 The stay at the top was short @-@ lived . With the October 31 , 2005 , BCS rankings , Texas remained first in the computer rankings , with Virginia Tech pulling even with USC for number two in the computer rankings . However , USC remained atop both human polls and was able to reclaim the top overall ranking . Texas and USC won the rest of their games and faced each other in the National Championship , which Texas won 41 – 38 . This was only the 35th meeting of the two top @-@ ranked teams in the history of college football , including both regular season and bowl games . The BCS system now ensures that the two top teams in the BCS rankings face each other annually in a national championship game , but the methodology for ranking the teams remains controversial among fans and sportswriters . 
