Oklahoma and Oregon claimed the top two spots in the season’s first Bowl Championship Series rankings, with Boise State third at the start of the two-month race for a berth in college football’s national title game.
The University of Oklahoma improved to 6-0 with a 52-0 rout of Iowa State two days ago. The Sooners, who won the BCS championship after the 2000 season and lost the title game following the 2003, 2004 and 2008 campaigns, have a rating of .922 out of 1.000 in the standings.
The University of Oregon is second at .892, followed by Boise State at .890. Both schools have 6-0 records this season and Boise State has won 20 straight games overall, the nation’s longest winning streak.
The teams that finish the regular season at No. 1 and No. 2 in the BCS standings will play for the national championship on Jan. 10 in Glendale, Arizona. The BCS is determined using the USA Today coaches’ poll, the Harris Interactive poll and six computer rankings.
The final standings will be released Dec. 5.
While Oregon was ranked No. 1 by both national polls used by the BCS formula, the Ducks averaged eighth in the computer rankings. Boise State, second in the coaches’ poll and the Harris poll, was ranked seventh by the computers. Oklahoma had the highest average computer rating and was ranked third by the coaches and fourth in the Harris poll.
Auburn University (7-0) is fourth in the BCS standings, followed by Texas Christian University (7-0), Louisiana State University (7-0) and Michigan State (6-1).
The University of Alabama (6-1) -- the defending national champion -- is the highest-ranked one-loss team at eighth.
The University of Utah (6-0) and Ohio State (6-1) complete the top 10 schools in the initial BCS standings.
Monday, October 18, 2010
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