Tuesday, September 12
Bowl Championship Series rankings -- 3

TEAM
AP
ESPN
AVG.
BILL.
DUNK
MASS.
NYT
ROTH.
SAG.
S.H.
S.T.
C.AVG.
S.SCHED
S.RANK
L
TOTAL
1.FSU
1
1
1.0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1.00
16
0.64
0
2.64
2.Tenn.
3
3
3.0
3
2
4
2
4
4
2
2
2.71
9
0.36
1
7.07
3.Va.Tech
2
2
2.0
2
6
2
4
2
2
3
8
3.00
60
2.40
0
7.40
4.Florida
4
4
4.0
6
7
5
3
5
6
4
3
4.57
8
0.32
1
9.89
5.Kan.St.
5
5
5.0
7
3
3
5
3
3
6
4
3.86
76
3.04
0
11.90
6.Nebraska
7
6
6.5
5
5
6
8
7
5
5
9
5.86
35
1.40
1
14.76
7.Penn St.
6
8
7.0
4
8
7
9
8
7
7
7
6.86
19
0.76
1
15.62
8.Wisconsin
9
9
9.0
9
4
9
10
10
8
11
15
8.71
36
1.44
2
21.15
9.Alabama
11
13
12.0
10
11
10
6
9
10
8
6
8.43
1
0.04
2
22.47
10.Miss. St.
8
7
7.5
12
28
11
16
13
23
17
5
13.86
94
3.76
0
25.12
11.Texas
10
10
10.0
11
12
14
15
15
15
13
14
13.43
28
1.12
2
26.55
12.Michigan
16
15
15.5
17
10
13
12
11
9
10
11
10.86
6
0.24
2
28.60
13.Mich. St.
17
17
17.0
8
9
12
17
12
11
9
12
10.43
7
0.28
2
29.71
14.BYU
15
12
13.5
23
23
15
7
17
18
12
10
14.57
45
1.80
1
30.87
15.Ga.Tech
13
14
13.5
15
18
16
22
14
12
14
18
15.29
64
2.56
2
33.35

Explanation
Poll Average -- The average of the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll and AP media polls. Others receiving votes are calculated in order received.
Computer Average -- Average of Richard Billingsley, Dunkel Index, Kenneth Massey, New York Times, David Rothman, Jeff Sagarin's USA Today, Matthews/Scripps-Howard and The Anderson & Hester/Seattle Times rankings. the computer component will be determined by averaging the seven highest computer rankings. The lowest computer rankings will be disregarded.
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.
Notes -- BCS Rankings each week will list the top 15 teams.

Table header -- AP (Associated Press poll): ESPN (ESPN/USA Today coaches poll): AVG. (Average of two polls); BILL. (Richard Billingsley); DUNK (Dunkel Index); MASS. (Kenneth Massey); NYT (New York Times); ROTH. (David Rothman); SAG. (Jeff Sagarin); S.H. (Scripps-Howard); S.T. (Seattle Times); C.AVG. (Computer services average, disregarding the worst ranking in each); S.SCHED (Schedule strength); S.RANK (Schedule rank); L (Losses).


ALSO SEE
Bowl Championship Series rankings -- 2

Bowl Championship Series rankings -- 1




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