BCS standings unchanged
November 30, 2009
NEW YORK (AP)—After a weekend when all the national championship contendersstayed undefeated, the BCS standings were unchanged.
Florida was first, Alabama second and Texas third Sunday.
The Gators will play in the Southeastern Conference championship Saturdayfor one spot in the BCS national title game. The Longhorns can earn the otherspot with a victory against Nebraska in the Big 12 title game.
The BCS bids go out Sunday, Dec. 6.
Hoping for a Texas loss are fourth-place TCU, which finished itsregular-season 12-0, and fifth-place Cincinnati (12-0), which can boost it’sranking by beating Pittsburgh for the Big East championship.
Sixth-place Boise State (12-0) will be rooting for Texas. The Broncos playNew Mexico State and likely need the Longhorns to win to ensure themselves anat-large BCS berth.
Florida had an easy time running its record to 12-0, beating rival FloridaState 37-10 on Saturday.
Earlier in the week, Alabama and Texas had to struggle to get to 12-0. TheCrimson Tide rallied late to beat Auburn 26-21 and the Longhorns won a wild49-39 game against Texas A&M.
Now all three are a victory away from a date in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 7 withthe national championship on the line.
It’s practically a repeat of last season’s championship weekend, whenFlorida and Alabama played what amounted to a national semifinal in Atlanta andOklahoma needed to win the Big 12 title to advance to the national championshipgame.
The Gators and Sooners ended up in the national championship game, withFlorida winning its second title in three seasons.
If Texas losses at Cowboys Stadium to Nebraska, expect a furious debateabout who should play in the national title game against the SEC champion.
TCU (.8689) and Cincinnati (.8547) are virtually tied in the standings. TheHorned Frogs are ahead of the Bearcats in the two polls, but Cincinnati has astronger computer rating.
Beating Pittsburgh could push the Bearcats past TCU and put them in positionto take advantage of a Texas loss and slip into the national title game.
That is, unless the loser of the SEC championship game doesn’t stay ahead ofthe pack and set up a rematch between Florida and Alabama in Pasadena, Calif.
There has never been a regular-season rematch in the BCS title game nor amatchup of teams in the same conference.
In 2006, Florida leaped past Michigan in the final BCS standings to preventa rematch of Ohio State-Michigan in the national title game. The Gators went onto beat the Buckeyes and win their first title under coach Urban Meyer.
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