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Bowl Championship Series Standings* [Oct. 26, 2008]

*The BCS Standings give weight to three components — the Harris Interactive College Football Poll, the USA Today Coaches Poll, and the average calculations from six computer ranking services designated by the BCS. The BCS Standings are announced each Sunday by the National Football Foundation during NFL broadcast coverage on Fox, the BCS's network broadcast partner. View an explanation of the poll and of the Bowl Championship Series.
 
HARRIS INTERACTIVE
USA TODAY COACHES
COMPUTERS

BCS AVERAGE
Rank Team Rank Pts. % Rank Pts. % Avg. Rank Pts. % % Prev.
1. Texas 1 2839 0.9961 1 1522 0.9980 1 100 1.000 0.9981 1
2. Alabama 2 2696 0.9460 2 1439 0.9436 2 96 0.960 0.9499 2
3. Penn State 3 2650 0.9298 3 1414 0.9272 3 92 0.920 0.9257 3
4. Oklahoma 4 2370 0.8316 4 1265 0.8295 T-4 82 0.820 0.8270 4
5. Southern Cal. 7 2255 0.7912 6 1228 0.8052 6 75 0.750 0.7822 5
6. Georgia 8 2124 0.7453 8 1137 0.7456 T-4 82 0.820 0.7703 7
7. Texas Tech 5 2286 0.8021 5 1246 0.8170 T-10 61 0.610 0.7431 8
8. Florida 6 2258 0.7923 7 1199 0.7862 T-10 61 0.610 0.7295 10
9. Oklahoma State 9 1871 0.6565 10 972 0.6374 T-7 73 0.730 0.6746 6
10. Utah 10 1802 0.6323 9 987 0.6472 T-7 73 0.730 0.6698 11
11. Boise State 11 1688 0.5923 11 894 0.5862 T-7 73 0.730 0.6362 12
12. Ohio State 12 1450 0.5088 13 752 0.4931 T-10 61 0.610 0.5373 9
13. Texas Christian 13 1443 0.5063 12 813 0.5331 13 48 0.480 0.5065 14
14. Missouri 14 1336 0.4688 14 740 0.4852 14 47 0.470 0.4747 15
15. Florida State 18 960 0.3368 16 546 0.3580 18 32 0.320 0.3383 25
16. Ball State 17 973 0.3414 19 445 0.2918 T-15 38 0.380 0.3377 20
17. Minnesota 20 778 0.2730 20 403 0.2643 T-15 38 0.380 0.3057 24
18. Tulsa 19 930 0.3263 18 524 0.3436 20 22 0.220 0.2966 19
19. LSU 16 1081 0.3793 15 573 0.3757 T-23 12 0.120 0.2917 13
20. Brigham Young 15 1121 0.3933 17 545 0.3574 T-23 12 0.120 0.2902 21
21. Michigan State 21 466 0.1635 21 292 0.1915 19 28 0.280 0.2117 NR
22. North Carolina 22 391 0.1372 22 232 0.1521 17 34 0.340 0.2098 NR
23. South Florida 23 287 0.1007 23 153 0.1003 0 0 0.000 0.0670 16
24. Oregon 24 220 0.0772 24 150 0.0984 26 2 0.020 0.0652 NR
25. Connecticut 30 39 0.0137 31 24 0.0157 T-21 16 0.160 0.0631 NR

POLL EXPLANATION:

To derive a team’s poll percentages in the Harris Interactive and USA Today polls, each team’s point total is divided by a maximum 2850 possible points in the Harris Interactive Poll and 1525 possible points in the USA Today Poll. Teams are assigned an inverse point total (25 for No. 1, 24 for No. 2, etc.) for each of their respective computer poll rankings to determine the overall computer component. The highest and lowest ranking for each team is dropped, and the sum total of the remaining four rankings is divided by 100 (the maximum possible points). This figure produces a Computer Rankings Percentage. The six computer ranking providers are Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin and Peter Wolfe. Each computer ranking accounts for schedule strength within its formula. The BCS Average is calculated by averaging the percent totals of the Harris Interactive and USA Today Polls, and Computer rankings. The highest BCS Average receives the No. 1 ranking, the second highest receives No. 2, and so forth.

ABOUT THE BCS:

The BCS is a five-game arrangement for post-season college football that is managed by the 11 Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) conferences and Notre Dame. Its purpose is to match the two top-ranked teams in the final BCS standings in a national championship game and to create competitive match-ups in the four other BCS bowl games. The No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the Dec. 7 BCS standings will play in the FedEx BCS National Championship Game Jan. 8, 2009, in Miami, FL. The winner of the game will be presented the American Football Coaches Association National Championship Trophy. For more information, visit http://www.bcsfootball.org.

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