Saturday, October 14
Bowl Championship Series rankings

TEAM
AP
ESPN
AVG.
BILL.
DUNK
MASS.
NYT
ROTH.
SAG.
S.H.
S.T.
C.AVG.
S.SCHED
S.RANK
L
TOTAL
1.FSU
1
1
1.0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1.00
6
0.24
0
2.24
2.Va.Tech
2
2
2.0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2.00
54
2.16
0
6.16
3.Nebraska
3
3
3.0
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
2
2.86
21
0.84
1
7.70
4.Florida
5
5
5.0
6
10
7
8
4
7
5
5
6.00
12
0.48
2
13.48
5.Tenn.
6
6
6.0
8
6
5
5
6
5
4
8
5.57
14
0.58
2
14.13
6.Kan.St.
8
7
7.5
4
5
4
6
5
4
6
4
4.57
63
2.52
1
16.59
7.Ala.
7
8
7.5
7
8
11
3
7
11
7
6
7.00
1
0.04
2
16.54
8.Wisc.
4
4
4.0
9
4
6
9
9
6
11
13
7.71
74
2.96
2
16.67
9.Michigan
9
9
9.0
10
9
9
7
10
9
9
7
8.57
3
0.12
2
19.69
10.Mich. St.
10
10
10.0
5
7
10
10
8
8
8
9
7.86
10
0.40
2
20.26
11.Texas
12
12
12.0
14
11
15
13
13
14
14
12
13.00
24
0.98
3
28.96
12.Marshall
11
11
11.0
33
25
8
11
11
12
20
16
14.71
98
3.92
0
29.63
13.Penn St.
14
17
15.5
11
12
12
22
12
10
10
11
11.14
9
0.36
3
30.00
14.Minn.
13
13
13.0
15
19
17
21
14
16
15
21
16.71
52
2.08
3
34.79
15.Texas A&M
18
14
16.0
13
15
16
17
17
17
16
14
15.43
28
1.12
3
35.55

Explanation
Poll Average -- The average of the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll and AP media polls. Others receiving votes are calculated in order received.
Computer Average -- Average of Richard Billingsley, Dunkel Index, Kenneth Massey, New York Times, David Rothman, Jeff Sagarin's USA Today, Matthews/Scripps-Howard and The Anderson & Hester/Seattle Times rankings. the computer component will be determined by averaging the seven highest computer rankings. The lowest computer rankings will be disregarded.
Schedule Rank -- Rank of schedule strength compared to other Division I-A teams divided by 25. This component is calculated by determining the cumulative won/loss records of the team's opponent (66.6 percent) and the cumulative won/loss records of the team's opponents opponents (33.3 percent).
Losses -- One point for each loss during the season.
Notes -- BCS Rankings each week will list the top 15 teams.

Table header -- AP (Associated Press poll): ESPN (ESPN/USA Today coaches poll): AVG. (Average of two polls); BILL. (Richard Billingsley); DUNK (Dunkel Index); MASS. (Kenneth Massey); NYT (New York Times); ROTH. (David Rothman); SAG. (Jeff Sagarin); S.H. (Scripps-Howard); S.T. (Seattle Times); C.AVG. (Computer services average, disregarding the worst ranking in each); S.SCHED (Schedule strength); S.RANK (Schedule rank); L (Losses).


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