College football rankings, Week 8: Florida tops Oregon in debut BCS standings

2012 BlogPoll, Week 8: Florida can't top Oregon, Alabama tightens grip again

After returning to action in Week 7, Alabama's grip on the No. 1 spot in the BlogPoll got a bit tighter. And after returning to earth against Texas Tech, West Virginia dropped like a rock.

BCS standings 2012, Week 8: Florida's No. 2, but can Boise State bust the BCS again?

The first official BCS standings of the 2012 season have Florida over Oregon at No. 2, but the really interesting stories are further down the standings. Click here to see the full Top 25. Follow @SBNationCFB

Bomani & Jones: 'Bomani Cares Squat' about the BCS standings

2012 BCS standings, Week 8: Alabama, Florida top season's first official rankings

The first official BCS standings of 2012 came out Sunday night, with Alabama and Florida now officially holding the national title contention inside track. Follow @SBNationCFB

Harris Interactive Poll: Alabama, Oregon occupy top spots

Alabama is still No. 1 in the Harris Interactive Poll after a dominating win over Missouri. The Tide collected 110 out of 115 first place votes, with the other five going to No. 2 Oregon. Alabama has a healthy lead atop the poll with 2,870 points, ahead of Oregon's 2,758, and then there is a big drop off.

While Alabama and Oregon are both in the same spots as last week, the rest of the top five isn't. Losses by South Carolina and West Virginia shook things up and now Florida, Kansas St. and Notre Dame make up the rest of the top five.

LSU moved up to No. 6 after beating the Gamecocks, who are now No. 7. Florida St. follows them, while Oklahoma is ninth after crushing rivals Texas. Oregon St. rounds out the top 10 after beating BYU.

The only two new teams in the poll are Texas Tech, who beat Oklahoma St., and Arizona St., who topped Colorado. Louisiana Tech and Iowa St. fell out of the top 25.

1. Alabama
2. Oregon
3. Florida
4. Kansas St.
5. Notre Dame
6. LSU
7. South Carolina
8. Florida St.
9. Oklahoma
10. Oregon St.

Snap Judgments: How good is No. 1 Alabama? And who's No. 2 in college football?

Alabama seems unstoppable, but is that more a product of their schedule or the Crimson Tide's excellence? And who, exactly, is No. 2 behind Nick Saban's crew?

College Football Rankings, Week 8: South Carolina falls, Notre Dame rises in AP Top 25

Unanimous No. 1 Alabama continues to lead the way in the AP Poll, while Florida climbs to No. 3 and Notre Dame climbs to No. 5 in the latest edition of the poll.

College Football Rankings, Week 8: West Virginia tumbles in Coaches' Poll after loss

With key losses at the top of the poll, both Notre Dame and Florida climb into the top five, while Kansas State is up to No. 3.

College football rankings: BCS computer likes Alabama, Florida, K-State

The first edition of the 2012 BCS rankings is to be released Sunday night, ranking the nation's college football teams for selection to the BCS Championship Game. The BCS rankings are based on two human polls -- the USA Today Coaches' Poll and the Harris Poll -- and six computer rankings. A weighted formula based on these polls determines who plays for the National Championship.

Both human and computer polls are given specific criteria to consider in ranking the teams. In particular, the voters and computers are required to disregard margin of victory. Jeff Sagarin of USA Today administers one of the computer rankings that makes up the BCS, but Sagarin's rankings include margin of victory. Therefore, Sagarin generates a second poll, known as ELO-CHESS, that removes margin of victory from the calculation.

Sagarin released his ELO-CHESS Sunday morning, listing Alabama as the nation's top team. Florida, Kansas State, Notre Dame and Ohio State are ranked second through fifth, though the Buckeyes are ineligible for postseason play. LSU, Oregon, Oregon State, Oklahoma and South Carolina round out the top ten.

Here are the top 25 teams:

1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. Kansas State
4. Notre Dame
5. Ohio State
6. LSU
7. Oregon
8. Oregon State
9. Oklahoma
10. South Carolina
11. USC
12. Rutgers
13. Texas A&M
14. Mississippi State
15. Georgia
16. Cincinnati
17. Stanford
18. West Virginia
19. Boise State
20. Louisville
21. Texas
22. Texas Tech
23. TCU
24. Florida State
25. Ohio

The full BCS standings will be released at 8:30 p.m. ET.

2012 bowl projections, Week 8: Alabama, Oregon draw one step closer to each other

This week's bowl projections for all 35 college football bowl games have the SEC, Pac-12 and Big 12 taking multiple BCS bids.

Don't ever go to Lubbock: College football Top 25 scores, Week 7

College football's Top 25 was reshaped by a Week 7 that saw two Top 5 teams fall on the road, Alabama use Missouri for its own personal watercraft, Florida and Kansas State to creep ever upward and Texas to ha ha Texas didn't play this week what are you talking about?

2012 BCS standings projection, Week 8: Florida, Notre Dame, Kansas State to rank in Top 5

The first official BCS rankings of 2012 come out Sunday night at 8:30 p.m. ET. In this week's Top 25 projection, Notre Dame maps its course to the national championship. Full BCS standings here.