BCS Standings - Week 8 - Oct. 18, 2009

The initial BCS Standings for games played through October 17, 2009.

Rank	Team	Harris Poll		USA TODAY		Computer Rank		BCS average
1	Florida	1	0.9832	1	0.9925	1	0.990	0.988566756
2	Alabama	2	0.9600	2	0.9478	2	0.950	0.952598870
3	Texas	3	0.9337	3	0.9397	6	0.800	0.891115076
4	Boise State	5	0.8032	5	0.7817	5	0.840	0.808284270
5	Cincinnati	6	0.7625	6	0.7485	4	0.850	0.786976906
6	Iowa	7	0.7175	8	0.7031	3	0.940	0.786864902
7	USC	4	0.8400	4	0.8386	11	0.630	0.769548023
8	TCU	8	0.7070	7	0.7247	8	0.710	0.713921102
9	LSU	9	0.7004	10	0.6746	7	0.750	0.708309049
10	Miami, Fla.	10	0.6653	9	0.6766	13	0.540	0.627291109
11	Oregon	12	0.5533	14	0.5214	9	0.680	0.584896422
12	Georgia Tech	13	0.5225	13	0.5281	10	0.660	0.570197245
13	Penn State	11	0.5684	11	0.6061	17	0.320	0.498174249
14	Virginia Tech	15	0.4484	15	0.4556	12	0.580	0.494671424
15	Oklahoma State	14	0.5039	12	0.5390	21	0.170	0.404280900
16	BYU	16	0.4246	16	0.3912	25	0.080	0.298582615
17	Houston	18	0.2926	18	0.2854	18	0.220	0.266018436
18	Utah	19	0.2200	20	0.2034	14	0.330	0.251129944
19	Ohio State	17	0.3288	17	0.3261	32	0.010	0.221624542
20	Pittsburgh	20	0.1912	19	0.2224	20	0.190	0.201200317
21	Wisconsin	38	0.0063	31	0.0176	14	0.330	0.117980969
22	Arizona	37	0.0067	40	0.0047	14	0.330	0.113804143
23	West Virginia	23	0.0965	22	0.1275	24	0.110	0.111316285
24	South Carolina	26	0.0758	23	0.0963	22	0.140	0.104020220
25	Kansas	21	0.1414	21	0.1505	33	0.000	0.097303994

As my good friend Ben would say, there's a significant gap between Alabama at #2 and Texas at #3. The Horns are not helped at all by their computer standing; however, significant opportunities exist for UT to improve their standing by the weight of the remaining schedule (including a game with BCS #15 Okie State). If the Longhorns can hold serve for the balance of the year, an unbeaten Texas team could punch their ticket for the National Championship Game against the winner of the SEC title game.

Further down, it's difficult to see any substantial lift to Boise State (in other words, the Broncos will *not* be playing for the title). On the other hand, Iowa still has a nice slate that could help boost the Hawkeyes, but there's no question that they need some help above them, including losses by all but one of the teams ranked ahead of them (plus some significant wins by Ohio State to bring up the Big 10's status with the computers).

ALL THAT SAID... it's BCS week one and that means a lot can (and will) change.

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