Tuesday, September 12
Bowl Championship Series rankings -- 2

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
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1.43
17
0.68
0
3.11
2.Penn St.
2
2
2.0
2
6
4
2
4
4
3
2
3.00
12
0.48
0
5.48
3.Va.Tech
3
3
3.0
3
1
1
4
1
1
2
8
1.86
58
2.32
0
7.18
4.Florida
5
5
5.0
4
5
6
3
5
5
4
4
4.29
6
0.24
1
10.53
5.Tennessee
4
4
4.0
5
7
5
7
6
6
6
3
5.43
15
0.60
1
11.03
6.Kansas St.
6
6
6.0
6
3
3
6
3
3
5
5
4.00
69
2.76
0
12.76
7.Ga.Tech
7
7
7.0
9
9
9
8
8
8
7
15
8.29
61
2.44
1
18.73
8.Nebraska
9
9
9.0
7
10
8
12
10
7
9
9
8.57
36
1.44
1
20.01
9.Alabama
12
14
13.0
10
8
10
5
9
9
8
7
8.00
2
0.08
2
23.08
10.Wisconsin
10
10
10.0
12
4
11
10
12
11
12
20
10.29
44
1.76
2
24.05
11.Texas
11
11
11.0
13
11
15
13
13
14
11
16
12.86
25
1.00
2
26.86
12.Miss.St.
8
8
8.0
16
25
12
19
15
20
18
6
15.14
97
3.88
0
27.02
13.Michigan
16
15
15.5
18
14
13
14
14
12
10
11
12.57
3
0.12
2
30.19
14.Marshall
13
12
12.5
44
19
7
15
7
10
21
19
14.00
102
4.08
0
30.58
15.BYU
15
13
14.0
30
32
18
9
22
22
15
10
18.00
34
1.36
1
34.36

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).


ALSO SEE
FSU, Penn State, Virginia Tech 1-2-3 in BCS standings

Bowl Championship Series rankings -- 1




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