clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile

Filed under:

Inaugural BCS Standings Released: Alabama at No. 1, Florida State at No. 2, Missouri at No. 5

The first set of rankings from the BCS are out, and there aren't a lot of surprises in the Top 10. Well, at least if you've been paying attention to the season

Kevin C. Cox

The annual ritual has begun: The BCS standings were released Sunday night to a nation waiting to tear them apart and destroy them. And to fan bases waiting to see how much work their respective teams have to do to get into the national championship game. So, without further ado, your Top 10:

1. Alabama
2. Florida State
3. Oregon
4. Ohio State
5. Missouri
6. Stanford
7. Miami (FL)
8. Baylor
9. Clemson
10. Texas Tech

Just what we all expected at the beginning of the season, right?

I find the last two teams in the Top 10 to be utterly and completely laughable. Clemson has done very little to justify a Top 10 ranking of any kind, but that will probably take care of itself one way or another. People tend to forget that Texas Tech should have lost to TCU, and the Red Raiders haven't really played anyone just yet.

Beyond that, I'm a little bit surprised that Florida State beat out Oregon for the No. 2 spot. We'll take a closer look at the components in a bit here, but my guess is that the computers are high on the Seminoles even without seeing the margins by which FSU destroyed Maryland and Clemson. We'll see.

Nothing else here strikes me as patently ridiculous, though you could make an argument that Baylor should at least be ahead of Miami (FL), which hasn't done a whole heck of a lot to impress me yet. Those are quibbles, though. I have no problems with Ohio State being No. 4, just because they play in a weak conference and haven't really done anything that impresses more than Alabama, Florida State and Oregon.

Your other SEC teams are No. 11 Auburn, No. 13 LSU, No. 16 Texas A&M and No. 21 South Carolina. The latter two are ranked a touch lower than I might have thought, but just about on track with their spots among the humans, so you can't really call it a surprise. Here are your full standings.

BCS Harris Poll USA Today Computer Rankings
RK TEAM AVG PVS RK PTS % RK PTS % AVG A&H RB CM KM JS PW %
1 Alabama .9841 2 1 2615 .9962 1 1544 .9961 2 2 1 3 3 2 1 .960
2 Florida State .9348 12 3 2401 .9147 3 1410 .9097 1 1 5 2 1 1 2 .980
3 Oregon .9320 4 2 2520 .9600 2 1482 .9561 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 .880
4 Ohio State .8553 NR 4 2321 .8842 4 1382 .8916 5 5 3 5 8 8 7 .790
5 Missouri .8219 NR 6 2026 .7718 7 1184 .7639 3 3 6 1 2 3 3 .930
6 Stanford .7414 6 8 1952 .7436 8 1117 .7206 6 6 4 6 6 15 10 .760
7 Miami (FL) .7200 NR 7 2008 .7650 6 1186 .7652 10 8 21 12 9 12 8 .630
8 Baylor .7120 NR 5 2038 .7764 5 1255 .8097 12 9 11 11 15 14 13 .550
9 Clemson .6249 14 10 1616 .6156 10 913 .5890 9 10 7 8 10 13 9 .670
10 Texas Tech .6220 NR 9 1662 .6331 9 981 .6329 11 11 14 10 12 10 11 .600
11 Auburn .5058 NR 15 1105 .4210 17 537 .3465 7 7 17 7 5 9 6 .750
12 UCLA .4807 17 11 1323 .5040 11 710 .4581 14 15 16 19 13 11 12 .480
13 LSU .4552 8 12 1212 .4617 13 688 .4439 15 14 9 17 11 19 16 .460
14 Virginia Tech .4408 NR 19 841 .3204 19 499 .3219 8 13 NR 9 7 7 5 .680
15 Oklahoma .4204 11 14 1110 .4229 12 695 .4484 16 12 8 15 19 20 19 .390
16 Texas A&M .3666 9 13 1177 .4484 15 622 .4013 18 22 18 22 16 22 17 .250
17 Fresno State .3379 NR 18 920 .3505 18 532 .3432 17 16 NR 14 NR 16 14 .320
18 Northern Illinois .3032 15 21 518 .1973 22 298 .1923 13 19 10 13 14 5 15 .520
19 Oklahoma State .2687 NR 17 951 .3623 13 688 .4439 28 25 NR NR NR NR NR .000
20 Louisville .2556 21 16 1046 .3985 16 571 .3684 28 NR 15 NR NR NR NR .000
21 South Carolina .2161 10 20 673 .2564 20 468 .3019 26 24 19 NR 22 NR 23 .090
22 Michigan .1637 18 22 415 .1581 23 268 .1729 21 17 20 16 NR NR 25 .160
23 UCF .1394 NR 25 238 .0907 25 151 .0974 19 23 13 23 NR 17 18 .230
24 Nebraska .1354 16 23 414 .1577 21 385 .2484 28 NR NR NR NR NR NR .000
25 Oregon State .1042 13 NR 168 .0640 NR 91 .0587 20 NR 22 24 18 6 21 .190

More to come.