Oklahoma No. 9 in Initial BCS Standings

Sooners moved to No. 10 in AP Poll and No. 7 in Coaches Poll after 63-21 win.

Damien Williams

NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma checked in at No. 9 in the initial BCS standings released Sunday night. The Sooners (4-1) dismantled rival Texas, 63-21, on Saturday at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.

The Sooners were No. 7 in the Coaches Poll and No. 9 in the Harris Poll, while they averaged 10th in the computer rankings. Each counts one-third in the BCS formula, while the AP Poll is not used.

Upcoming opponents ranked in the BCS include No. 5 Notre Dame, No. 13 West Virginia, No. 23 TCU and No. 24 Iowa State. OU lost to current No. 4 Kansas State but defeated No. 17 Texas Tech and No. 25 Texas.

Oklahoma moved back into the Top 10 in the latest AP Poll (at No. 10) and up to No. 7 in the latest Coaches Poll released Sunday afternoon. The Longhorns fell out of both polls after the blowout loss to the Sooners.

OU hosts the Kansas Jayhawks next Saturday at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. with the game televised by FOX Sports.

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BCS Standings
Rk	Team	W-L	Harris Poll			Coaches Poll			CPU %	BCS
			Rk	Points	%	Rk	Points	%		Prev	Avg
1	Alabama	6-0	1	2870	1.00	1	1475	1.00	.930	-	.9761
2	Florida	6-0	3	2554	.8961	4	1297	.8793	.960	-	.9092
3	Oregon	6-0	2	2758	.9677	2	1414	.9586	.780	-	.8993
4	Kansas State	6-0	4	2538	.8905	3	1307	.8861	.920	-	.8963
5	Notre Dame	6-0	5	2427	.8516	5	1251	.8481	.940	-	.8774
6	LSU	6-1	6	2263	.7940	6	1179	.7993	.670	-	.7522
7	South Carolina	6-1	7	1992	.6989	8	1012	.6861	.700	-	.6930
8	Oregon State	5-0	10	1850	.6491	11	839	.5688	.830	-	.6808
9	Oklahoma	4-1	9	1860	.6526	7	1021	.6922	.660	-	.6664
10	USC	5-1	11	1820	.6386	9	995	.6746	.480	-	.5959

The BCS rankings are determined by three components: the Harris Interactive poll, the USA Today coaches poll and the average of six computer rankings. Each component counts one-third toward a team's BCS score.

The six computer rankings are Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin and Peter Wolfe. Each accounts for schedule strength in its formula. The highest and lowest ranking for each team is dropped, and the remaining four are added and divided by 100 (the maximum possible points) to produce a computer rankings percentage.

Coaches Top 25
Rank		Pts
1	Alabama (59)	1475
2	Oregon	1414
3	Kansas State	1307
4	Florida	1297
5	Notre Dame	1251
6	LSU	1179
7	Oklahoma	1021
8	South Carolina	1012
9	USC	995
10	Florida State	919
11	Oregon State	839
12	Georgia	806
13	Clemson	741
14	Louisville	695
15	West Virginia	677
16	Mississippi State	671
17	Rutgers	495
18	Cincinnati	456
19	Texas A&M	397
20	Texas Tech	274
21	TCU	272
22	Boise State	271
23	Stanford	215
24	Arizona State	133
25	Michigan	96

Receiving votes:
Northwestern 77, Ohio 54, Texas 54, Louisiana Tech 24, Wisconsin 16, Nebraska 10, Nevada 7, Oklahoma State 6, Western Kentucky 6, Iowa State 5, Northern Illinois 2, Louisiana-Monroe 2, Toledo 2, Tulsa 1, UCLA 1

AP Top 25
Rank		Pts
1	Alabama (60)	1500
2	Oregon	1436
3	Florida	1361
4	Kansas State	1296
5	Notre Dame	1283
6	LSU	1153
7	Ohio State	1071
8	Oregon State	1050
9	South Carolina	1042
10	Oklahoma	994
11	USC	874
12	Florida State	836
13	Georgia	753
14	Clemson	673
15	Mississippi State	591
16	Louisville	574
17	West Virginia	552
18	Texas Tech	444
19	Rutgers	405
20	Texas A&M	379
21	Cincinnati	294
22	Stanford	242
23	Michigan	177
24	Boise State	133
25	Ohio	104

Receiving votes:
Arizona State 92, TCU 88, Louisiana Tech 38, Texas 25, North Carolina State 11, Northwestern 6, Washington 6, Wisconsin 6, Nebraska 4, North Carolina 2, Tulsa 2, Penn State 1, Arizona 1

Harris Top 25
Rank		Pts
1	Alabama (110)	2870
2	Oregon (5)	2758
3	Florida	2554
4	Kansas State	2538
5	Notre Dame	2427
6	LSU	2263
7	South Carolina	1992
8	Florida State	1898
9	Oklahoma	1860
10	Oregon State	1850
11	USC	1820
12	Georgia	1574
13	Clemson	1437
14	Mississippi State	1348
15	West Virginia	1291
16	Louisville	1228
17	Rutgers	947
18	Cincinnati	793
19	Texas A&M	674
20	Stanford	634
21	Texas Tech	534
22	TCU	514
23	Boise State	488
24	Arizona State	225
25	Texas	188

Receiving votes:
Michigan 172, Ohio 153, Northwestern 95, Louisiana Tech 81, Wisconsin 27, Iowa State 24, Nebraska 24, Michigan State 21, Oklahoma State 19, North Carolina State 18, Western Kentucky 11, Tulsa 10, UCLA 5, Nevada 4, Baylor 3, Louisiana-Monroe 1, Virginia Tech 1, Washington 1

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