Post by DiamondThief on Nov 1, 2016 18:08:22 GMT -8
The following are the BCS rankings as released today by the playoff committee. These rankings are preliminary and are indicative of each team's overall body of work.
Criteria includes, but is not limited to: Strength of schedule, quality of wins/losses, conference and overall records, and other criteria. following the conference championship games, a final ranking will be released by the committee. The teams ranked first through fourth will complete in a two-round championship tournament, with the semifinal games to be held as the Fiesta Bowl and the Peach Bowl. The winners will face off in the National Championship, to be held at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
The rankings are released each Tuesday and will be updated on this site each week.
rank. team (overall record, conference record) - conference
1. Alabama (12-0, 8-0) - SEC
2. Ohio St. (11-1, 8-1) - Big Ten
3. Clemson (11-1, 7-1) - ACC
4. Washington (11-1, 8-1) - Pac-12
5. Michigan (10-2, 7-2) - Big Ten
6. Wisconsin (10-2, 7-2) - Big Ten
7. Penn St. (10-2, 8-1) - Big Ten
8. Colorado (10-2, 8-1) - Pac-12
9. Oklahoma (9-2, 8-0) - Big 12
10. Oklahoma St. (9-2, 7-1) - Big 12
11. USC (9-3, 7-2) - Pac-12
12. Florida St. (8-3, 5-3) - ACC
13. Louisville (9-1, 7-1) - ACC
14. Auburn (8-4, 5-3) - SEC
15. Florida (8-3, 6-2) - ACC
16. West Virginia (9-2, 6-2) - Big 12
17. Western Michigan (12-0, 8-0) - Mid American
18. Stanford (9-3, 6-3) - Pac-12
19. Navy (9-2, 7-1) - AAC
20. Utah (8-2, 5-2) - Pac-12
21. LSU (7-4, 5-3) - SEC
22. Tennessee (8-4, 4-4) - SEC
23. Virginia Tech (9-3, 6-2) - ACC
24. Houston (9-3, 5-3) - AAC
25. Pittsburgh (8-4, 5-3) - ACC
The committee is made up of 13 members from NCAA sport and academia. It includes one current athletic director from each of the major five NCAA football conferences. The following are the current members for the 2016 season. The expiration of their terms appears in parenthesis.
Kirby Hocutt, Chairman - Texas Tech athletic director; former Kansas State linebacker (February 2017)
Barry Alvarez - Wisconsin athletic director; former Wisconsin coach (February 2017)
Jeff Bower - former Southern Miss head coach (February 2019)
Herb Deromedi - former Central Michigan head coach (February 2019)
Tom Jernstedt - former NCAA executive vice president (February 2018)
Bobby Johnson - former Vanderbilt head coach (February 2017)
Jeff Long - Arkansas athletic director (February 2018)
Rob Mullens - Oregon athletic director (February 2019)
Dan Radakovich - Clemson athletic director (February 2018)
Condoleezza Rice - former U.S. Secretary of State and Stanford provost (February 2017)
Steve Wieberg - former USA Today reporter (February 2018)
Tyrone Willingham - former Stanford/Notre Dame/Washington head coach (February 2018)
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