Auburn's thin margin of victory over Tech put the prospect of split national title in doubt, though not out of reach.[72] USC's blowout 55–19 victory over Oklahoma,[73] however, made it likely that USC would be the overwhelming choice for first place. When the final college football polls of the season were released, USC was voted number one by a large margin, though three voters in the Associated Press poll voted Auburn first.[74] More than three years after the game, ESPN sportswriter Ted Miller rated the game second on his list of victims of the BCS system, just behind USC being left out of the championship game in 2003.[75]