Article: Idle UO stays put in BCS.(Sports)(Longshot: Oregon would need quite a bit of help to reach Rose Bowl.)

Byline: BOB CLARK The Register-Guard

One computer would put Oregon in the Rose Bowl. The Bowl Championship Series probably won't, even if the Ducks beat Oregon State on Saturday to finish 10-1.

The Ducks were ranked fifth Monday in the latest BCS listing, the same spot they were in last week. Miami continues to lead the official rankings followed by Florida, Texas and Nebraska, with the Ducks just ahead of Tennessee.

`I still can't figure out what's going on, how you don't play and lose (in the ranking),' UO quarterback Joey Harrington said, adding that all the Ducks can do `is beat the Beavers and (then) obviously we need some help.'

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