College football rankings, Week 7: South Carolina, Florida, West Virginia fill out top five

2012 BlogPoll, Week 7: Alabama stays No. 1, South Carolina and Florida surge

Alabama's grasp of No. 1 in the BlogPoll, viselike in previous weeks, is slipping. And it's a couple of SEC East schools making their charge at the throne.

Simulated BCS rankings, Week 7: Handful of teams control destinies after Saturday massacre

One week away from the release of 2012's first BCS standings, the top 10 gets a major shakeup as the Harris Poll makes its debut.

College football rankings: Alabama, Oregon atop Harris Poll

The Harris Interactive College Football Poll was released Sunday, its first release of the year. The Harris factors into the BCS, which comes out for the first time next week.

College football rankings, Week 7: South Carolina, West Virginia, Kansas State in Coaches Poll Top 5

After a weekend when three of the top-five teams went down, there are big changes in the Coaches Poll for Week 7.

BCS standings computer likes Florida, Ohio State, South Carolina

The first edition of the BCS rankings for the 2012 season will be released after the completion of the eighth week of play. The BCS looks at the Harris Poll, the AP Coaches Poll, and various computer rankings in their formula to rank teams.

One of the computer rankings used is the ELO Chess rating system. Jeff Sagarin of the USA Today uses them in his weekly football ratings, and it should come as no surprise that Alabama tops the list. The computer also really likes Florida, with Ohio State currently sitting third. The top 15 teams according to the ELO Chess formula can be found below:

1. Alabama - 95.17
2. Florida - 94.70
3. Ohio State - 90.82
4. South Carolina - 90.78
5. Notre Dame - 90.11
6. Oregon - 90.08
7. Kansas State - 89.72
8. West Virginia - 89.70
9. LSU - 89.51
10. Stanford - 87.23
11. USC - 86.97
12. Oregon State - 86.39
13. Georgia - 86.04
14. Texas - 85.23
15. Oklahoma - 84.83

The first edition of the BCS rankings will be released on Sunday, Oct. 14.

College football rankings, Week 7: Florida State, Georgia drop out of top 10

There is massive shakeup in the Week 7 AP poll, as eight ranked teams went down this weekend.

College football rankings: The Top 25 reviewed after catastrophic Saturday

Three of the top five and five of the top 15 college football teams lost in Week 7, meaning full-blown rankings haywire is on the way a week ahead of the year's first BCS standings. The AP and Coaches polls are coming out right here.