While there’s no change in the top spot of the BCS rankings, as Alabama beat LSU and put their toughest hurdle behind them and Kansas State kept their second spot after a win over Oklahoma State, Oregon leaped over Notre Dame after a big win over USC, while the Fighting Irish struggled to overcome Pittsburgh in three overtimes.

		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	.9957	1	1	2867	.9972	1	1475	1.0000	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	.990
2	Kansas State	.9318	2	3	2664	.9266	3	1370	.9288	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	.940
3	Oregon	.9166	4	2	2735	.9513	2	1399	.9485	5	5	4	5	5	7	4	.850
4	Notre Dame	.9050	3	4	2533	.8810	4	1289	.8739	2	1	3	1	2	3	2	.960
5	Georgia	.8171	6	5	2345	.8157	5	1218	.8258	6	6	5	7	6	5	6	.810
6	Florida	.7863	7	7	2154	.7492	7	1091	.7397	4	4	6	4	4	4	5	.870
7	LSU	.7054	5	8	2011	.6995	9	998	.6766	7	9	7	11	7	6	7	.740
8	South Carolina	.6206	8	11	1654	.5753	11	880	.5966	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	.690
9	Louisville	.6040	10	10	1825	.6348	10	940	.6373	13	10	14	8	15	23	11	.540
10	Florida State	.5969	9	6	2223	.7732	6	1147	.7776	19	18	20	15	25	0	17	.240
11	Oregon State	.5965	11	12	1588	.5523	12	807	.5471	8	7	10	6	10	10	8	.690
12	Oklahoma	.5812	12	13	1556	.5412	13	800	.5424	10	12	9	16	8	8	9	.660
13	Clemson	.5772	13	9	1969	.6849	8	1013	.6868	16	16	13	14	23	0	15	.360
14	Stanford	.5086	14	14	1431	.4977	15	705	.4780	12	11	12	13	12	12	14	.550
15	Texas A&M	.5060	16	15	1320	.4591	14	736	.4990	11	13	16	10	11	11	13	.560
16	Nebraska	.3976	20	16	992	.3450	16	513	.3478	14	15	17	12	13	14	12	.500
17	Texas	.3593	23	17	860	.2991	17	485	.3288	15	14	11	18	16	13	16	.450
18	UCLA	.2533	NR	21	587	.2042	19	333	.2258	17	17	0	17	18	18	18	.330
19	USC	.1706	17	18	690	.2400	22	224	.1519	23	0	21	0	21	19	24	.120
20	Louisiana Tech	.1584	25	19	659	.2292	18	363	.2461	30	0	25	0	0	0	0	.000
21	Mississippi State	.1453	15	20	603	.2097	23	186	.1261	25	23	0	20	24	22	25	.100
22	Texas Tech	.1422	18	25	203	.0706	NR	68	.0461	18	19	15	0	19	15	20	.310
23	Rutgers	.1214	NR	22	475	.1652	20	264	.1790	28	24	0	21	0	0	0	.020
24	Northwestern	.0962	NR	24	259	.0901	21	234	.1586	27	21	0	22	0	0	0	.040
25	Toledo	.0796	NR	NR	160	.0557	25	108	.0732	24	22	0	19	0	0	19	.110

Four teams dropped from the rankings, although there are no new teams above the 18th place: Oklahoma State, Arizona, West Virginia and Boise State. For the Broncos, who were stunned at home by San Diego State, it’s the first time out of the BCS standings in 40 weeks.

It’s interesting to see just how far the win over LSU progressed Alabama. Notre Dame were first or second on all the computer rankings last week, but Alabama’s win over LSU has put them at number one in four of the six. Kansas State are either second or third on the computer rankings, while Notre Dame are number one with two of them.

LSU, despite the two losses, remain ahead of undefeated Louisville and one loss teams such as Florida State, Oregon State and Clemson. It’s also worth nothing that one of the four new teams in the standings, UCLA, who made it all the way up to #18, are actually above USC, who have now lost two games in a row.

The highest ranked team to not be in the top 25 for one (or more of the computers) are the Florida State Seminoles at #10. The lowest ranked team with one (or more) computer(s) giving them a top 10 standing are Oklahoma at #12.

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