Posted on 11/21/2005 12:45:25 PM PST by indcons
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Southern California and Texas remain the top two teams in the BCS standings and only an upset in one of the final two weeks will prevent the two storied programs from meeting in the Rose Bowl on January 4 for the national championship.
The Trojans (11-0) had a close call this past weekend with a 50-42 victory over a tough Fresno State squad, but they'll have this week off before facing city rival UCLA on December 3.
The Longhorns (10-0), meanwhile, had their final bye this past Saturday and will play each of the next two weeks. First up will be the annual showdown with Texas A&M on Friday and then a trip to the Big 12 title game on December 3.
The final BCS standings will be released on December 4.
As of Monday, Southern California is still atop those standings with a BCS average of .9807, down from last week's .9829. Texas, meanwhile, gained some ground and has an average of .9791, up from last week's .9771.
Should one of those teams falter, Penn State, LSU or Virginia Tech would be ready to take a Rose Bowl spot.
Penn State is third in this week's BCS standings with an average of .8900. The Nittany Lions earned a share of the Big Ten title with Ohio State, but will represent the conference in the BCS thanks to a victory over the Buckeyes earlier this season.
LSU is fourth in the BCS and Virginia Tech is fifth. LSU controls its destiny for a berth in the SEC Championship game, while Virginia Tech can do the same in the ACC thanks to Miami-Florida's stunning loss to Georgia Tech this past Saturday.
Miami dropped from third in last week's BCS standings to ninth this week.
If Virginia Tech beats North Carolina this Saturday, the Hokies would play Florida State for the ACC title. An LSU victory over Arkansas this week would put the Tigers into the SEC title game against Georgia.
The champions from the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12, Big East, Pac-10 and Southeastern Conference make up six of the eight teams in the four BCS games -- the Rose, Orange, Sugar and Fiesta Bowls. The other two spots go to at-large teams.
One of those at-large berths will likely be Notre Dame, which needs only to beat Stanford this coming Saturday to lock up a BCS berth. The Irish, who stand eighth this week in the BCS, would then have the requisite nine wins to qualify for one of the BCS bowl games.
The BCS system uses a pair of human polls -- the Harris Interactive and the USA Today -- as well as six computer rankings. Each poll counts one-third toward the overall score, while the average of the computers completes the formula.
Ummmmm...you put the UT cheerleaders in some Tight Sweaters, you might be thinking differently.
But it's obvious that were splitting hairs here, anyway.
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HAHAHAHHAHA...and exactly what is A&M's record agains THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS in the last four years, chief?
Good ole college station where the talk is cheap and so is the "edumacation".
Oooooh......that's cold. :o)
Agreed. Remember Nebraska lost their Championship came and went to the BCS title game? That makes sense, huh?
There are 117 Division 1-A football programs. The average ranking of the SEC team in Total Defense is 31.83. The next best conference is the ACC with an average team ranking of 33.75. The Big-XII is next with an average team ranking of 43.75. The Big-10 team average is 74.73, and the PAC -10 team average is 82.30. Based on the average team rating the SEC plays better defense than any other conference.
The SEC has four teams ranked in the Top-10 for Total Defense statistics, and ten of the members are in the Top-40 teams.
I guess the answer to your question is yes.
So do they have good defenses against able non-conference opponents, or do they have such good general stats because they have generally lousy offenses?
Trust me guys, at ANY big University, be it Texas or USC or Ohio State or even Missagain, the cheerleaders aren't ugly.
But my personal favorites are the SEC cheerleaders.
Something about a hot blonde with a slight southern accent and is flexible....
:-)
Bwahahahahhahahahaha!
And, THE UNIVERSITY of TEXAS doesnt have flexible hot blonde cheerleadrs with Southern Accents?
Yeah, but they're all liberal democrats.
LOL. I'm a Vols fan, but Vandy deserved this one.
OTOH, I tremble at the thought that the SEC championship game some year could involve South Carolina or Vanderbilt. :P
didn't say that at all :)
I just said my favorites are in the SEC.....
:)
All of the schools of that magnitude have hot cheerleaders....
I agree. UW could of done better. The program is a total mess and not getting better. They had time to really look for the best coach to fit the team and rebuild.
Urban Meyer never would of come to UW given the fact that Florida was rolling out the red carpet. UW had know this. By running out and getting Ty Willingham right after that was jumping the gun. I've been unimpressed with Willingham's recruiting numbers so far.
Alright. I would love to see you come up with a list and comparison between the numbers of NFL players in each division compared to each other. Seriously, put up those numbers or shut up.
Win-come redisribution? :)
hubba hubba... No wonder UT has no problem recruiting the top football players.
Well, not all of them are liberal, and when they graduate, get married, and have a job...then they all become republican.
Honestly, cheerleaders, at UT like Bush. No, double entendre meant.
And you would rate a one loss team over them, from a conference that wont even field there required amount of bowl teams?
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