BCS standings: Kansas State No. 1, SEC out of top 3, Georgia still behind Bama at No. 5
The SEC, which has won college football’s past six national championships, will be shut out of this season’s title game if the latest Bowl Championship Series standings hold up.
Alabama’s loss to Texas A&M on Saturday dropped the Crimson Tide from No. 1 to No. 4 in the BCS standings, behind three undefeated teams — No. 1 Kansas State, No. 2 Oregon and No. 3 Notre Dame — and ahead of No. 5 Georgia.
The top two teams in the final BCS standings, which will be released Dec. 2, meet for the national title Jan. 7 in Miami.
The latest standings, released Sunday night, hardly shut the door to the title game for the SEC. But for an SEC team to get there at this point apparently would require that two of the top three teams, all of which are 10-0, lose a game in the next few weeks.
If that happens, and if Georgia and Alabama win their final two regular-season games to carry 11-1 records into the SEC Championship game, the winner of the Dec. 1 game in the Georgia Dome could move into the BCS top two.
Georgia clinched an SEC title game berth by routing Auburn on Saturday. Alabama will be the Bulldogs’ opponent if the Crimson Tide beats Auburn on Nov. 24.
Alabama’s loss to A&M left the SEC without an undefeated team. Six one- or two-loss SEC teams are ranked Nos. 4 through 9 in this week’s BCS standings: Alabama (9-1), Georgia (9-1), Florida (9-1), LSU (8-2), Texas A&M (8-2) and South Carolina (8-2) in that order.
Georgia coach Mark Richt said he won’t dwell on scenarios that might or might not put the Bulldogs in the national title game.
“I’m not going to sit there and say, ‘If this, if that,’” Richt said. “We just know if we can keep winning, there’s a chance. But there will be who-knows-how-many teams thinking they still have a chance.”
If not Richt, plenty of other folks will be looking at the various permutations that could rearrange the BCS standings.
The three unbeaten teams atop the standings, all of which moved up one spot from last week, have some challenging games left on their regular-season schedules.
Kansas State has Big 12 games left against Baylor and Texas (No. 15 BCS). Oregon still must get by Stanford (No. 13), Oregon State (No. 16) and the Pac-12 Championship game. Notre Dame has games left against Wake Forest and USC (No. 18)
“If we win out,” Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray said, “who knows what happens, who might lose? But we can’t worry about that stuff.”
The BCS standings include three components that count one-third each: the USA Today poll of current coaches; the Harris Interactive poll of former coaches, administrators and players and current and former media members; and an average of six computer polls.
Georgia is No. 4 in this week’s USA Today poll (up from No. 5 last week), No. 5 in the Harris poll (same as last week) and No. 6 in the computers (same as last week). Overall, the Bulldogs’ No. 5 position is the same as last week.
Alabama, No. 1 across the board last week, fell to No. 5 in USA Today, No. 4 in Harris and No. 5 in the computers.
Oregon is No. 1 in the USA Today and Harris polls but trails Kansas State in the BCS standings because of the computers, which rank the Ducks No. 4 and the Wildcats No. 2 (behind Notre Dame).
Also, in this week’s Associated Press poll, which is not part of the BCS formula, Alabama is No. 4 and Georgia No. 5. Oregon is AP’s No. 1.
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DawgNole
November 12th, 2012
12:34 pm
UGA24-7
November 12th, 2012
11:38 am
Why does bama have to beat auburn to go to sec championship? If they lost wouldn’t they have two losses but hold tie breaker over LSU?
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Good question. A&M (with only 2 losses) has the tiebreaker over Bama, but LSU (2 losses) has the tiebreaker over A&M. Maybe somebody on here knows the tiebreaker scenario for determining the West Division champ should these three teams finish with the same SEC records?
Of course, the chance of Bama losing to Auburn ranks right up there with winning Powerball, so the question likely is moot.
dino
November 12th, 2012
12:40 pm
people, please remember, georgia lost to a sc team that was ranked #5 while they were ranked #6 that’s there lost, now tell me what ranked team that was in the top 5 has oregon or kansas played? to test there competence?
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
November 12th, 2012
12:43 pm
@ Dawgnole:
Does that mean my chances of winning Powerball are also likely moot????????????
UGA24-7
November 12th, 2012
12:44 pm
Yea ok if bama lost then the highest ranked team would go
DawgNole
November 12th, 2012
12:55 pm
Brainiac (CMR/UGA Fan For Life)
November 12th, 2012
12:43 pm
@ Dawgnole:
Does that mean my chances of winning Powerball are also likely moot????????????
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I’m afraid so, Brainiac–along with mine.
DawgNole
November 12th, 2012
12:56 pm
UGA24-7
November 12th, 2012
12:44 pm
Yea ok if bama lost then the highest ranked team would go
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Highest ranked in which poll? BCS, presumably.
Kanine
November 12th, 2012
1:08 pm
mark this down–the Dogs will beat alabama in the sec champ game. alabama is overrated and has a bad secondary—murray will light them up for big yards and points and jarvis will get a bunch of sackis. maccaron will be crying like a baby after getting hit by jarvis–dogs roll 30 – 10!
rammerjammer14
November 12th, 2012
1:39 pm
Hey Kanine
This is the biggest game for UGA in year (1980)! When Oregon, K State, and ND lose you will be playing for a chance at the national championship. I’ll take my chances with Saban and Bama. NO WAY UGA wins.
topaz49
November 12th, 2012
2:01 pm
Daddo, Opinions, opinions, opinions, everybody had one. We can see yours is slanted towards Alabama. So, why must you belittle other’s teams? Does it make you feel important?
UGA Fan
November 12th, 2012
2:01 pm
if Oregon wins out they have my blessing, but them other unbeatens shouldnt go. Notre Dame or K State doesnt play a conference championship. Notre Dame will lose to USC and hopefully Texas will end K State’s run. Oregon has the hardest schedule to complete of the three where they play Oregon State in Civil War and possibly USC again.
DogER4
November 12th, 2012
2:23 pm
The Dog D can shut down alabama—their oline got abused by Texas A&M and LSU. Look for an 10-13 point win by Ga. Dogs 26 Alabama 13
RB
November 12th, 2012
3:36 pm
Whether Georgia or Alabama is ahead in the BCS standings at this point is moot. After the SEC Championship Game. The winner will be ahead in the BCS standings, but I am afraid that the SEC will be watching the MNC game from the sidelines. That’s why the SEC needed a national playoff. We beat the crap out of each other most years!
RB
November 12th, 2012
3:39 pm
DogER4 – I hope you are right, but i think Bama has more physicality. My fear is that Murray will spend the evening on his back in the SEC Championship game, unless we can set up the run, but Richt and Bobo do not seem to want to do that most nights.
Alabama Dog
November 12th, 2012
4:22 pm
rammerjammer14: yeah,that’s what Florida thought too! Sorry to say for Tide fans, but LSU & A&M would probably differ with your opinion too. Whether you want to believe it or not, Alabama has been exposed over the last two games, and has lost their air of invincibility. Yes, they CAN be beat!
Alabama Dog
November 12th, 2012
4:44 pm
DawgNole: Obviously, you missed my point. The point is no matter what Georgia does/does not do, Alabama is a “glamor” team where Georgia is not, and therefore gets the nod, regardless of circumstances. Please feel free to use 2011, where Alabama did not win either their division, or conference, yet still played for the NC as a reference. So, I’m a weasel? YOU try living in a state where the last three NCs have come from! I already do! It AIN’T easy!
Slim
November 12th, 2012
7:01 pm
Get ready for the ship to sink…we always get close and then….we fall apart. Mark my words…we can’t win the big one.
ugab
November 12th, 2012
7:57 pm
Its impossible to go undefeted n the sec.
DawgNole
November 12th, 2012
10:03 pm
Alabama Dog
November 12th, 2012
4:44 pm
DawgNole: Obviously, you missed my point. The point is no matter what Georgia does/does not do, Alabama is a “glamor” team where Georgia is not, and therefore gets the nod, regardless of circumstances. Please feel free to use 2011, where Alabama did not win either their division, or conference, yet still played for the NC as a reference. So, I’m a weasel? YOU try living in a state where the last three NCs have come from! I already do! It AIN’T easy!
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Oh, I got your point alright–that’s why I called you on it. You missed MY point, which was that instead of presenting your case fairly, you SPUN it to favor your POV. Hey, I’m a Dawg, too; I just hate to see distortion.
cdm12
November 13th, 2012
10:28 am
UGA CaN’t BEAT BAMA!!! (I think this point is moot LOL) IDK why people think UGA is good. They play mediocre teams GEESH people!! WAKE UP!
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