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College football rankings: Week 1 simulated BCS standings

No Mountain West teams are currently in the running for a BCS berth, but it is still early.

By Jeremy Mauss
Thearon W. Henderson

With Boise State's loss to Washington they are not longer ranked and are not in position to make a BCS bowl bid, at least not now. All hope is not loss for a Mountain West team to make a BCS bid, just look back to last season where Northern Illinois made a BCS bid with one loss.

Right now Fresno State and San Jose State are looking to be the best options in the Mountain West, both are both undefeated. With the latest simulated BCS standings from the BCS Guru, San Jose State is the highest rated Mountain West team at 32, yet Boise State is No. 33 and Fresno State who beat an actual BCS team in Rutgers is at No. 37. Northern Illinois is the highest rated non-BCS team at No. 30.

Here are the latest simulated standings with an explanation below.

Rank Pvs Team Rk Coach % Rk AP % Md* JS KM RB Cp Avg BCS Conf
1 1 Alabama 1 1545 0.9968 1 1497 0.9980 1 1 1 1 1.000 0.9983 SEC
2 2 Oregon 3 1420 0.9161 2 1355 0.9033 2 9 2 4 0.870 0.8965 P12
3 8 Clemson 5 1275 0.8226 4 1304 0.8693 7 10 7 2 0.780 0.8240 ACC
4 5 Stanford 4 1292 0.8335 5 1277 0.8513 4 4 12 7 0.770 0.8183 P12
5 7 South Carolina 6 1220 0.7871 6 1181 0.7873 6 7 6 6 0.790 0.7881 SEC
6 3 Ohio State 2 1444 0.9316 3 1330 0.8867 12 15 21 5 0.510 0.7761 B10
7 6 Texas A&M 7 1181 0.7619 7 1085 0.7233 3 6 3 8 0.840 0.7751 SEC
8 11 LSU 11 926 0.5974 9 971 0.6473 5 3 4 11 0.810 0.6849 SEC
9 12 Florida State 10 946 0.6103 10 953 0.6353 9 14 5 14 0.620 0.6219 ACC
10 9 Florida 9 974 0.6284 12 875 0.5833 11 13 8 9 0.630 0.6139 SEC
11 4 Georgia 12 875 0.5645 11 894 0.5960 14 5 10 13 0.620 0.5935 SEC
12 10 Notre Dame 13 840 0.5419 14 707 0.4713 8 11 11 3 0.710 0.5744 Ind
13 13 Oklahoma State 14 798 0.5148 13 780 0.5200 10 2 9 18 0.650 0.5616 B12
14 14 Louisville 8 1051 0.6781 8 1073 0.7153 18 26 26 12 0.220 0.5378 AA
15 15 Oklahoma 15 666 0.4297 16 612 0.4080 13 8 13 10 0.600 0.4792 B12
16 16 Texas 16 660 0.4258 15 674 0.4493 16 19 20 19 0.300 0.3917 B12
17 17 Michigan 17 623 0.4019 17 583 0.3887 15 22 16 26 0.250 0.3469 B10
18 26 Northwestern 20 348 0.2245 19 320 0.2133 20 26 17 20 0.210 0.2159 B10
19 24 UCLA 18 368 0.2374 18 387 0.2580 21 21 26 26 0.100 0.1985 P12
20 22 Wisconsin 21 301 0.1942 21 287 0.1913 19 24 23 26 0.120 0.1685 B10
21 25 Baylor 26 125 0.0806 23 150 0.1000 17 26 15 21 0.250 0.1435 B12
22 19 Nebraska 19 357 0.2303 22 219 0.1460 25 26 26 26 0.010 0.1288 B10
23 27 USC 22 176 0.1135 25 135 0.0900 22 23 19 26 0.140 0.1145 P12
24 42 Washington 23 145 0.0935 20 315 0.2100 26 25 24 26 0.030 0.1112 P12
25 20 TCU 24 140 0.0903 24 148 0.0987 26 12 26 26 0.140 0.1097 B12
26 36 Ole Miss 28 54 0.0348 27 50 0.0333 26 18 14 26 0.200 0.0894 SEC
27 29 Miami (Fla.) 24 140 0.0903 26 127 0.0847 26 26 26 26 0.000 0.0583 ACC
28 39 Penn State ^ 0.0000 37 4 0.0027 24 26 22 16 0.160 0.0542 B10
29 32 Arizona State 31 28 0.0181 28 48 0.0320 26 16 25 26 0.110 0.0534 P12
30 28 Northern Illinois 30 31 0.0200 30 27 0.0180 26 26 26 15 0.110 0.0493 MAC
31 41 Cincinnati 32 19 0.0123 30 27 0.0180 23 26 26 22 0.070 0.0334 AA
32 34 San Jose State 33 12 0.0077 0.0000 26 26 26 17 0.090 0.0326 MWC
33 18 Boise State 37 5 0.0032 38 3 0.0020 26 17 26 26 0.090 0.0317 MWC
34 21 Kansas State 40 3 0.0019 0.0000 26 26 18 25 0.090 0.0306 B12
35 33 Virginia Tech 37 5 0.0032 33 12 0.0080 26 20 26 26 0.060 0.0237 ACC
36 30 Michigan State 27 67 0.0432 29 42 0.0280 26 26 26 26 0.000 0.0237 B10
37 37 Fresno State 29 46 0.0297 32 22 0.0147 26 26 26 26 0.000 0.0148 MWC
38 51 Arkansas State 40 3 0.0019 0.0000 26 26 26 23 0.030 0.0106 Sun
39 NR Texas Tech 40 3 0.0019 0.0000 26 26 26 24 0.020 0.0073 B12
40 46 Georgia Tech 35 10 0.0065 35 8 0.0053 26 26 26 26 0.000 0.0039 ACC
41 44 Arizona 36 7 0.0045 36 6 0.0040 26 26 26 26 0.000 0.0028 P12
42 51 Arkansas 33 12 0.0077 40 1 0.0007 26 26 26 26 0.000 0.0028 SEC
43 NR Bowling Green 43 1 0.0006 34 9 0.0060 26 26 26 26 0.000 0.0022 MAC
44 50 Central Florida 39 4 0.0026 0.0000 26 26 26 26 0.000 0.0009 AA
45 NR Virginia 0.0000 39 2 0.0013 26 26 26 26 0.000 0.0004 ACC
46 47 East Carolina 43 1 0.0006 0.0000 26 26 26 26 0.000 0.0002 CUSA
46 NR Missouri 43 1 0.0006 0.0000 26 26 26 26 0.000 0.0002 SEC
46 40 North Carolina 43 1 0.0006 0.0000 26 26 26 26 0.000 0.0002 ACC
46 31 Utah State 43 1 0.0006 0.0000 26 26 26 26 0.000 0.0002 MWC

Keys: Pvs = Previous Week;; Coach = USA Today Coaches Poll; AP = Associated Press Poll; Md = Median ranking of 24 computer ratings; JS = Jeff Sagarin; KM* = Kenneth Massey MOV; RB = Richard Billingsley; Cp Avg = Computer Average.

Explanation: This rankings method is a simulation of the actual BCS standings with the following variations: 1) The AP Poll is used in place of the Harris Interactive Poll, which is not published until after the first weekend of October; 2) Three of the six BCS computer ratings are available - Jeff Sagarin, Kenneth Massey and Richard Billingsley; 3) The other three computer ratings - Anderson & Hester, Colley Matrix and Peter Wolfe - will not be available until mid-September or October, so they're replaced by the median ranking of 24 computer ratings.

^ Penn State is ineligible for inclusion in Official BCS Standings

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