BCS rankings Week 10
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Texas jumped Alabama into the No. 2 spot behind Florida in Sunday’s Bowl Championship Series rankings, USC dropped seven spots to No. 12 for losing big to Oregon, but Oregon improved only two spots to No. 8 for thrashing USC, 47-20.
Huh?
Welcome to this week’s BCS, a logjam of seven undefeated schools at the top and a lot of position jockeying.
The BCS top three did not change, only the order.
Florida held its No. 1 position with an average of .9918, followed by Texas at .9227 and Alabama at .9166.
The Crimson Tide was idle this weekend and host Louisiana State on Saturday.
The order, if the top three teams keep winning, is really not important. Either Florida or Alabama is going to lose if the schools meet in the Southeastern Conference championship.
Iowa, which needed another amazing comeback to stay undefeated, holds tight in the No. 4 position, followed by Cincinnati, Texas Christian, Boise State, Oregon, Louisiana State and Georgia Tech.
Oregon’s rout of USC was one of the most impressive performances in recent years, yet the one-loss Ducks are getting boxed out by seven unbeaten teams.
Incredibly, the Ducks’ computer averaged dropped from a tie for sixth to No. 7 this week.
Oregon did move up four spots to No. 8 in the USA Today coaches’ poll and three positions to No. 8 in the Harris poll.
If Oregon keeps winning against quality Pac-10 opponents, voters are going to ultimately have to decide whether to jump the Ducks over the only team to beat them: Boise State.
Right now, Boise State is holding strong at No. 4 in Harris and No. 5 in the coaches’ poll.
It remains to be seen whether this BCS traffic jam will get cleared.
Alabama and Florida are the only teams that may potentially play each other.
Texas has the easier portion of its Big 12 schedule left, Iowa plays at BCS No. 16 Ohio State on Nov. 14 and Cincinnati closes its Big East season at BCS No. 13 Pittsburgh.
Texas Christian hosts BCS No. 14 Utah on Nov. 14 while Boise State has no ranked opponents left on its schedule.
Notre Dame (6-2), which needs nine wins and a top-14 finish to be eligible for an at-large BCS berth, moved up one position this week.
The top 12:
1. Florida, .9918
2. Texas, .9227
3. Alabama, .9166
4. Iowa, .8407
5. Cincinnati, .8033
6. TCU, .8008
7. Boise State, .7863
8. Oregon, .7651
9. LSU, .7121
10. Georgia Tech, .6287
11. Penn State, .6166
12. USC, .5336
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-- Chris Dufresne
