Ducks move up to No. 2 in BCS rankings
Oregon passed Florida State and moved into second place behind Alabama in the BCS standings.
The Ducks jumping the Seminoles was not a surprise. Florida State had a slim lead on the Ducks in the first standings last week. Oregon’s convincing 42-14 victory against UCLA gave the Ducks the boost it needed.
Oregon moved up to third from fourth in the computer ratings and remained second in both the USA Today coaches’ poll and the Harris poll to give it a .9517 BCS average.
Florida State, after routing North Carolina State 49-17, has a .9211 BCS average. The Seminoles are third in each poll, though they gained a little ground on the Ducks, and second in the computer ratings.
Two-time defending national champion Alabama is first across the board.
Alabama’s remaining schedule has LSU, Mississippi State, Chattanooga and Auburn before a possible Southeastern Conference championship game. If the Crimson Tide run the table, it’ll likely play in a third straight BCS championship game.
Florida State has a chance to gain on Oregon this week when it plays seventh-place Miami on Saturday. The Ducks are off, but Oregon’s next game comes against sixth-place Stanford on Nov. 7.
1. Alabama | 1 | 2590 | .9962 | 1 | 1542 | .9948 | 1 | .990 | .9937 | 1 |
2. Oregon | 2 | 2492 | .9585 | 2 | 1483 | .9568 | 2 | .940 | .9517 | 3 |
3. Florida St. | 3 | 2386 | .9177 | 3 | 1419 | .9155 | 3 | .930 | .9211 | 2 |
4. Ohio St. | 4 | 2301 | .8850 | 4 | 1375 | .8871 | 4 | .880 | .8840 | 4 |
5. Stanford | 6 | 2035 | .7827 | 7 | 1182 | .7626 | 5 | .830 | .7918 | 6 |
6. Baylor | 5 | 2130 | .8192 | 5 | 1293 | .8342 | 10 | .640 | .7645 | 8 |
7. Miami | 7 | 1997 | .7604 | 6 | 1190 | .7677 | 6 | .740 | .7560 | 7 |
8. Clemson | 8 | 1767 | .6796 | 8 | 1064 | .6865 | 10 | .640 | .6687 | 9 |
9. Missouri | 9 | 1510 | .5808 | 10 | 834 | .5381 | 8 | .710 | .6096 | 5 |
10. Oklahoma | 10 | 1475 | .5673 | 9 | 933 | .6019 | 9 | .650 | .6064 | 15 |
11. Auburn | 11 | 1453 | .5588 | 11 | 804 | .5187 | 7 | .730 | .6025 | 11 |
12. Texas A&M | 13 | 1364 | .5246 | 14 | 758 | .4890 | 14 | .430 | .4812 | 16 |
13. LSU | 12 | 1408 | .5415 | 13 | 802 | .5174 | 16 | .330 | .4630 | 13 |
14. S. Carolina | 17 | 1043 | .4012 | 16 | 627 | .4045 | 12 | .540 | .4486 | 21 |
15. Texas Tech | 14 | 1093 | .4204 | 15 | 673 | .4342 | 17 | .270 | .3749 | 10 |
16. Fresno St. | 18 | 965 | .3712 | 18 | 542 | .3497 | 15 | .380 | .3669 | 17 |
17. N. Illinois | 20 | 650 | .2500 | 20 | 373 | .2406 | 13 | .510 | .3335 | 18 |
18. Oklahoma St. | 15 | 1081 | .4158 | 12 | 803 | .5181 | 29 | .000 | .3113 | 19 |
19. Louisville | 16 | 1056 | .4062 | 17 | 579 | .3735 | 29 | .000 | .2599 | 20 |
20. UCLA | 19 | 683 | .2627 | 19 | 432 | .2787 | 21 | .160 | .2338 | 12 |
21. Michigan | 21 | 528 | .2031 | 21 | 309 | .1994 | 21 | .160 | .1875 | 22 |
22. Michigan St. | 23 | 391 | .1504 | 24 | 237 | .1529 | 18 | .240 | .1811 | NR |
23. UCF | 22 | 502 | .1931 | 22 | 300 | .1935 | 23 | .150 | .1789 | 23 |
24. Wisconsin | 24 | 350 | .1346 | 23 | 253 | .1632 | 29 | .000 | .0993 | NR |
25. Notre Dame | 26 | 91 | .0350 | 25 | 83 | .0535 | 19 | .190 | .0928 | NR |