballot, right now he would put 11-1 Alabama ahead of 10-1 OSU after comparing each team's loss.

“If somebody sat me down and said (I) had to make a decision,” Gundy said, “with where we're at right now, Alabama lost to what would be the No. 1 team in the country (LSU), and Oklahoma State lost to Iowa State.