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October 14, 2012

Tide, Gators 1-2 in BCS, OU 9th

NEW YORK — Alabama and Florida are at the top of the season’s first BCS standings, making it yet another all-SEC top two, with Oregon and Kansas State close behind the Gators.

The Crimson Tide in first was no surprise. Alabama is an overwhelming No. 1 in both polls used in the BCS formula. Florida in second was less anticipated. The Gators are No. 3 in the polls, but rated best by the computer rankings. That gave them a slight edge over Oregon and Kansas State when the numbers were crunched. Florida’s BCS average is .9092. Oregon’s is .8993 and Kansas State’s is .8963.

Notre Dame is fifth and not too far back at .8774. Oklahoma was ninth at .6664.

Despite the strong showing by the Southeastern Conference, another all-SEC national championship game still is a long shot. Oregon’s schedule is backloaded with strong opponents and the Ducks will likely be able to close the gap in the computers if they keep winning.

The Ducks play Arizona State on Thursday (5-1) and still have games against Southern California and Oregon State left, and a possible Pac-12 title game.

Florida has some tough games left, too, starting Saturday against South Carolina.

With half the season still to play, there are plenty of possibilities and teams still alive. Teams with one loss, such as sixth-place LSU, seventh-place South Carolina, ninth-place Oklahoma and 10th-place USC still are very much in the race as long as they keep winning. Oregon State is in eighth, the lowest rated of the unbeaten teams.  This is safe to say: If Alabama keeps winning, the Tide will play for its second- straight national title, and third in four seasons.  Alabama has never before been first in the initial standings. Seven times since the Bowl Championship Series was implemented in 1998, the team that was first in the initial standings went on to play in the BCS title game.

Seven times the team that started second played for the BCS title. And only twice has neither of the teams that were in the top two spots in the first standings reached the title game.

BCS Standings List

Oct. 14, 2012

    Harris    USA    Today    Computer    BCS

    Rk    Pts    Pct    Rk    Pts    Pct    Rk    Pct    Avg    Pv

 1. Alabama    1    2870    .9983    1    1475    1.0000    3    .930    .9761    —

 2. Florida    3    2554    .8883    4    1297    .8793    1    .960    .9092    —

 3. Oregon    2    2758    .9593    2    1414    .9586    6    .780    .8993    —

 4. Kansas St.    4    2538    .8828    3    1307    .8861    4    .920    .8963    —

 5. Notre Dame    5    2427    .8442    5    1251    .8481    2    .940    .8774    —

 6. LSU    6    2263    .7871    6    1179    .7993    9    .670    .7522    —

 7. South Carolina    7    1992    .6929    8    1012    .6861    7    .700    .6930    —

 8. Oregon St.    10    1850    .6435    11    839    .5688    5    .830    .6808    —

 9. Oklahoma    9    1860    .6470    7    1021    .6922    10    .660    .6664    —

10. Southern Cal    11    1820    .6330    9    995    .6746    15    .480    .5959    —

11. Georgia    12    1574    .5475    12    806    .5464    17    .400    .4980    —

12. Mississippi St.    14    1348    .4689    16    671    .4549    12    .530    .4846    —

13. West Virginia    15    1291    .4490    15    677    .4590    12    .530    .4793    —

14. Florida St.    8    1898    .6602    10    919    .6231    28    .000    .4277    —

15. Rutgers    17    947    .3294    17    495    .3356    11    .560    .4083    —

16. Louisville    16    1228    .4271    14    695    .4712    19    .320    .4061    —

17. Texas Tech    21    534    .1857    20    274    .1858    7    .700    .3572    —

18. Texas A&M    19    674    .2344    19    397    .2692    14    .510    .3379    —

19. Clemson    13    1437    .4998    13    741    .5024    28    .000    .3341    —

20. Stanford    20    634    .2205    23    215    .1458    16    .430    .2654    —

21. Cincinnati    18    793    .2758    18    456    .3092    21    .160    .2483    —

22. Boise St.    23    488    .1697    22    271    .1837    20    .240    .1978    —

23. TCU    22    514    .1788    21    272    .1844    26    .050    .1377    —

24. Iowa St.    31    24    .0083    35    5    .0034    18    .330    .1139    —

25. Texas    25    188    .0654    27    54    .0366    23    .090    .0640    —



Computers

    AH    RB    CM    KM    JS    PW

 1. Alabama    5    1    3    4    1    3

 2. Florida    1    5    2    2    2    2

 3. Oregon    6    3    6    8    6    10

 4. Kansas St.    2    4    5    3    3    1

 5. Notre Dame    3    2    1    1    4    4

 6. LSU    17    6    12    11    5    8

 7. South Carolina    8    7    8    10    9    9

 8. Oregon St.    4    9    4    5    7    5

 9. Oklahoma    15    10    14    6    8    6

10. Southern Cal    12    8    17    17    10    20

11. Georgia    14    14    18    18    14    19

12. Mississippi St.    7    21    9    16    13    13

13. West Virginia    11    12    13    9    17    15

14. Florida St.    -    -    -    -    23    -

15. Rutgers    10    20    10    15    11    12

16. Louisville    16    -    16    20    19    17

17. Texas Tech    9    11    7    7    21    7

18. Texas A&M    18    23    11    12    12    11

19. Clemson    -    22    -    -    -    -

20. Stanford    13    16    15    14    16    21

21. Cincinnati    21    -    21    24    15    22

22. Boise St.    20    13    20    22    18    23

23. TCU    -    18    -    25    22    -

24. Iowa St.    19    17    19    13    -    16

25. Texas    -    24    -    19    20    25



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Explanation Key

The BCS Average is calculated by averaging the percent totals of the Harris Interactive, USA Today Coaches and Computer polls. Team percentages are derived by dividing a team’s actual voting points by a maximum 2875 possible points in the Harris Interactive Poll and 1475 possible points in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

Six computer rankings are used to determine the overall computer component. The highest and lowest ranking for each team is dropped, and the remaining four are added and divided to produce a Computer Rankings Percentage. The six computer ranking providers are Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin, and Peter Wolfe. Each computer ranking accounts for schedule strength in its formula.

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