The Associated Press

From the look of it, nobody wants to play Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl - and with good reason.

While the Sooners delivered the biggest beating in Big 12 history in a 77-0 win over Texas A&M, three of the one-loss teams hoping to challenge them for the championship lost Saturday.

Miami fell to Tennessee for its second straight loss, Virginia Tech lost to Pittsburgh and Florida State was blown out by Clemson, all but ending the title hopes for the three.

Ohio State was the only one-loss contender to win Saturday, beating Michigan State 33-23. But the Buckeyes still have a lot of work to do if they want to defend their title.

Ohio State was fourth in the Associated Press poll and will likely be third in the BCS standings today. The Buckeyes need to beat No. 11 Purdue and No. 5 Michigan and hope for some help to pass No. 2 Southern California.

"There's a sense of urgency in everything we're doing," Ohio State quarterback Craig Krenzel said. "November performance is what everyone remembers."

So far, it hasn't been a November to remember for most of the contenders.

Eight of the 12 major conference teams that entered the month with zero or one loss have been defeated, including Miami twice.

That's left USC, which had the week off, in the best shape to face OU in the Sugar Bowl. The Trojans have games remaining against Arizona, UCLA and Oregon State - who have a combined record of 14-15.

No. 3 LSU needs the most help and has a difficult schedule with games at No. 18 Mississippi and possibly the SEC championship game.

But really, it might not matter who plays Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl. The Sooners are so good they are the only ones who can stop themselves.

A look at the score against Texas A&M may have raised questions about whether Oklahoma was running up the score, but coach Bob Stoops used mostly backups in the second half and had his team practically fall down instead of score a 12th touchdown.

"I don't know if there's a great answer for those situations. You get questioned either way," offensive coordinator Chuck Long said. "You're trying to kill the clock, and some coaches don't like that. The bottom line is the score. It was awkward. It was a tough deal. Not everybody sees the ballgame. They do see the score."

The defense might be the most dominant in the nation. Texas A&M had more penalty yards (63) than offensive yards (54) and more punts (12) than first downs (3), none in the second half. The Aggies didn't even cross their own 40 all game.

Who wants a piece of No. 1 Oklahoma?

A look at the 10-0 Sooners' season of dominance and their remaining games:

Opponent	Score
N. Texas	37-3
Alabama	20-13
Fresno State	52-28
UCLA	59-24
Iowa State	53-7
Texas	65-13
Missouri	34-13
Colorado	34-20
Okla. State	52-9
Texas A&M	77-0
Totals	483-130

Remaining Games

Date	Opponent
Nov. 15	Baylor (3-7)
Nov. 22	Texas Tech (7-3)
Dec. 6	Big 12 Champ.