Florida State Shocks All Landing At No. 2 In The BCS Standings, Behind The Alabama Crimson Tide.
Before the “College Football Playoff” starts next season in 2014, there had to be some controversy in the last year of the BCS. Florida State had arguably the biggest game of the year on paper for the ACC, in their 51-14 blowout over the Clemson Tigers last night. We expected the Seminoles to receive some computer love tonight, but not overtake both Oregon and Ohio State. In the Coaches Polls and Associated Press, the Ducks are ranked 2 in both; but the Seminoles victory last night was so impressive against the Tigers, they managed to overtake the field behind the obvious Alabama Crimson Tide.
The Ohio State Buckeyes have 19 consecutive regular season wins; with only Michigan being their only ranked match-up left this season, so a National Title bid for them seems unlikely. Although Oregon is ranked below Florida State at the moment, they have key meetings against UCLA and Stanford over the next two weeks to improve their standings in the BCS. The season essentially comes down to whether Florida State can defeat the Miami Hurricanes in a statement win on the road for their November 2nd showdown.
Alabama has upcoming meetings against LSU and Auburn, but are the favorites to win both of the games. Follow after the jump to view the full first BCS Rankings.
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01. Alabama .9841
02. Florida State .9348
03. Oregon .9320
04. Ohio State .8553
05. Missouri .8219
06. Stanford .7414
07. Miami (FL) .7200
08. Baylor .7120
09. Clemson .6249
10. Texas Tech .6220
11. Auburn .5058
12. UCLA .4807
13. LSU .4552
14. Virginia Tech .4408
15. Oklahoma .4204
16. Texas A&M .3666
17. Fresno State .3379
18. Northern Illinois .3032
19. Oklahoma State .2687
20. Louisville .2556
21. South Carolina .2161
22. Michigan .1637
23. UCF .1394
24. Nebraska .1354
25. Oregon State .1042
Transitioning to the Heisman trophy race, 2013 winner Johnny Manziel is virtually out of the race with his Texas A&M Aggies losing their 2nd game of the year yesterday in a heartbreaker against Auburn. Quarterbacks Jameis Winston from Florida State and Oregon’s Marcus Mariota are now in a head-to-head race to see who can escape with the 2nd biggest trophy in College Football.