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BCS Standings Released: Wisconsin Vs. TCU In The Rose Bowl, At Least

The latest BCS standings are out and TCU will be taking on the Rose Bowl, well unless Auburn or Oregon screw up. Also, check the bowl projections below.

  BCS Harris Poll USA Today Computer Rankings
RK TEAM AVG PVS RK PTS % RK PTS % AVG A&H RB CM KM JS PW %
1 Auburn .9779 2 2 2769 .9716 2 1419 .9620 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.000
2 Oregon .9777 1 1 2804 .9839 1 1459 .9892 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 .960
3 TCU .9167 3 3 2621 .9196 3 1343 .9105 3 3 2 3 3 6 3 .920
4 Stanford .8413 6 5 2417 .8481 5 1233 .8359 4 8 7 5 4 4 4 .840
5 Wisconsin .8185 7 4 2441 .8565 4 1282 .8692 7 4 4 12 9 11 7 .730
6 Ohio State .7632 8 6 2301 .8074 6 1213 .8224 9 5 6 8 14 15 10 .660
7 Arkansas .7189 12 8 1997 .7007 8 1012 .6861 5 9 8 9 5 3 5 .770
8 Michigan State .6980 10 7 2080 .7298 7 1083 .7342 11 7 11 6 15 14 9 .630
9 Oklahoma .6780 13 9 1809 .6347 9 943 .6393 6 6 12 4 7 7 8 .760
10 LSU .6067 5 11 1569 .5505 12 796 .5397 7 11 9 10 6 5 6 .730
11 Boise State .5805 4 10 1802 .6323 10 869 .5892 14 13 5 11 16 16 12 .520
12 Missouri .5148 14 14 1291 .4530 14 666 .4515 10 10 17 7 11 8 11 .640
13 Nebraska .5071 15 13 1446 .5074 13 773 .5241 15 14 14 15 13 10 14 .490
14 Oklahoma State .4630 9 16 1171 .4109 15 661 .4481 12 12 13 13 10 13 15 .530
15 Virginia Tech .4396 16 12 1503 .5274 11 843 .5715 20 20 18 20 24 22 20 .220
16 Alabama .4201 11 18 1113 .3905 19 501 .3397 12 16 10 17 12 9 13 .530
17 Nevada .4043 19 15 1231 .4319 17 621 .4210 17 18 16 16 17 18 17 .360
18 Texas A&M .3910 17 19 1032 .3621 18 503 .3410 16 15 20 14 8 12 16 .470
19 South Carolina .3817 18 17 1142 .4007 16 626 .4244 18 17 19 18 18 17 19 .320
20 Utah .2254 20 21 567 .1989 21 291 .1973 19 21 15 19 19 20 18 .280
21 Florida State .2125 22 20 650 .2281 20 353 .2393 22 19 22 21 22 23 22 .170
22 Mississippi State .1630 25 22 393 .1379 22 223 .1512 21 22 21 25 20 19 21 .200
23 Arizona .0713 21 25 120 .0421 NR 47 .0319 23 23 23 0 21 21 23 .140
24 West Virginia .0542 NR 23 251 .0881 24 110 .0746 24 0 0 23 0 0 0 .000
25 Northern Illinois .0482 NR 24 161 .0565 23 130 .0881 24 0 25 0 0 0 0 .000

BCS Title Game (BCS No.1 vs. BCS No. 2)

Oregon Ducks vs. Auburn Tigers

All these two have to do is win and they are in the title game. Oregon travels to rival Oregon State in the Civil War. Oregon State will be battling to become bowl eligible. Auburn takes on South Carolina in the SEC title game next weekend in Atlanta.

If either of the two lose TCU will be next in line for the BCS title game, but if both lose that is when things get interesting. Stanford is fourth and could move up to the two spot and making the title game TCU vs. Stanford. However, Auburn could still hang onto the number two spot by losing to a much better South Carolina team while Oregon would have lost to an unranked Oregon State team.

Rose Bowl (Pac-10 vs. Big 10)

TCU Horned Frogs vs. Wisconsin Badgers

TCU's seasons is over and are assured at worst a spot in the Rose Bowl due to the rule that stats that the first time a non-AQ team gets a BCS bid and either the Big 10 or Pac-10 champ is in the title game then the Rose Bowl must take the non-AQ team. With the Big 10 season over, all signs point to Wisconsin. Now, this could change if Oregon loses next week and then the matchup would be the Oregon Ducks against Wisconsin and that would move TCU into the BCS title game.

Sugar Bowl (SEC vs. at-large)

Arkansas Razorbacks vs. Ohio State Buckeyes

The Sugar Bowl gets to pick first since they are expected to lose Auburn to the BCS title game, plus they get the first overall pick after replacement teams are chosen. LSU could be chosen over Arkansas even though the Razorbacks just defeated LSU, but the Sugar Bowl is in the backyard of LSU in New Orleans. Bowl games do not have to pick the better team they can pick whoever is eligible and who will sell the most tickets which is why Ohio State will be in New Orleans.

An Alternate Sugar Bowl could be South Carolina against Ohio State if the Gamecocks are able to upset Auburn in the SEC title game.

Orange Bowl (ACC vs. at-large)

Virginia Tech Hokies vs. Stanford Cardinal

The Hokies make it to this game by winning the ACC title game against Florida State this weekend. While Stanford is in the fourth spot in the BCS and is guaranteed a BCS bowl for being ranked fourth. Now, the alternate game could be vastly different. The obvious choice is first to have Florida State replace Virginia Tech if they beat them in the ACC title game. Then if Oregon and Auburn both lose this upcoming week then if is possible for Stanford to be in the BCS title game and then this at-large spot could go to Auburn. However, Auburn losing to a highly ranked South Carolina team could still keep Auburn in the BCS title game and thus keeping Stanford in this spot.

Fiesta Bowl (Big XII vs. at-large)

Oklahoma Sooners vs. Connecticut Huskies

The winner of next weeks Big XII title game featuring Oklahoma and Nebraska will be in this game and get to face an unranked Big East team. Connecticut can win the Big East if they beat South Florida which would give them an overall record of 8-4, but if Connecticut loses and West Virginia beats Rutgers then the Big East sends West Virginia to the Fiesta Bowl with a respectable record of 9-3.

So, even though there are only a handful of games left next weekend there is still a lot that could happen in terms of what team goes where in the BCS.