There’s no change in the higher reaches of the BCS Standings after week 13. Alabama and Florida State at the moment heading to the national championship game, Ohio State waiting for someone to fall. That simple? Not really, because the rise of Auburn to number 4 and of Missouri to number 5 really makes it a bit more complicated if either the Crimson Tide or the Seminoles mess up in the upcoming games.

This week was also about a big fall foe Baylor after losing for the first time this season (to Oklahoma State), losing the lead they had in the Big 12. It was also about Arizona State taking control in the Pac-12 South, rising five spots after beating UCLA, and the same goes for the Cowboys, who have a chance to win their conference for the second time in three years if they beat Oklahoma.

Rank	Team	Avg.	Prev.	Rank	Points	%	Rank	Points	%	Avg.	A&H	RB	CM	KM	JS	PW	%
1	Alabama	.9881	1	1	2595	.9981	1	1544	.9961	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	.970
2	Florida State	.9697	2	2	2494	.9592	2	1488	.9600	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	.990
3	Ohio State	.9200	3	3	2389	.9188	3	1428	.9213	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	.920
4	Auburn	.8236	6	5	2139	.8227	5	1268	.8181	4	5	7	4	5	8	4	.830
5	Missouri	.8077	8	6	2109	.8112	6	1243	.8019	5	4	10	5	7	6	5	.810
6	Clemson	.7726	7	4	2148	.8262	4	1289	.8316	10	12	4	9	10	14	7	.660
7	Oklahoma State	.7615	10	7	2013	.7742	7	1225	.7903	8	7	5	10	14	5	10	.720
8	Stanford	.6665	9	8	1759	.6765	10	981	.6329	9	8	8	7	8	11	12	.690
9	Baylor	.6456	4	9	1679	.6458	8	1009	.6510	11	9	6	12	13	10	9	.640
10	South Carolina	.6101	11	10	1620	.6231	9	1003	.6471	12	13	11	11	16	7	13	.560
11	Michigan State	.5780	13	11	1595	.6135	11	962	.6206	14	14	15	13	9	13	14	.500
12	Arizona State	.5052	17	16	976	.3754	18	574	.3703	6	6	13	6	4	9	6	.770
13	Oregon	.4950	5	12	1284	.4938	12	777	.5013	15	11	12	15	12	17	16	.490
14	Northern Illinois	.4620	16	17	936	.3600	20	459	.2961	7	10	9	8	6	3	8	.730
15	Wisconsin	.4448	19	15	1035	.3981	14	661	.4265	13	17	14	16	11	12	11	.510
16	Fresno State	.4124	15	13	1206	.4638	13	687	.4432	17	21	20	14	NR	15	15	.330
17	LSU	.3737	22	14	1155	.4442	15	646	.4168	19	22	19	24	18	19	18	.260
18	Oklahoma	.3380	20	19	856	.3292	17	581	.3748	18	15	17	18	21	18	20	.310
19	UCF	.3364	18	20	855	.3288	19	512	.3303	16	19	16	17	23	16	17	.350
20	Louisville	.2522	21	18	930	.3577	16	603	.3890	27	NR	18	25	NR	NR	NR	.010
21	Texas A&M	.2243	12	21	698	.2685	21	410	.2645	23	23	23	23	20	23	21	.140
22	UCLA	.1921	14	22	391	.1504	22	257	.1658	19	18	21	21	15	20	19	.260
23	USC	.1779	23	23	385	.1481	23	210	.1355	21	16	22	19	17	21	22	.250
24	Duke	.0885	NR	24	298	.1146	24	203	.1310	26	24	NR	22	NR	NR	NR	.020
25	Notre Dame	.0674	NR	25	55	.0212	NR	17	.0110	22	20	NR	20	19	24	23	.170

With no four-team playoff, there’s quite a mess going on due to the rise of Auburn and Missouri, both one loss teams. Auburn head into the Iron Bowl with a chance not only to ruin Alabama’s season, but to steal their thunder. A win for Auburn will give them the division title and put them in the SEC championship game against Missouri.

Who goes to the BCS games from the SEC, who will surely send two teams? The conference champion, no matter who it is, goes to the national championship game, right? Because it’s either Alabama or a one-loss team (unless Missouri mess up against Texas A&M) that beat the Crimson Tide. What does that say about Ohio State? They need to hope the voters stick with them in case the SEC mess does happen, not to mention beat both Michigan back-to-back and win the conference, while also hope for a Florida State debacle against Florida (not going to happen) and the other ACC team – Duke, Miami, Virginia Tech or Georgia Tech.

What about the at-large bids? Hard to say at the moment. Oregon, Clemson, Baylor, Michigan State, Stanford or Wisconsin all have a shot as long as the top 3 don’t lose and this bunch don’t win their conference. There are Northern Illinois (14) and Fresno State to consider (16). The higher ranked of the two, probably staying ahead of Central Florida, will find itself in a BCS Bowl game, taking away one of the at-large spots, which might piss off those who like to see big names in big bowls, but do justice with a system that usually doesn’t really help small schools stand out.

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