October 26, 2008

BCS Standings - Oct. 26th 2008

The new 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) 0.9981 Texas (0.52)
2) 0.9499 Alabama (1.80)
3) 0.9257 Penn State (2.45)

4) 0.8270 Oklahoma (5.08)
5) 0.7822 USC (6.27)
6) 0.7703 Georgia (6.59)
7) 0.7431 Texas Tech (7.32)
8) 0.7295 Florida (7.68)
9) 0.6746 Oklahoma State (9.14)
10) 0.6698 Utah (9.27)
11) 0.6362 Boise State (10.17)

12) 0.5373 Ohio State (12.81)
13) 0.5065 TCU (13.63)
14) 0.4747 Missouri (14.47)

15) 0.3383 Florida State (18.11)
16) 0.3377 Ball State (18.13)
17) 0.3057 Minnesota (18.98)
18) 0.2966 Tulsa (19.22)
19) 0.2917 LSU (19.35)
20) 0.2902 BYU (19.39)

21) 0.2117 Michigan State (21.49)
22) 0.2098 North Carolina (21.54)

23) 0.0670 South Florida (25.35)
24) 0.0652 Oregon (25.39)
25) 0.0631 Connecticut (25.45)

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

No teams have secured an automatic qualification at this time.

Penn State is the only team with the 9 wins needed to be BCS eligible, if they can remain in the top 14.

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: 5, #1
SEC: 4, #2
Big 10: 4, #3
MWC: 3, #10
PAC 10: 2, #5
ACC: 2, #15
Big East: 2, #23
WAC: 1, #11
MAC: 1, #16
C-USA: 1, #18

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BCS Standings - Oct. 26th 2008
The new 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) 0.9981 Texas (0.52) 2) 0.9499 Alabama (1.80) 3) 0.9257 Penn State (2.45) 4) 0.8270 Oklahoma (5.08) 5) 0.7822 USC (6.27) 6) 0.7703 Georgia (6.59) 7) 0.7431 Texas Tech (7.32) 8) 0.7295 Florida (7.68) 9) 0.6746 Oklahoma State (9.14) 10) 0.6698 Utah (9.27) 11) 0.6362 Boise State (10.17) 12) 0.5373 Ohio State (12.81) 13) 0.5065 TCU (13.63) 14) 0.4747 Missouri (14.47) 15) 0.3383 Florida State (18.11) 16) 0.3377 Ball State (18.13) 17) 0.3057 Minnesota (18.98) 18) 0.2966 Tulsa (19.22) 19) 0.2917 LSU (19.35) 20) 0.2902 BYU (19.39) 21) 0.2117 Michigan State (21.49) 22) 0.2098 North Carolina (21.54) 23) 0.0670 South Florida (25.35) 24) 0.0652 Oregon (25.39) 25) 0.0631 Connecticut (25.45) Automatic Qualifications The automatic qualifications are listed at the official BCS website. No teams have secured an automatic qualification at this time. Penn State is the only team with the 9 wins needed to be BCS eligible, if they can remain in the top 14. 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: 5, #1 SEC: 4, #2 Big 10: 4, #3 MWC: 3, #10 PAC 10: 2, #5 ACC: 2, #15 Big East: 2, #23 WAC: 1, #11 MAC: 1, #16 C-USA: 1, #18