BCS Week 2

The BCS Rankings for October 21

1. Ohio State
2. Boston College
3. LSU
4. Arizona State
5. Oregon
6. Oklahoma
7. West Virginia
8. Virginia Tech
9. Kansas
10. South Florida
11. Florida
12. USC
13. Missouri
14. Kentucky
15. Virginia
16. South Carolina
17. Hawaii
18. Georgia
19. Texas
20. Michigan
21. California
22. Auburn
23. Connecticut
24. Alabama
25. Penn State
26. Wake Forest
27. Rutgers
28. UCLA
29. Boise State
30. Wisconsin
31. Purdue
32. Texas Tech
33. Georgia Tech
34. Maryland
35. Clemson
36. Texas A&M
37. Cincinnati
38. Kansas State
39. BYU
40. Oregon State
41. Fresno State
42. Illinois
43. Oklahoma State
44. Vanderbilt
45. Air Force
46. Tennessee

The Computer Poll Rankings (average)
I like looking at this because computers don't have biases the same way humans do. This may be the "best" way to judge teams. Current BCS ranking in parentheses

1. Boston College (2)
   
2. LSU (3)
   
3. Ohio State (1)
   
4. Arizona State (4)
   
5. South Florida (10)
   
6. Virginia (15)
   
7. Kansas (9)
   
8. Virginia Tech (8)
   
9. Oregon (5)
   
10. West Virginia (7)
    
11. Florida (11)
    
12. Kentucky (14)
    
13. Missouri (13)
    
14. Oklahoma (6)
    
15. South Carolina (16)
    
16. Auburn (22)
    
17. Connecticut (23)
    
18. Wake Forest (26)
    
19. Michigan (20)
    
20. Georgia (18)
    
21. USC (12)
    
22. Alabama (24)
    
23. UCLA (28)
    
24. Rutgers (27)
    
25. Boise State (29)
    

Others receiving votes: Georgia Tech, Maryland, California, Penn State, Hawaii, Purdue, Clemson, Texas A&M, Oregon State

Most Underrated (Overall BCS rank lower than computers):
Virginia (9)
Wake Forest (8)
Auburn, Connecticut (6)
UCLA, South Florida (5)
Boise State (4)
Rutgers (3)
Kansas, Kentucky (2)

Nearly Even
BC, LSU, South Carolina, Michigan (1)
Arizona State, Virginia Tech, Florida, Missouri (0)

Most Overrated (Overall BCS rank higher than computers)
USC (-9)
Oklahoma (-8)
Oregon (-4)
West Virginia (-3)
Ohio State, Georgia (-2)

Proof that the computers are able to look past the USC, Oklahoma, and Ohio State brand names and put teams like Virginia, Wake Forest, and Connecticut into the top20. One can only hope that we one day move to a more computer based ranking system with less weight put into the human polls.