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Huguenin: Auburn jumps, Boise loses ground
Mike Huguenin
Rivals.com College Football Editor
MORE: Full BCS standings
Auburn's victory over previously unbeaten LSU on Saturday propelled it to the top of the heap in the second BCS standings, which were released Sunday night.
The Tigers' lead over No. 2 Oregon is larger than previous No. 1 Oklahoma's was over the Ducks last week (.0302 to .0294).
Boise State remained third but lost some ground. The Broncos were at .8898 BCS points last week and are at .8846 this week, just .0013 ahead of fourth-place TCU. The Broncos were idle over the weekend and play host to Louisiana Tech on Tuesday.
THE BCS: A CLOSER LOOK
Here is the first BCS top 14 of the season, with the school, its spot in the Harris poll, its spot in the coaches' poll and its BCS computer average. A bonus: We've included NCAA schedule strength, which is not part of the BCS formula.
Team Harris Coaches Comp. SOS
1. Auburn (4) 3rd 3rd 1st 10th
2. Oregon (2) 1st 1st 8th T-112th
3. Boise St. (3) 2nd 2nd 6th 77th
4. TCU (5) 4th 4th 4th T-58th
5. Michigan St. (7) 5th 5th 3rd T-13th
6. Missouri (11) 8th 8th 2nd 8th
7. Alabama (8) 6th 6th 12th 81st
8. Utah (9) 7th 7th 10th 119th
9. Oklahoma (1) 11th 11th 5th T-13th
10. Wisconsin (13) 9th 9th 9th 56th
11. Ohio St. (10) 10th 10th 11th 47th
12. LSU (6) 12th 13th 6th 11th
13. Stanford (12) 13th 14th 14th 54th
14. Nebraska (16) 14th 12th 15th T-33rd
Beating Louisiana State gave Auburn a huge push in this week's standings. Auburn was fourth and LSU sixth in the BCS last week. The victory helped Auburn move up two spots, to third, in both polls used by the BCS, and the Tigers' average ranking in the six computers used by the BCS went from third to first, which was enough to slide them past Oregon, which hammered UCLA last Thursday.
Unbeatens TCU, Michigan State and Missouri are fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, in this week's standings. TCU moved up one spot, Michigan State moved up two and Mizzou zoomed up five after beating Oklahoma.
Alabama is the highest-placed one-loss team, at No. 7. Utah, the nation's only other unbeaten, is at No. 8. Oklahoma and Wisconsin round out the top 10.
Oregon conceivably could narrow the gap a bit on Auburn this week. The Ducks play at USC, which is 5-2. Auburn, meanwhile, travels to play Ole Miss, which is 3-4. But there's no way the Ducks are going to be able to truly narrow the computer gap between themselves and the Tigers until late November, when they play Arizona, which is 15th in this week's standings. But Arizona has a few tough games between now and then, so there's no guarantee the Wildcats will remain that high in the standings.
Oregon is at No. 2 in the BCS because the Ducks are No. 1 in both polls, two spots ahead of Auburn. If Auburn were to move up in the polls, the Tigers' BCS lead would grow.
Boise State is second in both polls but just sixth in the computers. Good news for Boise is that Nevada, which plays host to Boise on Nov. 26, has crept into the BCS standings, at No. 24. But the rest of Boise's schedule isn't that impressive, so it wouldn't be a surprise to see the Broncos slip below TCU in the standings.
Nov. 26 is shaping up to be an extremely important day, as that's also the date of the annual "Iron Bowl" between Alabama and Auburn; this season's edition is in Tuscaloosa.
The three components of the BCS standings are the coaches' poll; the Harris poll, voted on by media members and by former players, coaches and administrators; and six computers. Each of the components counts one-third. The best and worst computer rankings are thrown out, and the sum total of the remaining four is divided by 100 (the maximum possible points) to come up with the BCS' computer rankings percentage.
While strength of schedule isn't a BCS component, all six computers have a strength-of-schedule factor in their rankings.
Boise State is the highest-ranked non-Big Six conference team this week. A non-Big Six team is guaranteed a BCS spot in two ways. One is if it finishes in the top 12; the other is if it is ranked in the top 16 and its ranking is higher than that of a conference champion with an automatic berth. This week, the Broncos are higher than any team from the ACC, Big Ten, Big East and Big 12.
Under BCS rules, only one non-Big Six team is guaranteed a spot if it meets the criteria. Any others would be at-large candidates. At-large candidates must have at least nine victories and finish in the top 14 in the final BCS standings.
TCU, Utah and Nevada are the other non-Big Six teams in the standings this week.
The final BCS standings will be released Dec. 5. Teams first and second in the final standings meet in the BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 10 in Glendale, Ariz.
Some other items of interest from the second set of standings:
Auburn is No. 1 in three computers, No. 2 in two and No. 3 in the other. Missouri is No. 1 in two computers, and TCU is first in the other. Missouri, though, is as low at 10th in one computer (Richard Billingsley's, which has TCU first), and TCU is as low as seventh.
Oregon's highest computer ranking is sixth, in three sets of rankings. But the Ducks are as low as 11th.
Missouri is eighth in both polls, but the Tigers' average computer ranking is second. They are in the top three of every computer but Billingsley's.
Alabama, on the other hand, is loved by the pollsters -- sixth in both -- but not treated as nicely by the computers. The Tide's average computer ranking is 12th. They are as high as third (Billingsley), but they are ranked 15th by two computers and 17th by another (Jeff Sagarin's).
Utah is another team more respected by the pollsters -- seventh in both polls -- than by the computers (an average computer ranking of 10th).
Despite their losses over the weekend, the computers still love Oklahoma and LSU. The Sooners' average computer ranking is fifth, while LSU's is sixth. Oklahoma's average ranking last week was first, while LSU's was second.
Baylor made its first-ever appearance in the BCS top 25, at 25th.
There are seven two-loss teams in the standings: Iowa, Arkansas, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Miami, Virginia Tech and Baylor.
There are no Big East teams in the standings, and Florida State, at 16th, is the highest-placed team from the ACC.
Texas, which had been 19th, West Virginia (20th) and Kansas State (22nd) fell out of the standings, while Miami (22nd), Nevada and Baylor moved in.
The SEC leads the way with six teams in the top 25, followed by the Big 12 with five, the Big Ten with four, the ACC and Pac-10 with three and the Mountain West and WAC with two each.
BCS STANDINGS
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Huguenin: Auburn jumps, Boise loses ground
Mike Huguenin
Rivals.com College Football Editor
MORE: Full BCS standings
Auburn's victory over previously unbeaten LSU on Saturday propelled it to the top of the heap in the second BCS standings, which were released Sunday night.
The Tigers' lead over No. 2 Oregon is larger than previous No. 1 Oklahoma's was over the Ducks last week (.0302 to .0294).
Boise State remained third but lost some ground. The Broncos were at .8898 BCS points last week and are at .8846 this week, just .0013 ahead of fourth-place TCU. The Broncos were idle over the weekend and play host to Louisiana Tech on Tuesday.
THE BCS: A CLOSER LOOK
Here is the first BCS top 14 of the season, with the school, its spot in the Harris poll, its spot in the coaches' poll and its BCS computer average. A bonus: We've included NCAA schedule strength, which is not part of the BCS formula.
Team Harris Coaches Comp. SOS
1. Auburn (4) 3rd 3rd 1st 10th
2. Oregon (2) 1st 1st 8th T-112th
3. Boise St. (3) 2nd 2nd 6th 77th
4. TCU (5) 4th 4th 4th T-58th
5. Michigan St. (7) 5th 5th 3rd T-13th
6. Missouri (11) 8th 8th 2nd 8th
7. Alabama (8) 6th 6th 12th 81st
8. Utah (9) 7th 7th 10th 119th
9. Oklahoma (1) 11th 11th 5th T-13th
10. Wisconsin (13) 9th 9th 9th 56th
11. Ohio St. (10) 10th 10th 11th 47th
12. LSU (6) 12th 13th 6th 11th
13. Stanford (12) 13th 14th 14th 54th
14. Nebraska (16) 14th 12th 15th T-33rd
Beating Louisiana State gave Auburn a huge push in this week's standings. Auburn was fourth and LSU sixth in the BCS last week. The victory helped Auburn move up two spots, to third, in both polls used by the BCS, and the Tigers' average ranking in the six computers used by the BCS went from third to first, which was enough to slide them past Oregon, which hammered UCLA last Thursday.
Unbeatens TCU, Michigan State and Missouri are fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, in this week's standings. TCU moved up one spot, Michigan State moved up two and Mizzou zoomed up five after beating Oklahoma.
Alabama is the highest-placed one-loss team, at No. 7. Utah, the nation's only other unbeaten, is at No. 8. Oklahoma and Wisconsin round out the top 10.
Oregon conceivably could narrow the gap a bit on Auburn this week. The Ducks play at USC, which is 5-2. Auburn, meanwhile, travels to play Ole Miss, which is 3-4. But there's no way the Ducks are going to be able to truly narrow the computer gap between themselves and the Tigers until late November, when they play Arizona, which is 15th in this week's standings. But Arizona has a few tough games between now and then, so there's no guarantee the Wildcats will remain that high in the standings.
Oregon is at No. 2 in the BCS because the Ducks are No. 1 in both polls, two spots ahead of Auburn. If Auburn were to move up in the polls, the Tigers' BCS lead would grow.
Boise State is second in both polls but just sixth in the computers. Good news for Boise is that Nevada, which plays host to Boise on Nov. 26, has crept into the BCS standings, at No. 24. But the rest of Boise's schedule isn't that impressive, so it wouldn't be a surprise to see the Broncos slip below TCU in the standings.
Nov. 26 is shaping up to be an extremely important day, as that's also the date of the annual "Iron Bowl" between Alabama and Auburn; this season's edition is in Tuscaloosa.
The three components of the BCS standings are the coaches' poll; the Harris poll, voted on by media members and by former players, coaches and administrators; and six computers. Each of the components counts one-third. The best and worst computer rankings are thrown out, and the sum total of the remaining four is divided by 100 (the maximum possible points) to come up with the BCS' computer rankings percentage.
While strength of schedule isn't a BCS component, all six computers have a strength-of-schedule factor in their rankings.
Boise State is the highest-ranked non-Big Six conference team this week. A non-Big Six team is guaranteed a BCS spot in two ways. One is if it finishes in the top 12; the other is if it is ranked in the top 16 and its ranking is higher than that of a conference champion with an automatic berth. This week, the Broncos are higher than any team from the ACC, Big Ten, Big East and Big 12.
Under BCS rules, only one non-Big Six team is guaranteed a spot if it meets the criteria. Any others would be at-large candidates. At-large candidates must have at least nine victories and finish in the top 14 in the final BCS standings.
TCU, Utah and Nevada are the other non-Big Six teams in the standings this week.
The final BCS standings will be released Dec. 5. Teams first and second in the final standings meet in the BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 10 in Glendale, Ariz.
Some other items of interest from the second set of standings:
Auburn is No. 1 in three computers, No. 2 in two and No. 3 in the other. Missouri is No. 1 in two computers, and TCU is first in the other. Missouri, though, is as low at 10th in one computer (Richard Billingsley's, which has TCU first), and TCU is as low as seventh.
Oregon's highest computer ranking is sixth, in three sets of rankings. But the Ducks are as low as 11th.
Missouri is eighth in both polls, but the Tigers' average computer ranking is second. They are in the top three of every computer but Billingsley's.
Alabama, on the other hand, is loved by the pollsters -- sixth in both -- but not treated as nicely by the computers. The Tide's average computer ranking is 12th. They are as high as third (Billingsley), but they are ranked 15th by two computers and 17th by another (Jeff Sagarin's).
Utah is another team more respected by the pollsters -- seventh in both polls -- than by the computers (an average computer ranking of 10th).
Despite their losses over the weekend, the computers still love Oklahoma and LSU. The Sooners' average computer ranking is fifth, while LSU's is sixth. Oklahoma's average ranking last week was first, while LSU's was second.
Baylor made its first-ever appearance in the BCS top 25, at 25th.
There are seven two-loss teams in the standings: Iowa, Arkansas, South Carolina, Mississippi State, Miami, Virginia Tech and Baylor.
There are no Big East teams in the standings, and Florida State, at 16th, is the highest-placed team from the ACC.
Texas, which had been 19th, West Virginia (20th) and Kansas State (22nd) fell out of the standings, while Miami (22nd), Nevada and Baylor moved in.
The SEC leads the way with six teams in the top 25, followed by the Big 12 with five, the Big Ten with four, the ACC and Pac-10 with three and the Mountain West and WAC with two each.
BCS STANDINGS
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