Bcs Rankings

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BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES STANDINGS (Games through Oct. 25, 2009) Harris Interactive

BCS Standings

Computers

USA Today

(Through Oct. 25, 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 (7-0) Alabama (8-0) Texas (7-0) Iowa (8-0) USC (6-1) TCU (7-0) Boise State (7-0) Cincinnati (7-0) LSU (6-1) Oregon (6-1) Georgia Tech (7-1) Penn State (7-1) Virginia Tech (5-2) Oklahoma State (6-1) Pittsburgh (7-1) Utah (6-1) Ohio State (6-2) Houston (6-1) Miami, Fla. (5-2) Arizona (5-2) West Virginia (6-1) South Carolina (6-2) Notre Dame (5-2) California (5-2) Mississippi (5-2)

.9726 .9450 .8927 .8249 .7944 .7890 .7752 .7735 .7030 .6456 .5895 .5851 .4921 .4494 .3415 .3161 .3147 .3085 .2491 .2241 .1959 .1891 .1197 .0916 .0907

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

1 2 3 8 4 7 5 6 9 11 12 10 14 13 17 19 15 16 18 25 20 21 24 28 23

2765 2674 2672 2086 2316 2119 2273 2224 1994 1689 1644 1699 1350 1522 952 834 1125 1064 858 230 622 475 236 65 342

%

Rank

Points

%

Avg. Comp. Rank

.9788 .9465 .9458 .7384 .8198 .7501 .8046 .7873 .7058 .5979 .5819 .6014 .4779 .5388 .3370 .2952 .3982 .3766 .3037 .0814 .2202 .1681 .0835 .0230 .1211

1 2 3 8 4 6 5 7 9 12 11 10 14 13 17 19 15 16 18 24 20 21 25 29 22

1459 1399 1390 1086 1244 1131 1152 1126 1037 839 865 935 691 825 542 403 569 544 433 149 365 279 82 32 223

.9892 .9485 .9424 .7363 .8434 .7668 .7810 .7634 .7031 .5688 .5864 .6339 .4685 .5593 .3675 .2732 .3858 .3688 .2936 .1010 .2475 .1892 .0556 .0217 .1512

2 3 5 1 9 4 8 6 10 6 11 13 12 17 16 15 23 22 24 14 25 20 19 18 28

Points

%

95 94 79 100 72 85 74 77 70 77 60 52 53 25 32 38 16 18 15 49 12 21 22 23 0

.950 .940 .790 1.000 .720 .850 .740 .770 .700 .770 .600 .520 .530 .250 .320 .380 .160 .180 .150 .490 .120 .210 .220 .230 .000

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 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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