Bowl Championship Series Football Poll

Through Games of Oct. 23

Poll Comp. Sched Rk. Team Avg. Avg. Rank L Tot. 1. Florida St. 1.00 1.71 0.84 0 3.55 2. Penn St. 2.00 3.43 0.32 0 5.75 3. Virginia Tech 3.00 1.57 1.68 0 6.25 4. Tennessee 4.00 4.57 0.16 1 9.73 5. Kansas St. 6.00 3.14 1.72 0 10.86 6. Florida 5.00 6.57 0.64 1 13.21 7. Nebraska 8.75 7.00 0.88 1 17.63 8. Georgia Tech 7.00 10.43 2.56 1 20.99 9. Wisconsin 11.00 9.71 1.40 2 24.11 10. Texas 12.00 10.43 0.56 2 24.99 11. Mississippi St. 8.25 15.00 3.60 0 26.85 12. Michigan 14.50 10.29 0.12 2 26.91 13. Alabama 15.00 12.43 0.08 2 29.51 14. Marshall 13.00 14.14 4.08 0 31.22 15. Michigan St. 19.50 12.43 0.44 2 34.37

Explanation

Poll Average: The average of The Associated Press media poll and USA Today-ESPN coaches poll.

Computer Average: The average of Richard Billingsley, Dunkel Index, Kenneth Massey, New York Times, David Rothman, Jeff Sagarin, Matthews/Scripps-Howard and the Hester & Anderson/Seattle Times, rankings. The computer component will be determined by averaging the seven highest computer rankings.

Schedule Rank: Rank of schedule strength compared to other Division I-A teams divided by 25. This component is calculated by determining the cumulative won/loss records of the team’s opponent (66.6 percent) and the cumulative won/loss records of the team’s opponents opponents (33.3 percent).

Losses: One point for each loss during the season.