With win, Oklahoma controls the polling.(Chicago Tribune)

NORMAN, Okla._Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops chuckled over the joyous celebration that broke out after third-ranked Oklahoma routed No. 1 Nebraska, 31-14, on Saturday afternoon.

"I've seen a lot of people running around with their fingers up in the air," Stoops said. "The proper finger too."

We're No. 1: The Sooner Nation raucously declared it Saturday afternoon. The two major polls almost certainly will confirm it Sunday, as will the Bowl Championship Series on Monday.

It's a heady time for a once-dominant program that went 5-6 as recently as two years ago. But as exhilarating and resounding as OU's victory was, it will not prove decisive in the race …