The first BCS college football rankings (shown below) are out and humans and computer are in agreement, it’s Florida #1 and Alabama #2. I don’t consider the AP coaches poll cause there’s no accountability built in and a number of coaches don’t actually vote in it. It’s pretty clear that if the Tide and Gators are both undefeated going into the SEC championship game then the winner of that game gets a BCS title game slot.
After their hard fought Red River Rivalry victory Texas is ranked number three in the first BCS poll and appears to have the inside track on facing the SEC champion. The Longhorns average computer ranking is sixth so if they continue to win out there’s not much chance of another school catching them. If they can start the BCS at #3 with a lower computer ranking than Iowa, Cincinnati and Boise State then regardless of what happens around them they are in a good position to play in the BCS if they win out.
Strength of remaining schedule may vault the Trojans over Boise St and Iowa.
Cincinnati at #5 with games left against Pittsburgh, West Virginia and Connecticut could conceivably stay ahead of Iowa and USC.
The computer rankings, which take into account strength of schedule, has USC as #11 (BCS rank #7). This means that a one-loss Trojan squad would leap frog Iowa and Boise State whose remaining schedules aren’t nearly as tough as USC.
Is Ohio State over rated? The average computer ranking for Ohio State is #32 while the both polls have the Buckeyes at #17 (BCS rank #19).
Something to think about — Is it possible that even after the SEC championship game is decided that Alabama and Florida could end up #1 and #2?
1 Florida 6-0 .989
2 Alabama 7-0 .959
3 Texas 6-0 .891
4 Boise St 6-0 .808
5 Cincinnati 6-0 .787
6 Iowa 7-0 .787
7 USC 5-1 .770
8 TCU 6-0 .714
9 LSU 5-1 .708
10 Miami (FL) 5-1 .627
11 Oregon 5-1 .585
12 Georgia Tech 6-1 .570
13 Penn State 6-1 .498
14 Virginia Tech 5-2 .495
15 Oklahoma State 5-1 .404
16 Brigham Young 6-1 .299
17 Houston 5-1 .266
18 Utah 5-1 .251
19 Ohio State 5-2 .222
20 Pitt 6-1 .201
21 Wisconsin 5-2 .118
22 Arizona 4-2 .114
23 West Virginia 5-1 .111
24 South Carolina 5-2 .104
25 Kansas 5-1 .097
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