As expected following No. 1 Texas’ last-second setback to Texas Tech, unbeaten Alabama moved up to No. 1 in the latest BCS standings. But No. 3 Penn State didn’t move to No. 2 as the Red Raiders jumped from No. 7 to No. 2. Penn State remained No. 3, while Texas dropped to No. 4. The Gators leaped over both one-loss Oklahoma and Southern California.
BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Standings for the week beginning Nov. 2:
Harris Interactive USA Today Coaches Computer Rankings BCS
Team Rank Percentage Rank Percentage Rank Percentage Avg. Pvs
1. Alabama 1 0.9818 1 0.9823 T1 0.960 0.9747 2
2. Texas Tech 3 0.9277 3 0.9239 T1 0.960 0.9372 7
3. Penn State 2 0.9435 2 0.9423 4 0.900 0.9286 3
4. Texas 6 0.8147 7 0.8046 3 0.940 0.8531 1
5. Florida 4 0.8389 5 0.8315 5 0.810 0.8268 8
6. Oklahoma 5 0.8302 4 0.8459 9 0.790 0.8220 4
7. USC 7 0.7975 6 0.8079 10 0.660 0.7551 5
8. Utah 9 0.6540 9 0.6675 7 0.770 0.6972 10
9. Okla. State 8 0.7091 8 0.6990 11 0.590 0.6660 9
10. Boise St. 10 0.6305 10 0.6282 8 0.700 0.6529 11
11. Ohio St. 11 0.5530 12 0.5528 12 0.560 0.5553 12
12. TCU 12 0.5474 11 0.5652 13 0.520 0.5442 13
13. Georgia 14 0.4842 14 0.4544 9 0.670 0.5362 6
14. Missouri 13 0.4968 13 0.5207 14 0.460 0.4925 14
15. BYU 16 0.4137 16 0.3875 T17 0.320 0.3737 20
16. LSU 15 0.4354 15 0.4479 19 0.230 0.3711 19
17. Ball St. 17 0.3695 18 0.3298 T15 0.370 0.3564 16
18. Mich. St. 18 0.3007 17 0.3384 T15 0.370 0.3364 21
19. N.Carolina 19 0.2351 19 0.2354 T17 0.320 0.2635 22
20. Ga. Tech 20 0.1968 20 0.1895 21 0.180 0.1888 NR
21. California 21 0.1516 22 0.1259 T26 0.060 0.1125 NR
22. Florida St. 24 0.0832 24 0.0984 25 0.080 0.0872 15
23. Maryland 23 0.0874 21 0.1593 NR 0.000 0.0822 NR
24. N’western 26 0.0744 25 0.0787 T23 0.090 0.0810 NR
25. West Va. 22 0.1295 23 0.1128 NR 0.000 0.0808 NR
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 1525 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, the USA Today Coaches 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.