Bcs Rankings - 11.15.09

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BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES STANDINGS (Games through Nov. 14, 2009) Harris Interactive

BCS Standings

Computers

USA Today

(Through Nov. 14, 2009) BCS Previous Average Week Rank Points

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 (10-0) Alabama (10-0) Texas (10-0) TCU (10-0) Cincinnati (10-0) Boise State (10-0) Georgia Tech (10-1) LSU (8-2) Pittsburgh (9-1) Ohio State (9-2) Oregon (8-2) Oklahoma State (8-2) Iowa (9-2) Penn State (9-2) Virginia Tech (7-3) Wisconsin (8-2) Stanford (7-3) USC (7-3) Oregon State (7-3) Miami, Fla. (7-3) Utah (8-2) Brigham Young (8-2) Clemson (7-3) Houston (8-2) California (7-3)

.9833 .9521 .9261 .8685 .8536 .7950 .7716 .6648 .6569 .6495 .6265 .4708 .4529 .4127 .4036 .3583 .3406 .2714 .2487 .1936 .1910 .1874 .1829 .1150 .0935

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

1 3 2 4 5 6 7 10 9 8 11 13 14 12 16 15 17 20 22 24 21 18 19 23 29

2793 2694 2711 2479 2349 2317 2168 1813 1895 1960 1699 1408 1176 1467 976 1134 946 576 492 442 568 793 578 484 123

%

Rank

Points

%

Avg. Comp. Rank

.9800 .9453 .9512 .8698 .8242 .8130 .7607 .6361 .6649 .6877 .5961 .4940 .4126 .5147 .3425 .3979 .3319 .2021 .1726 .1551 .1993 .2782 .2028 .1698 .0432

1 3 2 4 5 6 7 10 9 8 11 13 15 12 16 14 17 21 20 24 23 18 19 22 30

1460 1388 1397 1277 1219 1183 1127 956 997 1019 875 750 584 772 558 630 516 239 256 156 212 404 274 229 55

.9898 .9410 .9471 .8658 .8264 .8020 .7641 .6481 .6759 .6908 .5932 .5085 .3959 .5234 .3783 .4271 .3498 .1620 .1736 .1058 .1437 .2739 .1858 .1553 .0373

1 2 4 5 3 7 6 8 10 11 9 15 12 21 13 19 17 14 16 18 20 27 23 26 21

Points

%

98 97 88 87 91 77 79 71 63 57 69 41 55 20 49 25 34 45 40 32 23 1 16 2 20

.980 .970 .880 .870 .910 .770 .790 .710 .630 .570 .690 .410 .550 .200 .490 .250 .340 .450 .400 .320 .230 .010 .160 .020 .200

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 2850 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 in 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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