Monday, November 10, 2008

GATORS SURGE TO #3 IN COACHES', AP, HARRIS POLLS





Nov. 9, 2008
Rank
Team (first-place votes)
Record
Points
Last week
1.
Alabama (44)
10-0
1,508
1
2.
10-0
1,469
3
3.
8-1
1,348
5
4.
9-1
1,314
4
5.
9-1
1,300
7
6.
8-1
1,268
6
7.
10-0
1,104
9
8.
9-1
1,074
2
9.
9-0
1,028
10
10.
8-2
936
12
11.
8-2
883
13
12.
8-2
842
14
13.
8-2
808
8
14.
9-1
679
16
15.
9-2
660
17
16.
9-0
590
18
17.
7-2
543
19
18.
9-2
475
11
19.
7-2
426
24
20.
6-3
409
15
21.
 Pittsburgh
7-2
311
NR
22.
7-2
183
NR
23.
7-3
155
NR
24.
 Tulsa
8-1
144
NR
25.
 Oregon State
6-3
71
NR

Dropped out
Dropped out: No. 20 Georgia Tech (7-3, lost to then-No. 19 North Carolina 28-7), No. 21 Maryland (6-3, lost to Virginia Tech 23-13), No. 22 California (6-3, lost to No. 6 Southern California 17-3), No. 23 West Virginia (6-3, lost to then-unranked Cincinnati 26-23 OT), No. 25 Northwestern (7-3, lost to then-No. 12 Ohio State 45-10).
Others receiving votes
Others receiving votes: California (6-3) 50; Oregon (7-3) 49; Georgia Tech (7-3) 38; Virginia Tech (6-3) 34; Air Force (8-2) 25; Northwestern (7-3) 13; Wake Forest (6-3) 13; Arizona (6-3) 11; Kansas (6-4) 11; Maryland (6-3) 9; Connecticut (6-3) 8; Minnesota (7-3) 8; Boston College (6-3) 7; Iowa (6-4) 6; Miami (Fla.) (6-3) 5; West Virginia (6-3) 5; Western Michigan (8-2) 5.




Bowl Championship Series standings

Nov. 9, 2008

• Extended computer rankings

Rank Team
Computer Rank
BCS average
Last week
1 Alabama
1
0.9853
1
0.9889
2
0.970
0.9814
1
2 Texas Tech
2
0.9712
2
0.9633
1
0.980
0.9715
2
3 Texas
4
0.8670
5
0.8525
2
0.920
0.8798
4
4 Florida
3
0.8881
3
0.8839
4
0.820
0.8640
5
5 Oklahoma
5
0.8516
4
0.8616
4
0.820
0.8444
6
6 Southern Cal
6
0.8172
6
0.8315
7
0.720
0.7896
7
7 Utah
8
0.7137
7
0.7239
3
0.870
0.7692
8
8 Penn State
7
0.7274
8
0.7043
9
0.620
0.6839
3
9 Boise State
9
0.6807
9
0.6741
8
0.680
0.6783
10
10 Georgia
12
0.5547
12
0.5521
6
0.740
0.6156
13
11 Ohio State
10
0.6193
10
0.6138
11
0.540
0.5910
11
12 Missouri
11
0.5561
11
0.5790
11
0.540
0.5584
14
13 Oklahoma State
13
0.5221
13
0.5298
10
0.550
0.5340
9
14 Ball State
15
0.4319
16
0.3869
14
0.430
0.4163
17
15 Michigan State
16
0.3937
15
0.4328
16
0.340
0.3888
18
16 North Carolina
17
0.3491
17
0.3561
13
0.440
0.3817
19
17 Brigham Young
14
0.4684
14
0.4452
18
0.210
0.3746
15
18 Texas Christian
18
0.3421
18
0.3115
15
0.400
0.3512
12
19 Florida State
20
0.2484
19
0.2793
17
0.250
0.2593
22
20 LSU
19
0.2828
20
0.2682
20
0.170
0.2403
16
21 Pittsburgh
21
0.1958
21
0.2039
22
0.140
0.1799
26
22 Cincinnati
23
0.1161
22
0.1200
18
0.210
0.1487
32
23 Tulsa
22
0.1200
24
0.0944
29
0.000
0.0715
29
24 Wake Forest
36
0.0049
31
0.0085
20
0.170
0.0611
31
25 South Carolina
24
0.0516
23
0.1016
26
0.020
0.0577
34


SO, THE GATORS HAVE BEATEN TWO BCS TOP 25 TEAMS, GEORGIA AND LSU AND WE HAVE THREE TOP 25 TEAMS LEFT TO PLAY: USCe AND THE TEAM TO THE WEST (FSU), AND THE CURRENT NUMBER ONE, CRIMSON TIDE. NOT AN EASY PATH TO MIAMI, BUT A DOABLE ONE.

GO GATORS!


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