Sunday, November 28, 2010

Before the BCS rankings are announced (Nov. 28)

Hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving, and also hope that Black Friday did not turn into a Black and Blue Friday for you and yours.

The new polls are out.

In the AP poll, Oregon gained points from last week (1467 to 1475), but its lead over Auburn has shrunk from 37 to 19 points. The Ducks lost one first-place vote (37 to 36), and Auburn gained ten (13 to 23). TCU has one first-place vote, and is currently ranked third.

In the three-way Big Ten race, Wisconsin is ranked 4th in the AP poll, while Ohio State and Michigan State are sixth and seventh respectively.

Boise State dropped to ninth, below two-loss Arkansas (eighth).

Oregon remains first in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll, albeit their cushion against Auburn has dwindled from 61 to 40 points. The Ducks have 36 more first-place votes than the Tigers. TCU, with its three first-place votes, is ranked third.

Arkansas (eighth) and Nebraska (ninth) have both jumped over Boise State, which dropped to tenth.

Oregon, Auburn and TCU also hold the top three slots in the Harris Interactive poll. The Ducks however lead Auburn by only 35 points, with their lead essentially halved from last week (66 points).

Oregon, Auburn and TCU should be the top three in BCS standings to be released later today.

BCSKnowHow.com is predicting that Stanford will remain ahead of Wisconsin and be in fourth place, despite being ranked fifth in all three polls. The Cardinal was .0075 ahead of the Badgers in last week's BCS standings.

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