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Bowl Championship Series Standings* [Nov. 16, 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.
RANK TEAM W-L HARRIS COACHES COMPUTERS BCS
Rank Points % Rank Points % Prev Avg
1 Alabama 11-0 1 2789 .9873 1 1508 .9889 .9600 1 .979
2 Texas Tech 10-0 2 2737 .9688 2 1465 .9607 .9800 2 .970
3 Texas 10-1 4 2476 .8765 4 1322 .8669 .9300 3 .891
4 Florida 9-1 3 2532 .8963 3 1373 .9003 .8300 4 .876
5 Oklahoma 9-1 5 2375 .8407 5 1305 .8557 .8200 5 .839
6 Southern Cal 9-1 6 2304 .8156 6 1245 .8164 .7300 6 .787
7 Utah 11-0 8 2014 .7129 7 1113 .7298 .8500 7 .764
8 Penn State 10-1 7 2063 .7303 8 1093 .7167 .6400 8 .696
9 Boise State 10-0 9 1912 .6768 9 1023 .6708 .6200 9 .656
10 Ohio State 9-2 10 1748 .6188 10 957 .6275 .6000 11 .615
11 Georgia 9-2 12 1563 .5533 13 832 .5456 .7400 10 .613
12 Oklahoma State 9-2 13 1560 .5522 12 838 .5495 .6000 13 .567
13 Missouri 9-2 11 1593 .5639 11 894 .5862 .5300 12 .560
14 Brigham Young 10-1 14 1315 .4655 14 690 .4525 .4000 17 .439
15 Michigan State 9-2 16 1151 .4074 15 654 .4289 .3700 15 .402
16 Texas Christian 9-2 17 1039 .3678 17 533 .3495 .4400 18 .386
17 Ball State 10-0 15 1271 .4499 16 613 .4020 .2500 14 .367
18 Louisiana State 7-3 18 810 .2867 18 429 .2813 .2500 20 .273
19 Cincinnati 8-2 20 688 .2435 20 358 .2348 .3000 22 .259
20 Pittsburgh 7-2 19 749 .2651 19 406 .2662 .1200 21 .217
21 Oregon State 7-3 21 558 .1975 21 321 .2105 .2000 0 .203
22 North Carolina 7-3 24 206 .0729 27 70 .0459 .2800 16 .133
23 Miami (FL) 7-3 26 165 .0584 26 74 .0485 .2000 0 .102
24 Oregon 8-3 22 221 .0782 22 169 .1108 .0000 0 .063
25 Maryland 7-3 23 207 .0733 23 140 .0918 .0000 0 .055

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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