Seriously?
Did you give a seconds thought?
They (Bama and ND) obviously were well ahead of OSU. It wasn't even close.
OSU was, at best, an also ran - - - even if they weren't on "probation".
Its not even debatable.... because the formula was pre-set back then.
Not only were both ND and Alabama ahead of OSU in the polls (and among anyone who used any common sense in evaluating the season), but those BCS rankings were essentially "Quant + The Polls".... so its easy enough to see where OSU would have been if not ruled ineligible - - - - and they weren't close to Alabama (or ND)
Don't you remember how the BCS stuff was calculated?
Here is a link - as a for instance - to the Sagarin rankings for 2012 (one of the Quants that was used in the BCS).
https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/sagarin/2012/team/
Ohio State - at 12-0 - is THIRTEENTH in the Quant Evaluation.
They probably - despite a 3rd place rank in the AP - wouldn't have even been top 4 with the quant rankings added in...… not anywhere even close to being in the top 2, obviously.
The quants - do to OSU's ridiculously crappy schedule, AND their fistful of lousy games (including a couple OT games against crapper teams) - had OSU waaaaaaay back in the pack.