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.
Why, everybody scores lots of points against USC?
You guys had no O-Line, Peters, Wistrom, Alberts et al would have had Lion for lunch that year.
I was suprised to see that out of a Tennesee crowd. They have always been know as one of the best. I also saw an article in the Tennessean where some players left their helmets on the field after the Vandy game and one player spit on a camerman. Fullmer needs to get it together.
Speaking of fair weather fans, I wonder how many PSU fans that are once again praising JoePa are the same ones that were calling for his head last year? And there were many, of course, they'll all deny it now.
North Charleston...by chance?
Ahhhhhh..."Clemson, where the gals are scarce and the cows and sheep are scared."
Hmmmmm...seems to me, we've got the best mascot in the US next to BEVO for the University of Texas...and at least the best during game slogans and T-shirts. (Ahhh can you say context clues...I know you can.)
It's a great game every year...lot's o fun.
Thanks, Scoutmaster. Your excellent analysis has been saved for future use ;)
You're on crack... ;-)
No Carolina Panthers they. :-(
Not this Penn Stater...
If there were a way for you to search my posts, you'd see that I've ALWAYS stated that JoePa has earned the right to go out WHEN HE WANTS TO GO OUT.
He'll probably die before he quits.
Exactly how many students does that educational farm in college station have this year, remind me?
Got that right . . . the FG kickers this season have been the difference between a diamond and a goat's a$$ . . . in too many games to count.
That's why we have the "Gator Getters."
Not to mentionPSU would not have been able to stop Nebraskas Offense. Lawrence Phillip, Tommie Frazier two pro-bowl offensive linemen. Lets be real here there is a reason we were #1 on both rankings. Plus alot of people thought it was malarchy we werent considered for the NC the year before. When we outplayed FSU at every aspect of the game but for poor refereeing had it stolen from us.
No. You have fans who are the best at flooding an Internet poll.
ahem *Ohio State*
LOL
Auburn and LSU are the best teams in the SEC this year. Our kicker cost us a consecutive SEC championship (AKA national championship) in 2005.
I don't know about 94, but the '95 Huskers were by far the most dominant college team I've ever seen. If only Tommie Frazier did like his younger brother and went to UF.
yeah.....
was it french flag day at the stadium?
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