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
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1.00
6
0.32
0
2.32
2.Va.Tech
2
2
2.0
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
5
2.14
66
2.64
0
6.78
3.Nebraska
3
3
3.0
3
1
3
4
3
3
3
2
2.57
21
0.84
1
7.41
4.Tenn.
6
7
6.5
10
7
4
5
5
5
4
6
5.14
6
0.24
2
13.88
5.Fla.
5
6
5.5
6
11
7
10
4
6
6
7
6.57
12
0.48
2
14.55
6.Kan.St.
9
8
8.5
4
5
5
8.5
6
4
5
4
4.71
59
2.36
1
16.57
7.Wisconsin
4
4
4.0
8
4
6
11
9
7
11
13
8.00
70
2.80
2
16.80
8.Ala.
8
9
8.5
7
9
8
3
7
10
7
3
6.29
1
0.04
2
16.83
9. Texas
7
5
6.0
9
8
13
7
13
13
12
10
10.00
29
1.16
2
19.16
10.Michigan
10
10
10.0
11
10
10
8.5
8
6
8
9
8.64
2
0.08
2
20.72
11.Mich. St.
11
11
11.0
5
8
11
12
10
9
9
9
8.71
9
0.36
2
22.07
12.Penn St.
15
15
15.0
12
12
12
21
12
11
10
11
11.43
7
0.28
3
29.71
13.Marshall
12
12
12.0
33
31
9
13
11
12
21
15
16.00
99
3.98
0
31.96
14.Minn.
13
14
13.5
14
16
18
20
15
18
15
22
16.57
44
1.76
3
34.83
15.So.Miss.
14
13
13.5
22
13
14
30
17
16
24
26
18.86
42
1.68
3
37.04

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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