October 19, 2008

BCS Standings - Oct. 19th 2008

The first BCS Standings have been released for 2008. At this point the BCS score matters more than the actual rank. The formula 25-80*(BCS points - 0.0800)/3 can be used to estimate what ranking a score actually represents.

BCS top 25
Conference leaders in italics. Breaks used to highlight gaps over 0.06 in the standings. Number in parenthesis is the ranking represented by the BCS points.

1) 0.9979 Texas (0.52)
2) 0.9487 Alabama (1.83)

3) 0.8666 Penn State (4.02)
4) 0.8319 Oklahoma (4.95)
5) 0.7751 USC (6.46)
6) 0.7727 Oklahoma State (6.53)
7) 0.7201 Georgia (7.93)
8) 0.7127 Texas Tech (8.13)
9) 0.7030 Ohio State (8.39)
10) 0.6690 Florida (9.29)
11) 0.6345 Utah (10.21)
12) 0.5870 Boise State (11.48)

13) 0.4987 LSU (13.83)

14) 0.4197 TCU (15.94)
15) 0.3682 Missouri (17.31)
16) 0.3296 South Florida (18.34)
17) 0.2831 Pitt (19.58)
18) 0.2405 Georgia Tech (20.72)
19) 0.2368 Tulsa (20.82)
20) 0.2342 Ball State (20.89)
21) 0.2171 BYU (21.34)
22) 0.1620 Northwestern (22.81)
23) 0.1489 Kansas (23.16)
24) 0.1426 Minnesota (23.33)
25) 0.1120 Florida State (24.14)

Automatic Qualifications
The automatic qualifications are listed at the official BCS website.

No teams have secured an automatic qualification at this time.

No teams have the 9 wins necessary to be BCS eligible at this time.

Conference Reports
The number of top 25 teams and the rank of the conference champion are two of three components used to determine future automatic qualification, as described in the final section of this page. The data below is for the current year only, rankings reflect the current leader for each conference. The BCS uses a 4 year window.

Big 12: 6, #1
SEC: 4, #2
Big 10: 4, #3
MWC: 3, #11
Big East: 2, #16
ACC: 2, #18
PAC 10: 1, #5
WAC: 1, #12
MAC: 1, #20
C-USA: 1, #19

Posted by Ben Prather

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BCS Standings - Oct. 19th 2008
The first BCS Standings have been released for 2008. At this point the BCS score matters more than the actual rank. The formula 25-80*(BCS points - 0.0800)/3 can be used to estimate what ranking a score actually represents. BCS top 25 Conference leaders in italics. Breaks used to highlight gaps over 0.06 in the standings. Number in parenthesis is the ranking represented by the BCS points. 1) 0.9979 Texas (0.52) 2) 0.9487 Alabama (1.83) 3) 0.8666 Penn State (4.02) 4) 0.8319 Oklahoma (4.95) 5) 0.7751 USC (6.46) 6) 0.7727 Oklahoma State (6.53) 7) 0.7201 Georgia (7.93) 8) 0.7127 Texas Tech (8.13) 9) 0.7030 Ohio State (8.39) 10) 0.6690 Florida (9.29) 11) 0.6345 Utah (10.21) 12) 0.5870 Boise State (11.48) 13) 0.4987 LSU (13.83) 14) 0.4197 TCU (15.94) 15) 0.3682 Missouri (17.31) 16) 0.3296 South Florida (18.34) 17) 0.2831 Pitt (19.58) 18) 0.2405 Georgia Tech (20.72) 19) 0.2368 Tulsa (20.82) 20) 0.2342 Ball State (20.89) 21) 0.2171 BYU (21.34) 22) 0.1620 Northwestern (22.81) 23) 0.1489 Kansas (23.16) 24) 0.1426 Minnesota (23.33) 25) 0.1120 Florida State (24.14) Automatic Qualifications The automatic qualifications are listed at the official BCS website. No teams have secured an automatic qualification at this time. No teams have the 9 wins necessary to be BCS eligible at this time. Conference Reports The number of top 25 teams and the rank of the conference champion are two of three components used to determine future automatic qualification, as described in the final section of this page. The data below is for the current year only, rankings reflect the current leader for each conference. The BCS uses a 4 year window. Big 12: 6, #1 SEC: 4, #2 Big 10: 4, #3 MWC: 3, #11 Big East: 2, #16 ACC: 2, #18 PAC 10: 1, #5 WAC: 1, #12 MAC: 1, #20 C-USA: 1, #19