As expected, the top 25 of the BCS standings took a big hit and shake, as Florida State took a big step towards being in the national championship game with Alabama, distancing themselves at number 2 from the rest of the chasing pack, as things are quite close between Ohio State, Stanford and Baylor battling for third.

Oregon, who lost to Stanford during the weekend, fall to #6, while Oklahoma, who lost on the same day to Baylor (undefeated yet still behind Stanford with one loss), took a vicious 10 spot drop. New to the rankings this week are Texas and Georgia, with the latter slowly getting back their offensive pieces back together.

BCS		Harris Poll			Coaches Poll			Computer rankings
Rank	Team	Avg.	Prev.	Rank	Points	%	Rank	Points	%	AVG	A&H	RB	CM	KM	JS	PW	%
1	Alabama	.9958	1	1	2625	1.0000	1	1546	.9974	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	.990
2	Florida State	.9619	2	2	2514	.9577	2	1485	.9581	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	.970
3	Ohio State	.8926	4	3	2373	.9040	3	1401	.9039	4	4	4	4	6	5	3	.870
4	Stanford	.8689	5	5	2240	.8533	5	1307	.8432	3	5	3	3	3	3	4	.910
5	Baylor	.8618	6	4	2304	.8777	4	1376	.8877	5	3	6	5	7	4	8	.820
6	Oregon	.7665	3	6	1968	.7497	7	1162	.7497	6	6	5	8	5	7	6	.800
7	Auburn	.7206	9	9	1843	.7021	9	1069	.6897	7	8	8	6	4	8	5	.770
8	Clemson	.7200	7	7	1940	.7390	6	1164	.7510	9	9	7	9	10	13	9	.670
9	Missouri	.7118	8	8	1855	.7067	8	1083	.6987	8	7	10	7	8	9	7	.730
10	South Carolina	.5584	12	12	1417	.5398	12	830	.5355	10	10	9	12	13	10	12	.600
11	Texas A&M	.5473	15	10	1582	.6027	11	898	.5794	13	15	16	13	12	17	14	.460
12	Oklahoma State	.4671	14	11	1545	.5886	10	965	.6226	22	14	20	18	NR	22	25	.190
13	UCLA	.4548	19	16	1026	.3909	15	641	.4135	11	13	13	17	11	11	11	.560
14	Fresno State	.4317	16	13	1124	.4282	14	646	.4168	14	17	17	11	25	12	13	.450
15	Northern Illinois	.3505	18	18	825	.3143	21	445	.2871	14	24	12	20	17	6	10	.450
16	Michigan State	.3417	17	15	1090	.4152	16	620	.4000	21	18	21	15	22	23	22	.210
17	UCF	.3411	21	19	791	.3013	19	468	.3019	16	16	11	14	19	16	16	.420
18	Oklahoma	.2926	10	20	732	.2789	17	510	.3290	17	12	15	16	23	NR	23	.270
19	Arizona State	.2833	22	22	475	.1810	22	262	.1690	12	11	23	10	9	18	15	.500
20	Louisville	.2806	20	14	1104	.4206	13	653	.4213	28	NR	18	NR	NR	NR	NR	.000
21	LSU	.2757	13	17	919	.3501	18	476	.3071	24	NR	19	NR	16	21	21	.170
22	Wisconsin	.2612	24	21	674	.2568	20	460	.2968	18	22	22	NR	18	19	18	.230
23	Miami (FL)	.1471	11	23	457	.1741	23	228	.1471	25	21	NR	21	21	NR	24	.120
24	Texas	.1092	NR	24	247	.0941	24	176	.1135	25	20	14	24	24	24	NR	.120
25	Georgia	.0857	NR	25	102	.0389	NR	44	.0284	22	19	24	22	15	25	20	.190

Right now, it seems like nothing is going to get in the way of Florida State from being the team paired up with Alabama, but one thing worth remembering is the conference championship game both teams have to play in. The same goes for Stanford and Ohio State. One loss in one of those games for any of the top teams will create quite a shake up.

Fresno State and Northern Illinois are both in the top 15, which will make a very interesting case when the BCS selections are made. If things remain as they are today, the Bulldogs will probably get the nod for an at-large bid and find themselves playing in a new year’s bowl game.

Auburn, with one loss only so far this season (to LSU, a team fallen to 21st) are currently at #7. Even with a loss to Alabama on the final day of the season, they should be the best team set up to take the second spot for the SEC in a BCS bowl game. The same goes for Clemson from the ACC, which will probably put them facing Oregon in the Orange Bowl while Central Florida, #17 at the moment, will also enjoy an automatic invite if things stay as they are right now.

Both Ohio State and Baylor haven’t given up on their dream of making it into the top two, but are going to need Florida State and/or Alabama to mess up in the few games remaining to them, not to mention staying undefeated, which won’t be an easy task, especially for Baylor, who still have to play #12 Oklahoma State and #24 Texas before claiming the Big 12 crown they currently hold a piece of.

It’s also interesting to see who faces Alabama: Missouri still lead the SEC East and remain at #8 in the standings, but they have to play Ole Miss and Texas A&M before the season is over, as South Carolina and Georgia are waiting for that slip.

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