The National Football Foundation
& College Hall of Fame, Inc.
433 East Las Colinas Blvd., Ste. 1130 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 25, 2009
CONTACTS:
Irving, TX 75039 Mike Finn, Associate Commissioner, Atlantic Coast Conference
972.556.1000 Matthew Sign, Chief Operating Officer, The National Football Foundation
www.footballfoundation.org
BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES STANDINGS
(Games through Oct. 25, 2009)
BCS Standings Harris Interactive USA Today Computers
(Through Oct. 25, 2009)
Avg.
BCS Previous Comp.
Average Week Rank Points % Rank Points % Rank Points %
1. Florida (7-0) .9726 1 1 2765 .9788 1 1459 .9892 2 95 .950
2. Alabama (8-0) .9450 2 2 2674 .9465 2 1399 .9485 3 94 .940
3. Texas (7-0) .8927 3 3 2672 .9458 3 1390 .9424 5 79 .790
4. Iowa (8-0) .8249 6 8 2086 .7384 8 1086 .7363 1 100 1.000
5. USC (6-1) .7944 7 4 2316 .8198 4 1244 .8434 9 72 .720
6. TCU (7-0) .7890 8 7 2119 .7501 6 1131 .7668 4 85 .850
7. Boise State (7-0) .7752 4 5 2273 .8046 5 1152 .7810 8 74 .740
8. Cincinnati (7-0) .7735 5 6 2224 .7873 7 1126 .7634 6 77 .770
9. LSU (6-1) .7030 9 9 1994 .7058 9 1037 .7031 10 70 .700
10. Oregon (6-1) .6456 11 11 1689 .5979 12 839 .5688 6 77 .770
11. Georgia Tech (7-1) .5895 12 12 1644 .5819 11 865 .5864 11 60 .600
12. Penn State (7-1) .5851 13 10 1699 .6014 10 935 .6339 13 52 .520
13. Virginia Tech (5-2) .4921 14 14 1350 .4779 14 691 .4685 12 53 .530
14. Oklahoma State (6-1) .4494 15 13 1522 .5388 13 825 .5593 17 25 .250
15. Pittsburgh (7-1) .3415 20 17 952 .3370 17 542 .3675 16 32 .320
16. Utah (6-1) .3161 18 19 834 .2952 19 403 .2732 15 38 .380
17. Ohio State (6-2) .3147 19 15 1125 .3982 15 569 .3858 23 16 .160
18. Houston (6-1) .3085 17 16 1064 .3766 16 544 .3688 22 18 .180
19. Miami, Fla. (5-2) .2491 10 18 858 .3037 18 433 .2936 24 15 .150
20. Arizona (5-2) .2241 22 25 230 .0814 24 149 .1010 14 49 .490
21. West Virginia (6-1) .1959 23 20 622 .2202 20 365 .2475 25 12 .120
22. South Carolina (6-2) .1891 24 21 475 .1681 21 279 .1892 20 21 .210
23. Notre Dame (5-2) .1197 NR 24 236 .0835 25 82 .0556 19 22 .220
24. California (5-2) .0916 NR 28 65 .0230 29 32 .0217 18 23 .230
25. Mississippi (5-2) .0907 NR 23 342 .1211 22 223 .1512 28 0 .000
POLL EXPLANATION & ABOUT THE BCS:
The Harris Interactive Poll, USA Today Coaches Poll and computer rankings each comprise one-third of the BCS Standings. To derive the three
percentages, each team is assigned an inverse point total (25 for No. 1, 24 for No. 2, etc.) The two poll percentages are calculated by dividing
each team’s point total by a maximum 2825 possible points (Harris) and 1475 possible points (USA Today). The computer rankings percentage
is calculated by dropping the highest and lowest ranking for each team and then dividing the remaining total by 100 (the maximum possible
points). The BCS Average is calculated by averaging the percentage totals of the Harris Interactive Poll, USA Today Poll, and computer
rankings. The teams’ BCS Averages are ranked to produce the BCS Standings. The six computer ranking providers are Anderson & Hester,
Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin and Peter Wolfe. Each computer ranking provider accounts for schedule
strength within its formula.
The BCS is a five-game arrangement for post-season college football that is managed by the 11 Football Bowl
Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) conferences and institutions. Its purpose is to match the top two teams in a
bowl game and to create exciting matchups in four other games.
The No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the Dec. 6 BCS standings will play in the Citi BCS National Championship on
Jan. 7, 2010 in Pasadena, Calif. The winner of the game will be presented the Coaches Trophy, emblematic of
the national championship. For more information, visit www.bcsfootball.org.
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