Posted on 11/26/2007 8:07:03 AM PST by StarCMC
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Missouri - fresh of Saturday’s 36-28 victory over Kansas in Kansas City on Saturday night - had been voted No. 1 football team in the nation in the Associated Press Top 25.
And soon after the MU basketball team’s 91-52 blowout of Western Illinois on Sunday, Missouri was announced No. 1 in the all-important BCS standings.
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Everyone in Columbia seemed to be grinning Sunday over the football team’s first No. 1 ranking since 1960, a ranking the Tigers held for one week before being upset by Kansas.
MU was ranked No. 2 by the USA Today/Coaches poll, but just 13 points behind West Virginia, the coaches’ top pick.
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If MU and West Virginia can hold those BCS rankings one more week, they will meet in the national championship game in New Orleans the first week of January.
Missouri would have to beat Oklahoma - the only team to defeat MU in its 11-1 season
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Mike and Mike had their BCS expert on today. He said there is no way Ohio State can jump WVU if the Mounties win out. Actually the Big East Bowl wins in 2006 were 5 for 5 but your point is well taken.
good points and I agree.
My Mistake. It was 5 for 5.
I did not realize there was such a thing as a BCS expert.
Can anyone explain how the BCS arrives at their ranking?
I do want to see Missouri play West Virginia in the BCS Championship Game—at least it won’t be boring. If we end up getting West Virginia vs Ohio State, that could be bad news because Ohio State has never played well against a team with anything resembling a really good offense (WVU is probably the best practicioners of the “spread” offense in the USA, and that could cause no end of trouble for tOSU’s defense).
I think the Mike and Mike BCS “expert” is just a guy that’s looked into the system. The ranking seems to be a blend of two polls (Coaches and Harris) and a computer ranking that takes into account things like strength of schedule. According to the “expert” because of the computer ranking, Ohio state can only move up if a team ahead of them loses.
ditto.
Mizzou does a pretty good job with the spread.
The only team to score 30 or more points in every game this year.
CT-Freeper, UConn is going to the Meneke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte, NC. :)
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