The BCS era is officially over, but what if it wasn’t? What if there was no College Football Playoff, no selection committee, but instead a formula deciding the national championship matchup?

The website BCSKnowHow.com conducted a BCS simulation as if the standings were released Sunday, and based on the old formula the national championship matchup would be a rematch of last year’s Sugar Bowl between Alabama and Oklahoma.

The Crimson Tide were slotted No. 1 in the simulated BCS standings, just ahead of the Sooners. Only .01 points separated the top-four teams in the rankings, with Oregon coming in at No. 3 and Florida State at No. 4.

The website tweeted out the simulated BCS top 10 on Sunday afternoon:

Four SEC programs cracked the top-seven on the list, all four of which are teams from the SEC West. They are joined in the top 10 by two Pac 12 schools, two Big 12 schools, one ACC school and Notre Dame.

It is interesting that Florida State, the defending BCS National Champion, is fourth on the list despite earning the No. 1 ranking in this week’s Associated Press and Amway Coaches’ Polls. Oklahoma, meanwhile, is ranked No. 4 in both polls but would qualify for a spot in the national title game if the BCS were still around.

And it is interesting that Alabama, a team that has underwhelmed fans during its 3-0 start to the season, is the BCS’s No. 1 team at this point in time.

It should be noted that even if the BCS was still in existence, it would never have released its rankings this early in the season because, frankly, we still don’t know enough about any team to make an honest determination of their value. But an Alabama-Oklahoma rematch with a championship on the line would be a game most fans could get behind (unless you go to Florida State or Oregon).

Just food for thought.