The LSU Tigers hold the top spot in the BCS standings, also in the AP and Harris polls. LSU is second in the USA Today poll, behind Oklahoma. Alabama holds the second spot in the BCS standings, also in the AP and Harris polls. Alabama is third in the USA Today poll behind Oklahoma and LSU. Oklahoma is third in the BCS standings, also third in the AP and Harris polls, but are in first in the USA Today poll. Oklahoma State is holding down the fourth spot in the BCS standings, however they are sixth in the AP, Harris, and USA Today polls.
The SEC and Big-12 conferences hold the top four spots in the first week of the BCS standings:
LSU holds the top spot with an average of .9522, Alabama with a .9519 average, Oklahoma with a .9301 average, and Oklahoma State with a .8568 average. LSU and Alabama are two of the top spots in the BCS standings out of the Southeastern conference. The Southeastern conference is considered the toughest conference in all of college football. Oklahoma has a decent margin over their interstate rival Oklahoma State.
This is the first time that two teams from two different conferences held down the top four spots in the BCS standings, since 2000. When the Big-12 had Nebraska and Oklahoma, and Virginia Tech and Miam, who represented the Big East conference
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Other Top 10 Teams In BCS Standings:
(5) Boise State, (6) Wisconsin, (7) Clemson, (8) Stanford, (9) Arkansas, and (10) Oregon, to round out the top ten, in this weeks BCS standings.
Boise State, Wisconsin, Clemson, and Stanford all remain undefeated, while Arkansas and Oregon both have one loss and are 5-1. There are two other major college teams that remain undefeated that are not in the BCS top ten standings, Kansas State (11) and Houston (19). Kansas State and Houston are both 6-0.
The four top schools that are on top of the BCS standings are both from the SEC and Big-12 conferences. The BCS is creating a playoff atmosphere with all four teams having to face each other in their respective conferences. Two teams will lose their games against their conference opponent.
What will happen when those two teams lose?
After seven weeks of the college football season, there are six major college teams that remain undefeated. Four of those teams are in the top eight of the BCS standings, the other two teams are eleventh and nineteenth. The fact of the matter is all of the undefeated teams that could remain, has just as good a chance to play for a national championship than anybody.
Key Games Below:
(1) LSU vs (2) Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, AL on Nov. 3
(3) Oklahoma vs (4) Oklahoma State, in Stillwater, OK on Dec. 3
This is only the first week for BCS standings, there is a lot of football left to play. What we see this week and the weeks to come, could change drastically. After all this is college football, upsets frequently happen when conference foes face one another.
"That's why all college football fans tune in every Saturday, to see how the top teams are doing."
Conference Championships:
The SEC has a conference championship game, where as the Big-12 conference will not have a conference championship game this year, Colorado and Nebraska both moved to different conferences for the 2011 season.
What College Football Coaches Are Saying:
Most of the college coaches that are in the running say, there is a lot of football to be played. All of the polls do not matter right now. All we can do is focus on winning football games, week to week. Perform the best we can on the field, then hope our performances allows us to get to the national championship game.
What College Football Fans Have To Look Forward To:
Half of the college football season is over and every college football fan thrives for this time of the year. All college fans will be keeping their eye on the match-up on Nov 3 LSU vs Alabama and Dec 3 Oklahoma vs Oklahoma State. These key games could be big in determining who will be in the Jan 9 national championship game.
As we've seen through out the years in college football, upsets after upsets have occured. With those upsets happening, the BCS standings have been so messed up. It went down to the very last week of the season and conference championships to determine, who was going to the national championship game.
No matter what the AP, USA Today Coaches, and Harris poll says, the BCS standings is the one that determines the two teams to play in the national championship game. With small schools being left out of the BCS championship game in recent years, that has caused a lot of controversey. With all the controversey hanging over the BCS commitee, everybody is talking about having a division 1 playoff to determine the national champion.
"Well, if everything holds up the way the BCS standings are now? This is drawing a playoff atmosphere."
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