2010 Week 14 College Football Ratings and Rankings; Oregon #1, Stanford #2, Auburn #3

And the regular season is finished and we have some clarity, so much that we pretty much know where teams are going in the BCS and the final BCS rankings are just a formality.  But what does my computer say?

The top two teams stay the same in Oregon and Stanford, but behind them Auburn's convincing win over South Carolina vaults them nearly 3 ratings points to #3.  While they are closer, at this point my computer would pick Oregon by 6 on a neutral field.

The teams that fell back are Boise State and TCU but behind them, on the strength of Auburn moving up Alabama does too swapping spots with Ohio State.

Just outside the top-10 at #11, Virginia Tech completes their comeback after their slow start.  Had they simply beat James Madison by 5 instead of losing by 5 my computer would have them #6.

So, the likely teams in the BCS bowls are ranked 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, and 61.  Clearly the 61 is UConn and the Big-East getting a team in the BCS has been endlessly debated, but who are the other teams left out?

Boise State clearly played well enough to deserve a spot and in years when TCU didn't go undefeated would have qualified, but there wasn't room for them, although my computer says based on on the field merit, they should go ahead of the other at-larges.  My computer actually likes Alabama better than Arkansas but again, just run out of spots with Auburn from the SEC already in.  And at #10 is Nebraska, but they too are the odd man out.

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Enjoy!

Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
1	Oregon	91.354	12-0	69.609	+0, +0.109
2	Stanford	87.002	11-1	72.385	+0, +0.008
3	Auburn	85.449	13-0	69.900	+2, +2.262
4	TCU	84.475	12-0	63.131	-1, +0.018
5	Boise St	84.152	11-1	65.212	-1, +0.092
6	Alabama	82.419	9-3	68.776	+1, +0.355
7	Ohio State	81.943	11-1	65.144	-1, -0.134
8	Arkansas	81.841	10-2	68.730	+0, +0.393
9	Oklahoma	81.201	11-2	71.456	+0, +0.130
10	Nebraska	80.594	10-3	68.627	+0, -0.448
11	Virginia Tech	80.517	11-2	66.743	+3, +1.149
12	Wisconsin	80.133	11-1	64.137	-1, -0.125
13	Missouri	79.804	10-2	69.043	+0, -0.076
14	Oklahoma St	79.170	10-2	67.734	+1, -0.154
15	South Carolina	79.158	9-4	71.174	-3, -1.045
16	Texas A&M	79.088	9-3	70.098	+0, -0.113
17	Nevada	78.527	12-1	63.271	+0, +0.452
18	LSU	77.893	10-2	69.056	+1, +0.417
19	Arizona St	77.373	6-6	72.558	+1, +0.341
20	Florida St	76.977	9-4	69.108	-2, -0.731
21	Arizona	76.326	7-5	71.853	+0, -0.495
22	Southern Cal	76.315	8-5	73.761	+2, +0.683
23	Michigan St	75.967	11-1	64.949	-1, -0.178
24	Iowa	75.495	7-5	66.552	-1, -0.166
25	Oregon St	74.645	5-7	76.530	+0, -0.038
26	West Virginia	74.595	9-3	63.725	+0, +0.168
27	Notre Dame	74.167	7-5	69.679	+0, +0.174
28	North Carolina St	73.955	8-4	66.966	+1, +0.079
29	California	73.895	5-7	73.306	-1, +0.013
30	Florida	73.738	7-5	70.063	+0, +0.117