BCS Standings Week 9: LSU Holds Top Spot In Rankings

LSU tops the BCS Rankings in Week 9 once again after leading off the initial BCS rankings last week. Wisconsin plummets nine spots to No. 15 while Oklahoma falls just six spots to No. 9.

The second set of BCS rankings were just released and the LSU Tigers once again sit on top of the rankings. With Wisconsin's last second loss against Michigan State, they unsurprisingly fell out of the top 6 and plummeted all the way to 16. Oklahoma also got dropped by Texas Tech, so naturally they dropped out of their top 5 ranking all the way to the 9th spot. Clemson and Stanford continue to climb in the BCS as they continue to dominate their opponents.

Here's the current Top 25 in the BCS rankings.

		BCS		Harris Poll			USA Today			Computer Rankings
RK	TEAM	AVG	PVS	RK	PTS	%	RK	PTS	%	AVG	A&H	RB	CM	KM	JS	PW	%
1	LSU	.9702	1	1	2854	.9927	1	1457	.9878	3	3	1	3	2	3	3	.930
2	Alabama	.9627	2	2	2777	.9659	2	1434	.9722	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	.950
3	Oklahoma State	.9240	4	3	2559	.8901	4	1301	.8820	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1.000
4	Boise State	.8302	5	5	2410	.8383	5	1213	.8224	5	5	4	4	6	8	6	.830
5	Clemson	.8240	7	6	2346	.8160	6	1174	.7959	4	6	5	5	4	4	4	.860
6	Stanford	.8124	8	4	2523	.8776	3	1327	.8997	9	7	6	8	14	21	9	.660
7	Oregon	.6877	10	7	2136	.7430	7	1121	.7600	12	14	7	12	12	12	12	.560
8	Kansas State	.6681	11	10	1764	.6136	12	827	.5607	5	4	9	6	5	5	5	.830
9	Oklahoma	.6642	3	8	1866	.6490	9	964	.6536	7	8	8	7	8	11	14	.690
10	Arkansas	.6581	9	9	1851	.6438	8	974	.6603	8	12	11	15	7	6	7	.670
11	Michigan State	.5380	16	11	1760	.6122	10	932	.6319	15	18	10	16	17	17	17	.370
12	Virginia Tech	.5338	12	15	1343	.4671	15	729	.4942	10	11	16	10	9	10	8	.640
13	South Carolina	.5014	14	14	1378	.4793	14	730	.4949	13	10	17	11	11	14	15	.530
14	Nebraska	.4385	13	13	1508	.5245	13	798	.5410	21	20	13	18	22	23	19	.250
15	Wisconsin	.4333	6	12	1731	.6021	11	867	.5878	24	24	12	23	0	25	21	.110
16	Texas A&M	.4281	17	17	1040	.3617	16	520	.3525	11	13	14	17	10	7	10	.570
17	Houston	.3676	19	18	975	.3391	18	507	.3437	14	9	0	9	16	0	11	.420
18	Michigan	.3416	18	16	1072	.3729	17	519	.3519	19	15	20	13	21	24	18	.300
19	Penn State	.3071	21	19	769	.2675	19	448	.3037	17	16	23	14	18	19	16	.350
20	Texas Tech	.2012	NR	21	407	.1416	22	180	.1220	18	22	15	25	13	13	20	.340
21	Arizona State	.1633	NR	20	542	.1885	20	253	.1715	23	25	21	22	24	20	24	.130
22	Georgia	.1594	NR	22	337	.1172	21	208	.1410	22	19	0	20	20	18	23	.220
23	Auburn	.1310	20	NR	60	.0209	NR	3	.0020	15	21	18	0	15	9	13	.370
24	Texas	.1187	24	25	152	.0529	NR	49	.0332	20	17	0	19	19	15	22	.270
25	West Virginia	.0733	15	23	330	.1148	24	155	.1051	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

That's quite a tumble for Wisconsin, considering they lost on a last second play. They're also ranked below Nebraska, a team Wisconsin handled rather easily a few weeks ago. Kansas State continues to sneak up the BCS rankings, still having Oklahoma on their schedule. Oregon is the highest ranked one loss team, with their only loss to top ranked LSU. Oklahoma State and Kansas State are two teams that the computers love, so it will be interesting to see how they can climb as the season goes on.

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