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2013 BCS standings, Week 11: Florida State reclaims spot from Oregon

For now. This week's new BCS rankings are here in full, with Florida State now holding the critical second spot behind Alabama. Can the Noles hold off the Ducks?

By Jason Kirk Nov 3, 2013, 8:36pm EST

If the season ended today, Florida State would play Alabama for the BCS National Championship. It doesn't end today, though.

The Noles have taken back the No. 2 spot from Oregon, one week after giving it up, thanks to a bump in the human polls and Seminole computer dominance. FSU's 41-14 smashing of former No. 7 Miami on national television couldn't have come at a better time, as Oregon was on a bye this weekend.

That bye ends Thursday, though, when Oregon travels to play No. 5 Stanford. A potential convincing win is expected to flip the Ducks and Noles again, with FSU unlikely having the strength of schedule down the stretch to do much of anything about that. Unless, of course, Oregon or Alabama loses. Or if the Seminoles continue shattering opponents and Oregon struggles, thereby swaying more and more voters. You know, college football stuff.

The full Week 11 BCS top 25, with full computer ratings and poll breakdowns:

		BCS		Harris Poll			USA Today			Computer Rankings

RK	TEAM	AVG	PVS	RK	PTS	%	RK	PTS	%	AVG	A&H	RB	CM	KM	JS	PW	%
1	Alabama	.9797	1	1	2613	.9954	1	1540	.9935	2	3	1	3	2	2	2	.950
2	Florida State	.9525	3	3	2444	.9310	3	1436	.9265	1	1	4	1	1	1	1	1.000
3	Oregon	.9435	2	2	2491	.9490	2	1475	.9516	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	.930
4	Ohio State	.8720	4	4	2317	.8827	4	1369	.8832	4	4	3	2	8	5	7	.850
5	Stanford	.7930	5	6	2102	.8008	6	1222	.7884	5	6	5	5	4	9	9	.790
6	Baylor	.7745	6	5	2167	.8255	5	1299	.8381	9	8	11	9	12	7	10	.660
7	Clemson	.7277	8	7	1890	.7200	7	1121	.7232	8	10	6	7	7	10	4	.740
8	Missouri	.6890	9	8	1725	.6571	9	961	.6200	5	5	9	6	5	8	6	.790
9	Auburn	.6686	11	9	1672	.6370	10	959	.6187	7	9	14	8	6	6	5	.750
10	Oklahoma	.6084	10	10	1572	.5989	8	971	.6265	11	7	7	10	13	15	14	.600
11	Miami (FL)	.5246	7	13	1344	.5120	14	747	.4819	12	13	15	11	10	12	8	.580
12	South Carolina	.5111	14	15	1175	.4476	15	722	.4658	10	11	8	13	9	11	11	.620
13	LSU	.4525	13	11	1467	.5589	12	835	.5387	18	21	10	NR	19	19	19	.260
14	Oklahoma State	.4395	18	14	1315	.5010	11	864	.5574	18	18	18	20	22	18	24	.260
15	Texas A&M	.4365	12	12	1426	.5432	13	800	.5161	21	23	19	21	17	22	16	.250
16	Fresno State	.3675	16	17	989	.3768	17	567	.3658	16	17	25	14	23	14	12	.360
17	Michigan State	.3394	22	18	789	.3006	19	446	.2877	13	16	21	12	14	16	15	.430
18	Northern Illinois	.3169	17	20	727	.2770	20	409	.2639	14	22	13	17	20	4	13	.410
19	UCLA	.2904	20	19	768	.2926	18	494	.3187	18	20	20	24	18	20	17	.260
20	Louisville	.2510	19	16	1013	.3859	16	569	.3671	27	NR	17	NR	NR	NR	NR	.000
21	UCF	.2151	23	21	567	.2160	21	340	.2194	23	24	16	22	NR	17	20	.210
22	Arizona State	.1770	NR	24	255	.0971	24	130	.0839	17	12	NR	15	11	24	18	.350
23	Notre Dame	.1662	25	25	155	.0590	25	108	.0697	15	15	12	16	15	23	21	.370
24	Wisconsin	.1288	24	22	450	.1714	22	333	.2148	27	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	.000
25	Texas Tech	.0986	15	23	409	.1558	23	217	.1400	27	NR	23	NR	NR	NR	NR	.000

Elsewhere, Ohio State, Baylor, and Stanford remain in the running, with the SEC and Big 12 stuffing a crowd of one- and two-loss teams in the dark-horse mix. Teams must finish in the top 14 to be eligible for a BCS bowl at-large spot.

After that, note where Fresno State and Northern Illinois wind up. If the higher-ranked of the two non-AQs can finish in the top 16 and ahead of a BCS-conference champion (likely UCF, at this point) or in the top 12, it'll snatch an automatic BCS bid away from one of those at-larges.

For now, the story is the same as it's been for two weeks: hollerin' about Florida State and Oregon. By Thursday night, that will either end or intensify. And Thursday night's co-headliner, Oklahoma at Baylor, will either thin the herd or add the Bears directly into the argument, while Saturday's LSU-Alabama could completely wreck everything.

No matter what, there will be something to argue about at this time next week.

Fun facts from the National Football Foundation:

Only three times in BCS standings history has the No. 1 team in Week 3 not played in the BCS National Championship Game: Oklahoma (2002), Alabama (2008), and Florida (2009).

The following schools boast their highest-ever ranking in the BCS standings: Baylor (No. 6 - tied),Fresno State (No. 16 - tied), and Central Florida (No. 21).

Alabama has been ranked No. 4 or higher for 19 consecutive weeks. Oregon has been ranked No. 5 or higher for 12 consecutive weeks.

Florida State boasts its first 8-0 start since 1999, when they went 12-0 and won the 2000 BCS National Championship Game.