Week 10 Rankings: SC Moves Up to #17

 

Week 10 rankings:

BCS Top 25

1. Ohio State 10-0
2. LSU 8-1
3. Oregon 8-1
4. Kansas 9-0
5. Oklahoma 8-1
6. Missouri 8-1
7. West Virginia 7-1
8. Boston College 8-1
9. Arizona State 8-1
10. Georgia 7-2
11. Virginia Tech 7-2
12. Michigan 8-2
13. Connecticut 8-1
14. Texas 8-2
15. Florida 6-3
16. Hawaii 8-0
17. USC 7-2
18. Auburn 7-3
19. Virginia 8-2
20. Boise State 8-1
21. Clemson 7-2
22. Alabama 6-3
23. Penn State 7-3
24. Tennessee 6-3
25. Kentucky 6-3

USA Today Top 25

1. Ohio State (55) 10-0 1,493
2. LSU (1) 8-1 1,393
3. Oregon (2) 8-1 1,376
4. Oklahoma (2) 8-1 1,330
5. Kansas 9-0 1,241
6. West Virginia 7-1 1,222
7. Missouri 8-1 1,143
8. Boston College 8-1 951
9. Arizona State 8-1 946
10. Georgia 7-2 927
11. Virginia Tech 7-2 829
12. Hawaii 8-0 807
13. Michigan 8-2 770
14. Texas 8-2 757
15. USC 7-2 706
16. Connecticut 8-1 568
17. Auburn 7-3 551
18. Florida 6-3 529
19. Boise State 8-1 368
20. Clemson 7-2 318
21. Virginia 8-2 259
22. Kentucky 6-3 197
23. Alabama 6-3 174
24. Tennessee 6-3 114
25. Penn State 7-3 105

Florida jumped us on computer average strength alone, but that should be reversed starting this Saturday when we play Cal in Berkeley.  Looking at the teams ahead of us, these are the team I feel have a good chance of losing and falling behind us by the end of the season:  #16 Hawaii, #13 Connecticut, #12 Michigan, #11 Virginia Tech, #9 ASU, and #8 Boston College.  That's 6 teams, meaning if we win out, at the very least we should rank #11 which secures us a BCS bowl bid in either the Rose Bowl (if Oregon goes to the NC game) or the Fiesta Bowl (most likely) as an at-large bid.