BCS rankings still rankling
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It didn't take long. First poll, first controversy. Or at least mini-controversy. If you had taken the wisdom of the two human polls, the first Bowl Championship Series rankings that were released yesterday should have been a no-brainer.
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Seven games, 14 ranked teams, one beautiful day of football. Since The Associated Press media poll started ranking the top 25 teams in 1989, there has never been a day when more ranked teams squared off.
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By wire services. Auburn moved into third in the BCS standings released Monday while Southern Cal and Oklahoma held on to the top spots.
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Auburn caught Oklahoma in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday, creating a tie for second place behind No. 1 Southern California.
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Cal fans will be living in fear for the next six days as a result of the BCS standings released Monday. Because of a significant improvement in its computer ranking, Texas has moved into a virtual tie with Cal for the vital No.
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PHILADELPHIA (Sports Network) - Southern California and  Oklahoma are still the top teams in the Bowl Championship  Series standings, while Auburn remained third and on the  outside looking in at the national championship game with one  week remaining in the regular season.
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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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PHILADELPHIA (Sports Network) - Southern California and  Oklahoma remained the top two teams in the Bowl Championship  Series standings, while Utah dropped one spot to seventh in the  rankings.
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The Florida Gators are No. 1 for the fourth straight week. This time, there's no doubt about it. Florida became the first unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll in nearly two years, garnering all 72 first place votes Monday.
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The No. 1 ranked team in the annual The Associated Press' preseason college baskteball poll. (x-denotes eventual national champion):
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The Bowl Championship Series released its initial ranking yesterday, based on a formula revised in the off-season to help ensure that the consensus No.
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It has become the time of year when everything in college football is relative. Your team has to win its games in order to move up in the BCS poll, or win its conference, or even just to qualify for a bowl bid.
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Oklahoma remained second in the Bowl Championship Series standings Monday, holding off Auburn because of a stronger computer ranking.
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Auburn caught Oklahoma in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday, creating a tie for second place behind No. 1 Southern California. It's the just the second tie for No. 2 in the history of the AP media poll. The other was Nov. 3, 1991, when Miami and Washington were tied behind No. 1 Florida State.
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OK, so the battle for the Bowl Championship Series national championship between No. 1 Southern Cal and No. 2 Oklahoma was a competitive flop. The Trojans' 55-19 victory over the Sooners in Tuesday night's Orange Bowl settled the issue of who's No. 1, which is what the BCS is all about. Isn't it?
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A week after losing some support as the No. 1 team, Southern California got it right back. Top-ranked USC received 52 first-place votes, four more than last week, and 1,610 points in the Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday.
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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.