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Bowl Championship Series Standings* [Oct. 19, 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.
Inaugural 2008 BCS Standings Next Week
 
HARRIS INTERACTIVE
USA TODAY COACHES
COMPUTERS

BCS AVERAGE
Rank Team Rank Pts. % Rank Pts. % Avg. Rank Pts. % % Prev.
1. Texas 1 2838 0.9958 1 1522 0.9980 1 100 1.000 0.9979 NR
2. Alabama 2 2692 0.9446 2 1436 0.9416 2 96 0.960 0.9487 NR
3. Penn State 3 2631 0.9232 3 1413 0.9266 7 75 0.750 0.8666 NR
4. Oklahoma 4 2357 0.8270 5 1218 0.7987 4 87 0.870 0.8319 NR
5. Southern Cal. 5 2327 0.8165 4 1264 0.8289 10 68 0.680 0.7751 NR
6. Oklahoma State 8 2046 0.7179 8 1083 0.7102 3 89 0.890 0.7727 NR
7. Georgia 9 1997 0.7007 9 1067 0.6997 6 76 0.760 0.7201 NR
8. Texas Tech 7 2179 0.7646 6 1210 0.7934 11 58 0.580 0.7127 NR
9. Ohio State 10 1814 0.6365 10 995 0.6525 5 82 0.820 0.7030 NR
10. Florida 6 2225 0.7807 7 1184 0.7764 12 54 0.540 0.6990 NR
11. Utah 12 1679 0.5891 12 891 0.5843 8 73 0.730 0.6345 NR
12. Boise State 13 1498 0.5256 13 786 0.5154 9 72 0.720 0.5870 NR
13. Louisiana State 11 1750 0.6140 11 903 0.5921 T-19 29 0.290 0.4987 NR
14. Texas Christian 15 990 0.3474 15 582 0.3816 13 53 0.530 0.4197 NR
15. Missouri 16 978 0.3432 16 551 0.3613 14 40 0.400 0.3682 NR
16. South Florida 14 1160 0.4070 14 643 0.4216 23 16 0.160 0.3296 NR
17. Pittsburgh 18 763 0.2677 20 292 0.1915 15 39 0.390 0.2831 NR
18. Georgia Tech 22 503 0.1765 21 282 0.1849 16 36 0.360 0.2405 NR
19. Tulsa 21 528 0.1853 19 328 0.2151 18 31 0.310 0.2368 NR
20. Ball State 20 578 0.2028 22 274 0.1797 17 32 0.320 0.2342 NR
21. Brigham Young 17 932 0.3270 17 464 0.3043 T-25 2 0.020 0.2171 NR
22. Northwestern 26 228 0.0800 24 177 0.1161 T-19 29 0.290 0.1620 NR
23. Kansas 19 634 0.2225 18 342 0.2243 NR 0 0.000 0.1489 NR
24. Minnesota 25 284 0.0996 25 165 0.1082 T-21 22 0.220 0.1426 NR
25. Florida State 23 447 0.1568 23 258 0.1692 T-27 1 0.010 0.1120 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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