I thought we were going wire to wire in 1998? Until that one game that I will not mention...
EDIT: nevermind, I thought the BCS came out earlier than 11/2...my bad...
11-2 was actually the second week. Here's the top 5 from the first-ever BCS rankings, on 10-26-1998.
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RK
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PVS
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Team
</TD><TD width=10></TD><TD align=right>
Total
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Polls
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Comp
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Schedule
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Losse
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR bgColor=#fafad2><TD align=right>1.
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>NA
</TD><TD></TD><TD>
UCLA
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>3.04
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>..2.0
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>1.00
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>0.04 (1)
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=middle>0
</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#ffffff><TD align=right>2.
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>NA
</TD><TD></TD><TD>
Ohio State
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>4.31
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>1.0
</TD><TD>..</TD><TD align=right>2.67
</TD><TD>...</TD><TD align=right>0.64 (16)
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=middle>0
</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#fafad2><TD align=right>3.
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>NA
</TD><TD></TD><TD>
Tennessee
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>6.50
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>3.5
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>2.92
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>0.08 (2)
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=middle>0
</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#ffffff><TD align=right>4.
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>NA
</TD><TD></TD><TD>
Kansas State
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>8.79
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>3.5
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>3.33
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>1.96 (49)
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=middle>0
</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#fafad2><TD align=right>5.
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>NA
</TD><TD></TD><TD>
Florida State
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>13.39
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>5.5
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>6.33
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=right>0.56 (14)
</TD><TD></TD><TD align=middle>1
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