The top eight teams stayed put in the BCS Rankings Week 12. The first change in this week's top 25 BCS ranked teams occurs at number 9, where Pittsburgh jumped from 12 to 9. Former number 9 USC dropped all the way to 18 after being destroyed by Stanford.
In fact, that win enabled Stanford to jump in the BCS Rankings Week 12 all the way to number 17, ahead of USC. Stanford had previously been unranked, but a 55-21 win placed them in the rankings. It was the most points USC has ever given up, going back to 1888.
In terms of the top eight in the BCS Rankings Week 12, those would be Florida, Alabama, Texas, TCU, Cincinnati, Boise State, and LSU. All we were helped by an upset-free Saturday, at least for the top 8.
As I said last week, TCU, at number 4 in the BCS rankings week 12, is the highest ranked team that does not secure a BCS berth automatically by virtue of winning its league. This is the highest BCS ranking ever for any team without an automatic bid to any of the big-money college bowl games.
The top two teams in the final BCS standings released on Dec. 6 will play for the national championship in Pasadena on Jan. 7. However, Alabama and Florida will have to play each other for the SEC championship prior to that point, leading, most likely Texas to be the other team in the BCS championship game.
Here is the full list of the BCS Rankings Week 12.
1 Florida .9833
2 Alabama .9521
3 Texas .9261
4 TCU .8685
5 Cincinnati .8536
6 Boise State .7950
7 Georgia Tech .7716
8 LSU .6648
9 Pittsburgh .6569
10 Ohio State .6495
11 Oregon .6265
12 Oklahoma State .4708
13 Iowa .4529
14 Penn State .4127
15 Virginia Tech .4036
16 Wisconsin .3583
17 Stanford .3406
18 USC .2714
19 Oregon State .2487
20 Miami (FL) .1936
21 Utah .1910
22 Brigham Young .1874
23 Clemson .1829
24 Houston .1150
25 California .0935
Written by Michael Santo
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