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2008 Final Bowl Championship Series Standings*
[Released Date: Dec. 7, 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.
PREVIOUS WEEK NEXT WEEK
RKTEAMW-L HARRISCOACHESCOMPUTERSBCS
RKPoints%RKPoints% %PrevAvg
1 Oklahoma12-122699.9554 11482.97181.00002 .976
2 Florida12-112776.9827 21481.9711.89004 .948
3 Texas11-132616.92603 1408.9233.94003 .930
4 Alabama12-142442.8644 41309.8584.81001 .844
5 Southern Cal11-152413.8542 41309.8584.75005 .821
6 Utah12-072119.75017 1134.7436.86006 .785
7 Texas Tech11-182090.7398 81132.7423.87007 .784
8 Penn State11-162186.7738 61193.7823.66008 .739
9 Boise State12-091938.6860 91034.6780.73009 .698
10 Ohio State10-2101858.6577 101004.6584.590010 .635
11 Texas Christian10-2111580.5593 11877.5751.620011 .585
12 Cincinnati11-2121528.5409 12830.5443.530013 .538
13 Oklahoma State9-3131402.4963 14722.4734.490014 .487
14 Georgia Tech9-3141221.4322 15690.4525.470015 .452
15 Georgia9-3171018.3604 17537.3521.420016 .377
16 Brigham Young10-2161071.3791 16541.3548.340018 .358
17 Oregon9-3151211.4287 13747.4898.100019 .340
18 Michigan State9-318831.2942 18466.3056.260021 .287
19 Virginia Tech9-422511.1809 19337.2210.330025 .244
20 Pittsburgh9-319638.2258 21316.2072.280023 .238
21 Missouri9-424382.1352 23218.1430.210020 .163
22 Ball State12-120609.2156 22219.1436.080012 .146
23 Northwestern9-321548.1940 20334.2190.000022 .138
24 Boston College9-426172.0609 2696.0630.190017 .105
25 Mississippi8-423413.1462 24160.1049.00000 .084

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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