News Nuggets, 10.26.04
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BCS
Rankings 1.
Southern Cal
2. Oklahoma
3. Miami (FL)
4. Auburn
5. Florida State
6. Utah
7. Wisconsin
8. California
9. Georgia
10. Texas
11. Tennessee
12. Michigan
13. Boise State
14. Texas A&M
15. Arizona State
16. Virginia
17. Louisville
18. West Virginia
19. Oklahoma State
20. Louisiana State
21. Purdue
22. Virginia Tech
23. Iowa
24. Texas-El Paso
25. Minnesota
Note: Teams which
are members of leagues without guaranteed BCS bowl bids
are denoted in bold red.
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Oklahoma and Utah moved into premium
positions in the Bowl Championship Series standings Monday.
The Sooners are in second place,
jumping ahead of Miami after the BCS standings debuted last week with
Oklahoma surprisingly in third.
Southern California remains in first
place with a grade of .9843. Oklahoma's grade is .9325 and Miami is now
third at .9239.
The top two teams in the final BCS
standings will meet in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 4.
Utah is now sixth, a position that
would guarantee the Utes a spot in one of the other three big-money bowls if
they can hold on to it.
``I think it's great,'' Utes coach
Urban Meyer said.
He found out about his team's small but
important jump from seventh to sixth from his wife, who left him a phone
message.
``Her comment on this message — I
didn't get to talk to her — was 'Hey you're No. 6. Make sure you stay there.
That's really great coaching,''' he said. ``I'm glad she's cleared that up.
``Honestly, if we were eight or nine,
it's, let's go. Let's go play.''
A top-six finish in the BCS standings
guarantees a spot in either the Orange, Fiesta, Rose or Sugar bowls, each
with payouts of over $14 million. To even be considered for a BCS bid, a
top-12 finish is required.
Utah, a Mountain West Conference
member, is trying to become the first team to play in a BCS game from a
conference outside the six leagues — Atlantic Coast Conference, Big East,
Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10, Southeastern Conference — that have automatic
berths.
The Utes (7-0) are one of seven
Division I-A teams with perfect records. They beat MWC rival UNLV 63-28 on
Saturday.
Boise State of the Western Athletic
Conference, the other unbeaten from a BCS-impaired conference, moved up a
spot from last week to 13th.
Conference USA member Louisville is
17th on the BCS list and WAC upstart Texas-El Paso, which has accepted an
invitation to join C-USA next season, is No. 24.
The BCS is using a new formula that
relies more on The Associated Press Top 25 and ESPN/USA Today coaches poll
than ever before. The Sooners have been No. 2 in both polls all season but
trailed close behind Miami last week in the BCS standings because of their
relatively weak computer ranking.
A compilation of six computers are used
to determine one-third of a team's BCS grade, with a team's highest and
lowest computer rankings thrown out.
USM dominates league's weekly
awards
Linebacker Michael Boley and return
specialist John Eubanks of Southern Mississippi have been named Conference
USA's defensive and special teams players of the week for the roles they
played in the Golden Eagles' 51-10 rout of East Carolina on Saturday.
Tulane quarterback Lester Ricard earned
the offensive honor after his record-setting performance in a wild 59-55 win
over UAB.
Award thumbnails, announced by the
league office on Monday:
OFFENSE
Lester Ricard QB Tulane: Ricard tied a
Conference USA record and set a new Tulane single-game mark with six
touchdown passes in the Green Wave’s 59-55 win over UAB. He completed
36-of-49 passes for 417 yards (the third-most in school history) and did not
throw an interception. Ricard threw the game-winning TD with 27 seconds
remaining as he became just the second Tulane QB to pass for 400 yards in a
game.
DEFENSE
Michael Boley LB Southern Miss: Boley
wins the award for the third time this season following his efforts in a win
over East Carolina. He finished with 11 tackles, including a career-high
five tackles for loss. Boley also recorded two sacks and had one pass
breakup.
SPECIAL TEAMS
John Eubanks KR/PR Southern Miss:
Eubanks had 132 yards in returns in the win over East Carolina. He returned
a punt 51 yards to the three-yard line to set up one touchdown, while
running a kickoff back 84 yards to set up another. Eubanks has taken over
the national lead in kickoff return average.
Compiled from a Conference
USA report.
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