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After seven weeks, the BCS' first Top 25 rankings have the Alabama Crimson Tide and Florida Gators up top, followed by the Oregon Ducks. This makes it 13 weeks in a row that a SEC team has held down the top spot and, of course, Bama's own second week in a row. Florida hasn't been to the Top 5 since 2009. For the Ducks, it's their highest ranking since their national title bid in 2010.
Both of the top two teams have potentially challenging road games up next, with Bama heading to Knoxville for the Third Saturday in October and Oregon getting Arizona State on the road this Thursday night. As always, mayhem looms, whether it arrives via these games or otherwise.
Elsewhere, K-State makes its highest BCS showing since the system's second year in 1999, while Notre Dame hasn't been ranked this high since November of 2006. And how about the Big East putting in three while the Big Ten gets shut out?
The year's first BCS standings, followed by some FUN FACTS:
| BCS | Harris Poll | USA Today | Computer Rankings | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | Team | Avg | Pvs | Rk | Pts | % | Rk | Pts | % | Avg | A&H | RB | CM | KM | JS | PW | % |
| 1 | Alabama | .9761 | NR | 1 | 2870 | 1.0070 | 1 | 1475 | 1.0000 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .930 |
| 2 | Florida | .9092 | NR | 3 | 2554 | .8961 | 4 | 1297 | .8793 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .960 |
| 3 | Oregon | .8993 | NR | 2 | 2758 | .9677 | 2 | 1414 | .9586 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | .780 |
| 4 | Kansas State | .8963 | NR | 4 | 2538 | .8905 | 3 | 1307 | .8861 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .920 |
| 5 | Notre Dame | .8774 | NR | 5 | 2427 | .8516 | 5 | 1251 | .8481 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .940 |
| 6 | LSU | .7522 | NR | 6 | 2263 | .7940 | 6 | 1179 | .7993 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 8 | .670 |
| 7 | South Carolina | .6930 | NR | 7 | 1992 | .6989 | 8 | 1012 | .6861 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | .700 |
| 8 | Oregon State | .6808 | NR | 10 | 1850 | .6491 | 11 | 839 | .5688 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | .830 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | .6664 | NR | 9 | 1860 | .6526 | 7 | 1021 | .6922 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 6 | .660 |
| 10 | USC | .5959 | NR | 11 | 1820 | .6386 | 9 | 995 | .6746 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 20 | .480 |
| 11 | Georgia | .4980 | NR | 12 | 1574 | .5523 | 12 | 806 | .5464 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 19 | .400 |
| 12 | Mississippi State | .4846 | NR | 14 | 1348 | .4730 | 16 | 671 | .4549 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 13 | .530 |
| 13 | West Virginia | .4793 | NR | 15 | 1291 | .4530 | 15 | 677 | .4590 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 15 | .530 |
| 14 | Florida State | .4277 | NR | 8 | 1898 | .6660 | 10 | 919 | .6231 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | .000 |
| 15 | Rutgers | .4083 | NR | 17 | 947 | .3323 | 17 | 495 | .3356 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 12 | .560 |
| 16 | Louisville | .4061 | NR | 16 | 1228 | .4309 | 14 | 695 | .4712 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 17 | .320 |
| 17 | Texas Tech | .3572 | NR | 21 | 534 | .1874 | 20 | 274 | .1858 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 7 | .700 |
| 18 | Texas A&M | .3379 | NR | 19 | 674 | .2365 | 19 | 397 | .2692 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | .510 |
| 19 | Clemson | .3341 | NR | 13 | 1437 | .5042 | 13 | 741 | .5024 | 28 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 20 | Stanford | .2654 | NR | 20 | 634 | .2225 | 23 | 215 | .1458 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 21 | .430 |
| 21 | Cincinnati | .2483 | NR | 18 | 793 | .2782 | 18 | 456 | .3092 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 22 | .160 |
| 22 | Boise State | .1978 | NR | 23 | 488 | .1712 | 22 | 271 | .1837 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 23 | .240 |
| 23 | TCU | .1377 | NR | 22 | 514 | .1804 | 21 | 272 | .1844 | 26 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 25 | 22 | 0 | .050 |
| 24 | Iowa State | .1139 | NR | NR | 24 | .0084 | NR | 5 | .0034 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 16 | .330 |
| 25 | Texas | .0640 | NR | 25 | 188 | .0660 | NR | 54 | .0366 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 19 | 20 | 25 | .090 |
From the National Football Foundation:
- First-time school(s) in the BCS Standings: Iowa State. A total of 84 schools have appeared in the BCS Standings since they were created in 1998.
- The following schools boast the highest-ever Week 1 debut in the BCS Standings: Alabama (No. 1), Kansas State (tied all-time highest Week 1 debut at No. 4), Oregon State (No. 8), Rutgers (No. 15), and Iowa State (No. 24, first appearance ever).
- Alabama becomes the 10th different school to be ranked No. 1 in the first BCS Standings of the season. They are the third school from the SEC to accomplish this feat, joining Florida (2009) and LSU (2011).
- In the 14 previous BCS seasons, the team ranked No. 1 in the first BCS Standings has gone on to play in the title game seven times: Florida State (1999), Oklahoma (2003), USC (2004-05), Ohio State (2006-07), and LSU (2011).
- Teams debuting at No. 1 and No. 2 in initial Standings have made it to the BCS National Championship Game twice: No. 1 LSU, No. 2 Alabama (2011) and No. 1 USC, No. 2 Texas (2005).
- Teams debuting at No. 10 or below (lower) in the initial Standings have made it to the BCS National Championship Game twice: No. 12 LSU (2003) and No. 10 Florida (2008).
Also, just for comparison, here's this week's full Associated Press Top 25, which does not factor into the BCS standings (but does include Ohio State, which isn't eligible for the postseason this year):
Rank Team (First-place votes) Record Points Last Week 1 Alabama (60) 6-0 1500 1 2 Oregon 6-0 1436 2 3 Florida 6-0 1361 4 4 Kansas State 6-0 1296 6 5 Notre Dame 6-0 1283 7 6 LSU 6-1 1153 9 7 Ohio State 7-0 1071 8 8 Oregon State 5-0 1050 10 9 South Carolina 6-1 1042 3 10 Oklahoma 4-1 994 13 11 USC 5-1 874 11 12 Florida State 6-1 836 12 13 Georgia 5-1 753 14 14 Clemson 5-1 673 16 15 Mississippi State 6-0 591 19 16 Louisville 6-0 574 18 17 West Virginia 5-1 552 5 18 Texas Tech 5-1 444 NR 19 Rutgers 6-0 405 20 20 Texas A&M 5-1 379 22 21 Cincinnati 5-0 294 21 22 Stanford 4-2 242 17 23 Michigan 4-2 177 25 24 Boise State 5-1 133 24 25 Ohio 7-0 104 NR Dropped: Texas 15, Louisiana Tech 23
Others receiving votes: Arizona State 92, TCU 88, Louisiana Tech 38, Texas 25, North Carolina State 11, Northwestern 6, Washington 6, Wisconsin 6, Nebraska 4, North Carolina 2, Tulsa 2, Penn State 1, Arizona 1
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