OU No. 4 in Initial BCS Standings

No team has more weeks ranked in the top five of the BCS standings.

NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma was No. 4 in the initial BCS standings of the 2008 season released Sunday afternoon. The Sooners were rated No. 4 in the Harris poll, No. 5 in the USA Today poll and No. 4 by the computers.

The BCS standings formula consists of three components, each weighted equally: the USA Today Coaches Poll, the Harris Interactive College Football Poll and an average of six computer rankings (Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin and Peter Wolfe).

Oklahoma has been ranked in the top five of the BCS more weeks than any other team (39) and No. 1 more weeks than any other team (18).

OU was also ranked No. 4 in the latest AP poll, extending its record for weeks in the top five to 361. For a complete history of the Sooners in the AP poll, please visit:
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		Harris Poll			USA Today			Computer Rankings								BCS
	Team	RK	PTS	%	RK	PTS	%	A&H	RB	CM	KM	JS	PW	%	Avg.	Avg.	Pre
1	Texas	1	2838	.9958	1	1522	.9980	25	25	25	25	25	25	1.000	1	.9979	NR
2	Alabama	2	2692	.9446	2	1436	.9416	24	24	24	24	24	24	.960	2	.9487	NR
3	Penn State	3	2631	.9232	3	1413	.9266	21	20	21	16	18	15	.750	7	.8666	NR
4	Oklahoma	4	2357	.8270	5	1218	.7987	17	23	20	23	22	22	.870	4	.8319	NR
5	USC	5	2327	.8165	4	1264	.8289	14	22	16	19	16	17	.680	10	.7751	NR
6	Okla. State	8	2046	.7179	8	1083	.7102	23	16	23	22	23	21	.890	3	.7727	NR
7	Georgia	9	1997	.7007	9	1067	.6997	18	19	19	21	17	20	.760	6	.7201	NR
8	Texas Tech	7	2179	.7646	6	1210	.7934	15	7	15	14	14	18	.580	11	.7127	NR
9	Ohio State	10	1814	.6365	10	995	.6525	19	21	22	19	20	23	.820	5	.7030	NR
10	Florida	6	2225	.7807	7	1184	.7764	16	18	14	15	9	6	.540	12	.6690	NR
11	Utah	12	1679	.5891	12	891	.5843	20	15	18	20	21	13	.730	8	.6345	NR
12	Boise State	13	1498	.5256	13	786	.5154	22	14	17	17	19	19	.720	9	.5870	NR
13	LSU	11	1750	.6140	11	903	.5921	5	17	1	7	10	7	.290	T-19	.4987	NR
14	TCU	15	990	.3474	15	582	.3816	12	13	13	13	15	14	.530	13	.4197	NR
15	Missouri	16	978	.3432	16	551	.3613	9	12	4	11	11	9	.400	14	.3682	NR
16	South Florida	14	1160	.4070	14	643	.4216	2	5	5	5	2	4	.160	23	.3296	NR
17	Pittsburgh	18	763	.2677	20	292	.1915	13	0	12	9	8	10	.390	15	.2831	NR
18	Georgia Tech	22	503	.1765	21	282	.1849	4	8	8	12	12	8	.360	16	.2405	NR
19	Tulsa	21	528	.1853	19	328	.2151	11	1	11	6	3	11	.310	18	.2368	NR
20	Ball State	20	578	.2028	22	274	.1797	8	0	9	2	13	16	.320	17	.2342	NR
21	BYU	17	932	.3270	17	464	.3043	0	10	2	0	0	0	.020	T-25	.2171	NR
22	Northwestern	26	228	.0800	24	177	.1161	10	0	10	10	6	3	.290	T-19	.1620	NR
23	Kansas	19	634	.2225	18	342	.2243	0	11	0	0	0	0	.000	NR	.1489	NR
24	Minnesota	25	284	.0996	25	165	.1082	7	0	7	1	7	12	.220	T-21	.1426	NR
25	Florida State	23	447	.1568	23	258	.1692	1	0	3	0	0	0	.010	T-27	.1120	NR

AP Top 25

Coaches Top 25

Harris Poll

1	Texas (65)	1,625
2	Alabama	1,543
3	Penn State	1,506
4	Oklahoma	1,358
5	Florida	1,307
6	USC	1,292
7	Oklahoma State	1,252
8	Texas Tech	1,194
9	Georgia	1,117
10	Ohio State	1,053
11	LSU	987
12	Utah	943
13	Boise State	849
14	South Florida	674
15	TCU	643
16	Missouri	568
17	Pittsburgh	540
18	BYU	412
19	Kansas	364
20	Ball State	357
21	Georgia Tech	338
22	Tulsa	321
23	Boston College	281
24	Florida State	190
24	Minnesota	149

1	Texas (58)	1,522
2	Alabama (1)	1,436
3	Penn State (2)	1,413
4	USC	1,264
5	Oklahoma	1,218
6	Texas Tech	1,210
7	Florida	1,184
8	Oklahoma State	1,083
9	Georgia	1,067
10	Ohio State	995
11	LSU	903
12	Utah	891
13	Boise State	786
14	South Florida	643
15	TCU	582
16	Missouri	551
17	Kansas	464
18	BYU	342
19	Tulsa	328
20	Pittsburgh	292
21	Georgia Tech	282
22	Ball State	274
23	Florida State	258
24	Northwestern	177
25	Minnesota	165

1	Texas (104)	2,838
2	Alabama (6)	2,692
3	Penn State (3)	2,631
4	Oklahoma	2,357
5	USC	2,327
6	Florida	2,225
7	Texas Tech	2,179
8	Oklahoma State	2,046
9	Georgia	1,997
10	Ohio State	1,814
11	LSU	1,750
12	Utah	1,679
13	Boise State	1,498
14	South Florida	1,160
15	TCU	990
16	Missouri	978
17	BYU	932
18	Pittsburgh	763
19	Kansas	634
20	Ball State	578
21	Tulsa	528
22	Georgia Tech	503
23	Florida State	447
24	Boston College	366
25	Minnesota	284

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