FIRST BCS JOKE POLL

Bowl Championship Series standings

Oct. 19, 2008

• Extended computer rankings

Team	Rank	Harris Poll		USA TODAY		Computer rank		BCS Avg.
1	Texas	1	0.9958	1	0.9980	1	1.000	.9979
2	Alabama	2	0.9446	2	0.9416	2	0.960	.9487
3	Penn State	3	0.9232	3	0.9266	7	0.750	.8666
4	Oklahoma	4	0.8270	5	0.7987	4	0.870	.8319
5	Southern Cal	5	0.8165	4	0.8289	10	0.680	.7751
6	Oklahoma State	8	0.7179	8	0.7102	3	0.890	.7727
7	Georgia	9	0.7007	9	0.6997	6	0.760	.7201
8	Texas Tech	7	0.7646	6	0.7934	11	0.580	.7127
9	Ohio State	10	0.6365	10	0.6525	5	0.820	.7030
10	Florida	6	0.7807	7	0.7764	12	0.540	.6990
11	Utah	12	0.5891	12	0.5843	8	0.730	.6345
12	Boise State	13	0.5256	13	0.5154	9	0.720	.5870
13	LSU	11	0.6140	11	0.5921	19t	0.290	.4987
14	Texas Christian	15	0.3474	15	0.3816	13	0.530	.4197
15	Missouri	16	0.3432	16	0.3613	14	0.400	.3682
16	South Florida	14	0.4070	14	0.4216	23	0.160	.3296
17	Pittsburgh	18	0.2677	20	0.1915	15	0.390	.2831
18	Georgia Tech	22	0.1765	21	0.1849	16	0.360	.2405
19	Tulsa	21	0.1853	19	0.2151	18	0.310	.2368
20	Ball State	20	0.2028	22	0.1797	17	0.320	.2342
21	Brigham Young	17	0.3270	17	0.3043	25t	0.020	.2171
22	Northwestern	NR	0.0800	24	0.1161	19t	0.290	.1620
23	Kansas	19	0.2225	18	0.2243	NR	0.000	.1489
24	Minnesota	25	0.0996	25	0.1082	21t	0.220	.1426
25	Florida State	23	0.1568	23	0.1692	27t	0.010	.1120

Explanation

To derive a team’s poll percentages in the Harris Interactive and USA TODAY polls, each team’s point total is divided by a maximum 2850 possible points in the Harris Interactive Poll and 1575 possible points in the USA TODAY Poll.

Teams are assigned an inverse point total (25 for #1, 24 for #2, etc.) for each of their respective computer poll rankings to determine the overall computer component. The highest and lowest ranking for each team is dropped, and the sum total of the remaining four rankings is divided by 100 (the maximum possible points). This figure produces a Computer Rankings Percentage. The six computer ranking providers are Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin and Peter Wolfe. Each computer ranking accounts for schedule strength within its formula.

The BCS Average is calculated by averaging the percent totals of the Harris Interactive and USA TODAY Polls, and Computer rankings. The highest BCS Average receives the #1 ranking, the second highest receives #2, and so forth.

Note: Teams on NCAA probation (i.e. not eligible for postseason competition) are not listed in the BCS Standings.

Extended computer rankings
Team	AH	RB	CM	KM	JS	PW
Texas	25	25	25	25	25	25
Alabama	24	24	24	24	24	24
Penn State	21	20	21	16	18	15
Oklahoma	17	23	20	23	22	22
Southern Cal	14	22	16	19	16	17
Oklahoma State	23	16	23	22	23	21
Georgia	18	19	19	21	17	20
Texas Tech	15	7	15	14	14	18
Ohio State	19	21	22	18	20	23
Florida	16	18	14	15	9	6
Utah	20	15	18	20	21	13
Boise State	22	14	17	17	19	19
LSU	5	17	1	7	10	7
Texas Christian	12	13	13	13	15	14
Missouri	9	12	4	11	11	9
South Florida	2	5	5	5	2	4
Pittsburgh	13	0	12	9	8	10
Georgia Tech	4	8	8	12	12	8
Tulsa	11	1	11	6	3	11
Ball State	8	0	9	2	13	16
Brigham Young	0	10	2	0	0	0
Northwestern	10	0	10	10	6	3
Kansas	0	11	0	0	0	0
Minnesota	7	0	7	1	7	12
Florida State	1	0	3	0	0	0

AH - Anderson & Hester
RB - Richard Billingsley
CM - Colley Matrix
KM - Kenneth Massey
JS - Jeff Sagarin
PW - Peter Wolfe