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2008 BCS Rankings

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The battle is between the one-loss teams

Updated: October 14, 2008
There is no surprise atop this week's mock BCS standings. The first three positions are exactly what you see in the major polls.
The closest thing to real intrigue, as we near Sunday's official debut of the BCS standings, is the order of the once-beaten teams. At the pace top-five squads are being knocked off this season, it seems more likely than unlikely that a one-loss team will once again appear in the BCS National Championship Game.
At least for this week, USC is the leader of that pack. Boosted by a No. 4 ranking in the coaches' poll and computer ratings that are superior to those of Oklahoma and Texas Tech, the Trojans are not nearly as far out of the title chase as they seemed to be after falling to Oregon State just three weeks ago.
Whether USC can retain that spot, and whether it will even matter which is the highest-ranked one-loss team, will be among the many BCS story lines sure to be discussed at great length over the next eight weeks.

Entire article: ESPN - The battle is between the one-loss teams - College Football
 
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Actual BCS Rankings - Week 1: tOSU is 9th.

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Rank..Team..........Harris Poll..USA TODAY..Computer rank..BCS Avg.
01. Texas............1..0.9958...1..0.9980.....1.000...0.997940754
02. Alabama..........2..0.9446...2..0.9416.....0.960...0.948733583
03. Penn State.......3..0.9232...3..0.9266.....0.750....0.866571757
04. Oklahoma.........4..0.8270...5..0.7987.....0.870...0.831902023
05. Southern Cal.....5..0.8165...4..0.8289.....0.680....0.775114562
06. Oklahoma State...8..0.7179...8..0.7102.....0.890....0.772686224
07. Georgia..........9..0.7007...9..0.6997.....0.760...0.720124629
08. Texas Tech.......7..0.7646...6..0.7934.....0.580....0.712668009
09. Ohio State......10..0.6365..10..0.6525.....0.820....0.702983415
10. Florida..........6..0.7807...7..0.7764.....0.540...0.699031732
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11. Utah............12..0.5891..12..0.5843.....0.730....0.634461701
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12. Boise State.....13..0.5256..13..0.5154.....0.720....0.587007957
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13. LSU.............11..0.6140..11..0.5921.....0.290....0.498722078
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14. Texas Christian.15..0.3474..15..0.3816.....0.530....0.419669255
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15. Missouri........16..0.3432..16..0.3613.....0.400....0.368156457
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16. South Florida...14..0.4070..14..0.4216.....0.160....0.329552296
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17. Pittsburgh......18..0.2677..20..0.1915.....0.390....0.283064903
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18. Georgia Tech....22..0.1765..21..0.1849.....0.360....0.240469754
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19. Tulsa...........21..0.1853..19..0.2151.....0.310....0.236781708
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20. Ball State......20..0.2028..22..0.1797.....0.320....0.234159716
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21. Brigham Young...17..0.3270..17..0.3043.....0.020....0.217093280
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22. Northwestern....NR..0.0800..24..0.1161.....0.290....0.162021858
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23. Kansas..........19..0.2225..18..0.2243.....0.000....0.148906145
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24. Minnesota.......25..0.0996..25..0.1082.....0.220....0.142615281
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25. Florida State...23..0.1568..23..0.1692.....0.010....0.112007478
 
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methomps;1298489; said:
The SEC is now proposing that the computers be removed from the BCS and the BCS be composed of a CBS poll and an ESPN poll.
Click to expand...

Yea, that would not be a conflict of interest....:sob:

Better idea. How about a combination of the Alabama Times Poll, The Louisiana Register Rankings, and the Florida Sun Times Poll. Now that is solid info.

EDIT: In an liken move, Notre Dame is requesting that the Lemming/NBC/Beano poll now be included.
 
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