College Football: Pre Week 8 BCS Poll

The initial BCS Rankings came out this week. And there’s plenty of fodder for those who think the BCS needs to be replaced with a playoff system. Right at the top of the list, we have Oklahoma with a ranking of 0.922 over Oregon (0.892). The AP Poll has Oregon #1 and Oklahoma is #3.

Below we have the entire Top 25 according to the BCS rankings.

1 Oklahoma 0.922
2 Oregon 0.892
3 Boise State 0.89
4 Auburn 0.864
5 TCU 0.857
6 LSU 0.825
7 Michigan State 0.763
8 Alabama 0.665
9 Utah 0.654
10 Ohio State 0.573
11 Missouri 0.549
12 Stanford 0.537
13 Wisconsin 0.534
14 Oklahoma State 0.526
15 Iowa 0.482
16 Nebraska0.43
17 Florida State 0.427
18 Arizona 0.381
19 Texas 0.221
20 West Virginia 0.181
21 South Carolina 0.156
22 Kansas State 0.142
23 Arkansas 0.132
24 Mississippi State 0.125
25 Virginia Tech 0.066

BCS Ranks Post Week 13

The BCS Ranks after Week 13 show little change at the top. Georgia Tech and Pitt dropped out of the Top 10 as might be expected after their losses over the weekend. The Top 3 solidified their positions going into the big showdown between #1 and #2 this week. That leaves #4 TCU and #5 Cincinnati with little to no chance of getting into a National Title game. I mean, either Florida or Alabama is in--unless they manage to play to a tie with a negative score or a jihadist blows up both team busses prior to the game. As for Texas? The Longhorns play Nebraska for the Big 12 Championship. The Cornhuskers may have been able to corral the Buffaloes of Colorado last week, but the Longhorn is a whole ‘nother critter. Unless there's a lot of swine flu on the Texas campus this week, they will play for the National Title against the SEC Champ.


1 Florida 0.987

2 Alabama 0.951

3 Texas 0.928

4 TCU 0.869

5 Cincinnati 0.855

6 Boise State 0.81

7 Oregon 0.734

8 Ohio State 0.688

9 Iowa 0.603

10 Georgia Tech 0.581

11 Penn State 0.55

12 Virginia Tech 0.538

13 LSU 0.514

14 Brigham Young 0.439

15 Pittsburgh 0.41

16 Oregon State 0.407

17 Miami (Fla.) 0.384

18 Southern California 0.357

19 California 0.239

20 Oklahoma State 0.225

21 Houston 0.22

22 Nebraska 0.149

23 West Virginia 0.14

24 Stanford 0.12

25 Utah 0.071

Post Week 12 BCS rankings.

The current BCS Standings boil down to the top three...and two of them will be playing in the SEC Championship Game. And TCU is closing in on Texas.

1 Florida 0.966

2 Alabama 0.961

3 Texas 0.926

4 TCU 0.87

5 Cincinnati 0.859

6 Boise State 0.783

7 Georgia Tech 0.776

8 Oregon 0.672

9 Pittsburgh 0.664

10 Ohio State 0.652

11 Iowa 0.524

12 Oklahoma State 0.513

13 Penn State 0.499

14 Virginia Tech 0.475

15 LSU 0.365

16 Oregon State 0.314

17 Miami (Fla.) 0.278

18 Clemson 0.263

19 Brigham Young 0.262

20 Southern California 0.259

21 Utah 0.235

22 California 0.203

23 Houston 0.146

24 North Carolina 0.144

25 Mississippi 0.084

Post Week 11 BCS Rankings

As expected, there's been a shakeup in the rankings this week. The top 9 remain pretty much untouched but USC took a big hit after being dominated by Stanford last weekend. Right now, it's a three-way race for the championship game. However, the current numbers 1 & 2 must still meet to determine the SEC Champion so....

BCS Rank

1 Florida 0.983

2 Alabama 0.952

3 Texas 0.926

4 TCU 0.869

5 Cincinnati 0.854

6 Boise State 0.795

7 Georgia Tech 0.772

8 LSU 0.665

9 Pittsburgh 0.657

10 Ohio State 0.65

11 Oregon 0.626

12 Oklahoma State 0.471

13 Iowa 0.453

14 Penn State 0.413

15 Virginia Tech 0.404

16 Wisconsin 0.358

17 Stanford 0.341

18 Southern California 0.271

19 Oregon State 0.249

20 Miami (Fla.) 0.194

21 Utah 0.191

22 Brigham Young 0.187

23 Clemson 0.183

24 Houston 0.115

25 California 0.093

BCS Standings Post Week 10

1 Florida 0.984
2 Alabama 0.952
3 Texas 0.923
4 TCU 0.862
5 Cincinnati 0.858
6 Boise State 0.813
7 Georgia Tech 0.755
8 LSU 0.614
9 Southern California 0.592
10 Iowa 0.575
11 Ohio State 0.573
12 Pittsburgh 0.563
13 Oregon 0.532
14 Miami (Fla.) 0.471
15 Houston 0.469
16 Utah 0.4
17 Arizona 0.336
18 Penn State 0.335
19 Oklahoma State 0.291
20 Wisconsin 0.233
21 Virginia Tech 0.233
22 Brigham Young 0.124
23 Oregon State 0.123
24 South Florida 0.108
25 West Virginia 0.065

BCS Standings Post Week 9

BCS Rank, Team, and BCS Pct following last week's action.
In an effort to show trends, I've included last week's values in parentheses.


1 Florida 0.992 (1, 0.973)

2 Texas 0.923 (3, 0.893)

3 Alabama 0.917 (2, 0.945)

4 Iowa 0.841 (4, 0.825)

5 Cincinnati 0.803 (8, 0.774)

6 TCU 0.801 (6, 0.789)

7 Boise State 0.786 (7, 0.775)

8 Oregon 0.765 (10, 0.646)

9 LSU 0.712 (9, 0.703)

10 Georgia Tech 0.629 (11, 0.59)

11 Penn State 0.617 (12, 0.585)

12 Southern California 0.534 (5, 0.794)

13 Pittsburgh 0.44 (15, 0.342)

14 Utah 0.423 (16. 0.316)

15 Houston 0.421 (18, 0.315)

16 Ohio State 0.378 (17, 0.315)

17 Miami (Fla.) 0.371 (19, 0.249)

18 Arizona 0.259 (20, 0.224)

19 Oklahoma State 0.218 (14, 0.449)

20 California 0.21 (24, 0.092)

21 Wisconsin 0.194 (NA)

22 Notre Dame 0.19 (23, 0.12)

23 Virginia Tech 0.156 (13, 0.492)

24 Oklahoma 0.149 (NA)

25 South Florida 0.079 (NA)

BCS Standings Post Week 8

BCS Rank, (Last Week's Rank), Team, and BCS Pct.

1 (1) Florida 0.973
2 (2) Alabama 0.945
3 (3) Texas 0.893
4 (6) Iowa 0.825
5 (7) Southern California 0.794
6 (8) TCU 0.789
7 (4) Boise State 0.775
8 (5) Cincinnati 0.774
9 (9) LSU 0.703
10 (11) Oregon 0.646
11 (12) Georgia Tech 0.59
12 (13) Penn State 0.585
13 (14) Virginia Tech 0.492
14 (15) Oklahoma State 0.449
15 (20) Pittsburgh 0.342
16 (18) Utah 0.316
17 (19) Ohio State 0.315
18 (17) Houston 0.315
19 (10) Miami (Fla.) 0.249
20 (22) Arizona 0.224
21 (23) West Virginia 0.196
22 (24) South Carolina 0.189
23 (NA) Notre Dame 0.12
24 (NA) California 0.092
25 (NA) Mississippi 0.091

BCS Rankings: The first of the year

From the wonderful world of the BCS Computer we have the first “meaningful” rankings of the year. (They are “meaningful” only in that they will eventually determine who plays in the “most prestigious” bowl games.) They use, among other things, the Harris Poll and the Coaches’ Poll to come up with this thing that was supposed to make arguments about who is Number 1 obsolete. Of course, it didn’t.

1 Florida 0.989

2 Alabama 0.959

3 Texas 0.891

4 Boise State 0.808

5 Cincinnati 0.787

6 Iowa 0.787

7 Southern California 0.77

8 TCU 0.714

9 LSU 0.708

10 Miami (Fla.) 0.627

11 Oregon 0.585

12 Georgia Tech 0.57

13 Penn State 0.498

14 Virginia Tech 0.495

15 Oklahoma State 0.404

16 Brigham Young 0.299

17 Houston 0.266

18 Utah 0.251

19 Ohio State 0.222

20 Pittsburgh 0.201

21 Wisconsin 0.118

22 Arizona 0.114

23 West Virginia 0.111

24 South Carolina 0.104

25 Kansas 0.097