BCS Is Shaken by Upsets, But Top Two Stay in Place
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The Bowl Championship Series standings underwent a shakeup yesterday, but the top two teams -- Southern California and Oklahoma -- remained the same.
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For the first time in a long time, there was very little change among the elite schools in the Top 25 polls and the BCS standings.
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USC and Oklahoma finish atop the final BCS standings and will meet in the Orange Bowl in a title game that might not produce a unanimous national champion.
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Southern California is No. 1 in the polls and the BCS standings. The computers prefer Oklahoma. Auburn's victories over Georgia and Tennessee might be the season's two most impressive performances. The Trojans, Sooners and Tigers are all 11-0, but the Bowl Championship Series can only accommodate two teams in its national title game.
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Oklahoma appeared to be one of the greatest teams in college football history last season until it lost its final two games. Through their first three games this season
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College footballâs 3 1/2-month regular season has come down to this: Three critical games. And a couple of critical votes. Unbeaten USC, Oklahoma and Auburn remain 1-2-3 in Mondayâs Bowl Championship Series
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The absurd notion of Cal playing in the national championship game does not seem so absurd today. Thanks to losses by Miami and Florida State and a significant rise in the Bears&#39; computer ranking, Cal rose four spots in this week&#39;s BCS standings to No.
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With the release of the first Bowl Championship Series poll on Monday, the reinvented BCS formula is finally being put to work. In July, the BCS unveiled its new formula, which relies on the rankings from three different polls.
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It's over. For now. At least that's the hope of the people who have tried to make the Bowl Championship Series run the right way the past few years. Six BCS title games have been played, and three times they matched up the wrong teams. Last season was the ultimate fiasco when Southern Cal, ranked No. 1 in both the ...
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Even before being on the losing end of one of the great upsets in college football history, Lloyd Carrâs future as Michiganâs head coach was uncertain.
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This week&#39;s schedule may not be loaded with marquee matchups, but there are plenty of games Saturday with huge BCS implications.
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Oklahoma moves past Miami into the number two spot in this week&#39;s BCS poll; last week, Miami was second and Oklahoma third. USC continues to lead the poll.
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The Sooners are in second place, jumping ahead of Miami after the BCS standings debuted last week with Oklahoma surprisingly in third.
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Football is different in the Southeastern Conference. Different good, different bad. But it never has been better than it is right now, following LSU's 38-24 victory over Ohio State in Monday night's BCS national championship game, which followed last year's title by Florida over the Buckeyes. Throw in back-to-back national championships by Florida in basketball and you ...
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The BCS system that was supposed to be fixed by humans was, once again, chop-blocked by computers. Miami, a team ranked no higher than third in either of the major human polls, debuted at No.
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But at times, this desperate push to move into the top two in the BCS standings and earn a place in the national championship game starts to sound more like politics than football.
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No. 1 Ohio State gets a scare, but avoids being yet another upset victim, overcoming a handful of third quarter mishaps to hold off Michigan State, 24-17.