Bcs Rankings - 11.01.09

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BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES STANDINGS (Games through Oct. 31, 2009)

Harris Interactive

BCS Standings

Computer Rankings

USA Today

(Through Oct. 31, 2009)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Florida (8-0) Texas (8-0) Alabama (8-0) Iowa (9-0) Cincinnati (8-0) TCU (8-0) Boise State (8-0) Oregon (7-1) LSU (7-1) Georgia Tech (8-1) Penn State (8-1) USC (6-2) Pittsburgh (7-1) Utah (7-1) Houston (7-1) Ohio State (7-2) Miami, Fla. (6-2) Arizona (5-2) Oklahoma State (6-2) California (6-2) Wisconsin (6-2) Notre Dame (6-2) Virginia Tech (5-3) Oklahoma (5-3) South Florida (6-2)

BCS Average

Previous Week

Rank

Points

%

Rank

Points

%

.9918 .9227 .9166 .8407 .8033 .8008 .7863 .7651 .7121 .6287 .6166 .5336 .4401 .4226 .4209 .3784 .3707 .2589 .2179 .2095 .1939 .1903 .1559 .1494 .0786

1 3 2 4 8 6 7 10 9 11 12 5 15 16 18 17 19 20 14 24 NR 23 13 NR NR

1 2 3 7 5 6 4 8 9 11 10 12 15 16 14 13 17 21 18 22 24 20 23 19 26

2803 2714 2672 2209 2281 2226 2313 2148 2070 1775 1809 1415 1282 1121 1303 1369 1111 598 690 385 295 657 333 673 176

.9835 .9523 .9375 .7751 .8004 .7811 .8116 .7537 .7263 .6228 .6347 .4965 .4498 .3933 .4572 .4804 .3898 .2098 .2421 .1351 .1035 .2305 .1168 .2361 .0618

1 2 3 6 7 4 5 8 9 11 10 13 14 16 15 12 17 19 18 23 22 21 24 20 26

1463 1395 1390 1161 1150 1182 1176 1079 1062 934 966 729 694 567 672 730 549 320 371 197 204 281 193 313 65

.9919 .9458 .9424 .7871 .7797 .8014 .7973 .7315 .7200 .6332 .6549 .4942 .4705 .3844 .4556 .4949 .3722 .2169 .2515 .1336 .1383 .1905 .1308 .2122 .0441

Avg. Computer Anderson Colley & Hester Billingsley Matrix Massey Rank

1 3 3 2 5 6 8 7 9 10 12 11 14 13 16 21 16 16 21 15 19 23 20 28 24

25 22 23 24 20 21 18 19 17 16 14 15 12 13 11 5 8 7 4 3 10 9 6 0 0

25 24 23 22 17 21 20 19 18 16 14 15 10 13 8 5 7 0 11 12 3 0 0 9 6

25 23 22 24 19 20 16 21 17 18 15 14 11 12 13 7 10 5 4 3 9 6 8 0 0

25 20 22 24 21 18 19 23 17 15 14 16 4 11 2 5 9 13 3 12 10 7 8 0 1

Sagarin Wolfe

25 17 19 24 23 20 21 22 18 15 12 16 7 11 5 0 10 14 3 13 8 2 4 0 9

24 22 20 25 23 21 18 19 17 16 14 15 12 13 11 1 8 10 5 9 7 0 4 0 6

%

1.000 .870 .870 .960 .830 .820 .750 .810 .690 .630 .560 .610 .400 .490 .350 .160 .350 .350 .160 .360 .340 .150 .220 .000 .130

POLL EXPLANATION & ABOUT THE BCS: The Harris Interactive Poll, USA Today Coaches Poll and computer rankings each comprise one-third of the BCS Standings. To derive the three percentages, each team is assigned an inverse point total (25 for No. 1, 24 for No. 2, etc.) The two poll percentages are calculated by dividing each team’s point total by a maximum 2825 possible points (Harris) and 1475 possible points (USA Today). The computer rankings percentage is calculated by dropping the highest and lowest ranking for each team and then dividing the remaining total by 100 (the maximum possible points). The BCS Average is calculated by averaging the percentage totals of the Harris Interactive Poll, USA Today Poll, and computer rankings. The teams’ BCS Averages are ranked to produce the BCS Standings. The six computer ranking providers are Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin and Peter Wolfe. Each computer ranking provider accounts for schedule strength within its formula. The BCS is a five-game arrangement for post-season college football that is managed by the 11 Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) conferences and institutions. Its purpose is to match the top two teams a bowl game and to create exciting matchups in four other games. The No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the Dec. 6 BCS standings will play in the Citi BCS National Championship on Jan. 7, 2010 in Pasadena, Calif. The winner of the game will be presented the Coaches Trophy, emblematic of the national championship. For more information, visit www.bcsfootball.org.

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