Saturday, October 14
Bowl Championship Series rankings -- final

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
53
2.12
0
6.12
3.Nebraska
3
3
3.0
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
2
2.86
14
0.56
1
7.42
4.Ala.
5
6
5.5
5
7
6
3
4
6
4
4
4.57
1
0.04
2
12.11
5.Tenn.
6
5
5.5
7
6
5
5
6
5
5
8
5.57
16
0.64
2
13.71
6.Kan.St.
7
7
7.0
4
5
4
6
5
4
6
5
4.71
63
2.52
1
15.23
7.Wisc.
4
4
4
8
4
7
8
9
7
11
12
7.71
75
3.00
2
16.71
8.Mich.
8
8
8.0
10
9
8
7
10
9
7
6
8.00
2
0.08
2
18.08
9.Mich. St.
9
9
9.0
6
8
9
10
8
8
8
7
7.71
10
0.40
2
19.11
10.Fla.
10
10
10.0
9
12
12
16
7
11
9
9
9.86
5
0.20
3
23.06
11.Penn St.
13
17
15.0
11
10
10
20
11
10
10
11
10.43
8
0.32
3
28.75
12.Marshall
11
11
11.0
33
31
11
11
12
13
22
15
16.43
93
3.72
0
31.15
13.Minn.
12
12
12.0
14
19
17
21.5
15
15
15
21
16.57
51
2.04
3
33.61
14.Texas A&M.
18
13
15.5
13
16
15
15
16
17
19
214
15.14
28
1.12
3
34.76
15.Texas
14
18
16.0
17
13
16
21.5
13
14
14
13
14.29
13
0.52
4
34.81

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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