Official BCS standings won’t come out until 8:15 pm ET, and the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll won’t be out for at least another hour. For now, all we have to work with is the latest USA Today Sagarin ratings, a form of a computer system that does go into the BCS formula. It’s a good look at what the machines are thinking.
College Football Rankings, Week 8: Sagarin Top 25 Makes Oklahoma Distant Third
While some BCS projections have the Oklahoma Sooners and Alabama Crimson Tide better than the LSU Tigers, Sagarin's set puts Bama and LSU ahead of Oklahoma, and by a convincing margin. Only 1.61 points distinguish the Tide and Tigers, while 3.78 mark the difference between the Bayou Bengals and the Sooners.
The top five forms another demarcated platform, with the No. 6 Oklahoma St. Cowboys trailing the Boise St. Broncos by 3.12 points. Yes, it's completely idiotic that all of this stuff actually matters.
In FCS computer news, the Georgia Southern Eagles retake their top spot from the Wofford Terriers. Good news here: they'll just end up playing in the playoffs if they're really that good.
This week’s Sagarin top 25:
- Alabama
- LSU
- Oklahoma
- Wisconsin
- Boise State
- Oklahoma State
- Oregon
- Stanford
- Clemson
- Arkansas
- Texas A&M
- Kansas State
- Nebraska
- West Virginia
- Penn State
- Virginia Tech
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Arizona State
- Georgia
- Houston
- Michigan State
- Auburn
- Michigan
- SMU
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