BCS standing projection
I was watching Sportscenter, Brad Edwards projected the standing for the BCS.
Boise State came out #1 with a pretty good margin with Oregon coming in at #2. TCU rounds up the top 3. OSU is #5 but the computers are hurting OSU as of now. I'm surprised that the computers are rating Boise State and TCU pretty favorably.
The actual BCS standing will come out tonight at 8:00(or 8:30, not sure which one is which).
October 11th, 2010 at 1:42 PM ^
I thought they waited until week 8 to publish the first BCS Poll.
October 11th, 2010 at 1:44 PM ^
but apparently it's going to publish the 1st BCS poll next week.
October 11th, 2010 at 1:52 PM ^
Oh, I thought you were saying the official BCS standings were coming out tonight. Sunday makes sense because that would be the beginning of week 8.
October 11th, 2010 at 1:46 PM ^
I am pretty sure that is correct, i dont think the BSC standings are computed or released until week 8. i think the initial poster is refferencing what one person's opinion of the computer would say if it was ranking as of today
October 11th, 2010 at 1:53 PM ^
Boise State, grrr. Wished they played in the B10. Except that blue field would blind me the first full game I watched.
October 11th, 2010 at 1:54 PM ^
But it doesn't hurt to do some projecting at the new "Home of the BCS"
Boise and TCU played Oregon State which helps them a great deal over OSU. Once OSU starts playing better teams in conference, they will pass those two teams if they keep winning.
October 11th, 2010 at 3:17 PM ^
Wisconson, Iowa, and Michigan are the only potential "better teams" they'll play.
TCU still has to play the Air Force and Utah, both are ranked, and Utah could potentially be undefeated and a top ten team when that game happens.
I don't really see how OSU could jump an undefeated TCU team. Maybe Boise, but all in all the Big Ten really isn't that good this year, and OSU doesn't have to play the second best team in the conference this year.
October 11th, 2010 at 3:37 PM ^
Sparty got very lucky to catch us on an off day.
October 11th, 2010 at 3:43 PM ^
Boise St also has to play against Nevada who is also ranked.
October 11th, 2010 at 5:47 PM ^
...thus far. I'm not going to go out of my way to try and put those ass clowns in the national title game, but the Big Ten is rated as the second or third best conference by most people. What may hurt OSU is not playing MSU this year, go figure.
I won't go as far as to say MSU is the second best team in the conference. Too soon after Saturday for me to think that. Let's see what Iowa has before anointing MSU that spot.
October 11th, 2010 at 5:52 PM ^
it's also who BSU and TCU play. Adding the clown raping of the sisters of the poor teams hurts them, even in blowout fashion. They are already behind in the human polls and by all means, mark it down, the end of the year SOS will reflect the same if all teams win out.
October 11th, 2010 at 2:15 PM ^
This is all very confusing because ESPN had an hour-long show announcing these "projections" yesterday and I initially thought it was the unveiling of the first BCS standings. But turns out it was not. Pretty weird to have a show announcing projections for your show the following week. But on a night with SNF and MLB Playoffs, not surprising they would do this to sucker in some viewers (like me unfortunately).
October 11th, 2010 at 2:37 PM ^
If you want to see an angry, violent fanbase, just wait until the final BCS standings come out and a (possibly) undefeated Ohio State team is left out of the championship game. It's plausable with Oklahoma and Oregon both ranked ahead of OSU in the computer rankings. Oklahoma has already beaten FSU out of conference (better win that OSU over Miami), bet Texas, and still faces ranked Mizzou and Okie State in conference. Oregon has beaten Stanford in conference, still to face Arizona and Oregon State. It seems likely that OSU would leapfrog at least one of these teams but they don't play MSU this season, only has two to three ranked teams to play in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Michigan. I know, still a lot of football to be played, would just be awfully comical from where I sit.
October 11th, 2010 at 2:48 PM ^
I'd have a hard time finding any joy in that outcome. Lets disregard the fact that such a possibility would almost necessitate OSU defeating a low-ranked UM team (which would necessitate UM's failure to win three or four of the next five games). But it would generally indicate a near top-to-bottom devaluation of the Big Ten schedule. And I couldn't be very happy about that.
Though, I guess there's the possibility that the freezing out of an undefeated Big Ten champ from the NC game could serve as a Reichstag-ian historical precedent for the end of the BCS regime.
October 11th, 2010 at 2:50 PM ^
It's very possible that the "National Championship" game could be between TCU and BSU. While that would suck immensely for this year and for the kids who competed for a chance at a bona fide Championship, it would be great for the amount of pressure it would put on the NCAA Nabobs to finally give the players, coaches, and fans what they have wanted all along: a true champion determined on the field of play.
My best-case scenario is this:
Michigan goes down to the horseshoe to play undefeated OSU and pulls off an upset for the ages, with Denard putting up another 500 yards of total offense. Schadenfreude rules in Columbus, RR rules in Ann Arbor, Denard rules at the Nokia Theatre Times Square, and two teams that couldn't go 6-2 in the Big Ten "rule" the BCS.
October 11th, 2010 at 5:31 PM ^
56-55???.. i'm hoping like everyone else.. but no one really would bet money we beat OSU right???.. if so.. give me your money.. I'll hold on to it for you.
October 11th, 2010 at 5:34 PM ^
i took the numbers from bcs guru, just to see what would happen if teams were voted ahead of boise state. even with a computer ranking 0.12 points higher than michigan state (0.92 c.f. 0.80, respectively), if michigan state were the highest-rated team in both polls, their bcs ranking would obliterate that of boise state.
the polls account for 66% of the bcs ranking. each computer - at most ~8%. if the voters want to keep boise state out of the mnc game, they will do so.
tcu vs. boise state? it'll never happen.
EDIT: fixed typo.
October 11th, 2010 at 5:33 PM ^
That could happen right??... OSU has only a challenge or two left.. they can do it... and MSU does not play OSU...
God I'd stab my eyes out before watching it.. but I guess it could happen
October 11th, 2010 at 5:35 PM ^
i wish for the greatest debacle possible. this would be wonderful. especially if boise state and tcu were also undefeated.
October 11th, 2010 at 8:16 PM ^
I would almost like to see a BT team play either TCU or BSU for the championship. Once a BT smokes one of those small schools, maybe they will fade away again into their rightful place. But I really wish it could be Michigan schooling them at end of the year.
October 11th, 2010 at 8:41 PM ^
As long as it isn't on some gimmick of a football field.
October 12th, 2010 at 11:09 AM ^
is not a gimmick team. They had to do it against OU in Fiesta Bowl but they're now good enough to outexecute teams on their own. They use a lot of shifts and motions to create mis-matches. BSU has two NFL caliber WRs especially Young who is probably one of the more explosive WR in the country.