College Football Rankings, Week 3: BCS Computer Top 25 Likes Alabama, LSU

While official BCS standings won't come out until October, we still can see bits and pieces of it and those responsible for its components make their results public. One of the first, as usual, is Jeff Sagarin's at USA Today. The others will be out throughout the day, with the BCS' Coaches Poll also coming out soon.

As always, prepare your eyes for what's below. This is the ELO-CHESS formula, which discards margin of victory as a factor, according to BCS rules. Sagarin's true ranking formula is much less bizarre. However, what you're looking at is a portion of what would make up the formal BCS rankings if they were to come out this week.

The top two looks fine, but it all gets quite bizarre after that. South Carolina, the team that needed a bad call to beat Vanderbilt, at No. 3? It's not really worth picking apart, as it's a system the BCS has intentionally neutered, but it's important enough to pay attention to.

The Sagarin ELO-CHESS Top 25 for Week 3:


	1	Alabama
	2	LSU
	3	South Carolina
	4	UCLA
	5	South Florida
	6	Florida
	7	Iowa State
	8	Michigan State
	9	Kansas State
	10	Oregon
	11	Stanford
	12	Arizona State
	13	USC
	14	Tennessee
	15	Arizona
	16	Notre Dame
	17	Boise State
	18	Oregon State
	19	Georgia
	20	Ohio State
	21	Nebraska
	22	BYU
	23	Oklahoma
	24	Clemson
	25	Northwestern