What would have happened? ND would have jumped us....the mid-west/West coast voters were looking to diminish Bama that year. Period.
What about 1977, ND was 5th and beat the Long Horns and jumped to #1, we were 11-1 with our only loss to the Cornhuskers at their cornfield by 7. ND leaped past us, what would happened if we played Texas? ND would have played the Buckeyes who we beat 35-6.
1966 there is a book about that one.