The most recent BCS standings were released Sunday night, with the Alabama Crimson Tide putting some distance between itself and the rest of the pack. The Tide remain atop the standings with a .9958 average, finishing first in nearly every computer ranking. Florida State remains second and on track to face Alabama in the national championship game if both teams win out.
Ohio State climbed to third following Oregon’s loss to Stanford. The Cardinal moved up to fourth and is the nation’s highest-ranked one-loss team. Unbeaten Baylor rounds out the top five, .0071 points behind the Cardinal. The top five ended up just how ESPN’s Brad Edwards predicted on Saturday.
Brad Edwards' Projected BCS standings: 1. Alabama 2. Florida St. 3. Ohio St. 4. Stanford 5. Baylor
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 10, 2013
The Ducks fell to sixth in the standings after dropping their first contest of the season. It’s the 31st straight week Oregon has been ranked in the top 10.
Oregon is No. 6 in BCS Standings, 31st straight week @WinTheDay has been ranked in BCS top 10 #GoDucks
— Andy McNamara (@McNamaraUO) November 11, 2013
Auburn leaped idle Clemson in the standings by the slimmest of margins — .0006 points. Missouri and South Carolina each moved up and round out the top 10.
Texas A&M, Oklahoma State and UCLA all won this weekend and moved up in the standings to 11th, 12th and 13th, respectively. Fresno State kept its undefeated season intact and moved up to 14th. Northern Illinois is the lowest-ranked team without a loss and is ranked 15th.
Michigan State and the surprising Central Florida Knights come in at spots 16 and 17, followed by Oklahoma. The Sooners suffered their second loss of the season Thursday at Baylor. Arizona State narrowly escaped Utah and moved up from 22nd to 19th. Louisville rounds out the top 20.
LSU has three losses but two of them came at the hands of top 10 teams. The Tigers fell from 13th to 21st after getting smashed by Alabama on Saturday. The loss to the Tide was LSU’s fourth straight defeat at the hands of the top-ranked team in the land, according to ESPN Stats & Info:
LSU has lost 4 straight games against AP No. 1 teams since beating Ohio State in the 2007 BCS Championship Game.
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) November 10, 2013
Wisconsin beat BYU and is ranked 22nd.
Miami’s free fall continues. The once seventh-ranked Hurricanes have lost two straight contests and fell from 11th to 23rd in the standings. Texas and Georgia are the two newcomers to the top 25 thanks to losses by Texas Tech and Notre Dame.
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