5 SEC Teams in the Top 8 of the BCS Standings, Mississippi State at #15

October 28, 2012

NEW YORK (WCBI/ESPN) — Kansas State has pulled into a prime spot behind No. 1 Alabama in an open race spread out among four unbeaten teams.

With the second spot for the BCS National Championship game vacated by Florida after its loss to Georgia a day earlier, the Wildcats are the new No. 2 team in the BCS standings released Sunday.

Notre Dame moved from fifth up to No. 3, while high-scoring Oregon remained No. 4.

The Ducks sit second in both polls used in the BCS calculations — as well as the AP poll — but are ranked fifth in the computers, which make up a third of the standings.

Kansas State and Notre Dame are tied for first in the computer rankings, while Alabama is third and Florida fourth. Kansas State is third in the polls, one ahead of the Fighting Irish.

No. 5 LSU leads a pack of SEC teams in the standings, just ahead of No. 6 Georgia, No. 7 Florida and No. 8 South Carolina.

Florida State is ninth while unbeaten Louisville rounds out the top 10.

Mississippi State and Texas A&M will clash on Saturday as No. 15 and No. 16 in the BCS.

WEEK 10		BCS		Harris Poll			USA Today			Computer Rankings
RK	TEAM	AVG	PVS	RK	PTS	%	RK	PTS	%	AVG	A&H	RB	CM	KM	JS	PW	%
1	Alabama	.9759	1	1	2868	.9976	1	1475	1.0000	3	3	1	2	3	7	3	.930
2	Kansas State	.9400	3	3	2656	.9238	3	1366	.9261	1	1	3	3	2	1	1	.970
3	Notre Dame	.9147	5	4	2553	.8880	4	1307	.8861	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	.970
4	Oregon	.9136	4	2	2725	.9478	2	1391	.9431	5	4	4	5	5	8	5	.850
5	LSU	.8163	6	5	2382	.8285	5	1225	.8305	6	8	5	8	6	4	6	.790
6	Georgia	.7753	10	6	2205	.7670	6	1149	.7790	7	6	6	7	7	6	7	.780
7	Florida	.7604	2	8	2061	.7169	8	1024	.6942	4	5	7	4	4	3	4	.870
8	South Carolina	.5968	13	11	1588	.5523	11	838	.5681	9	9	8	11	10	9	9	.670
9	Florida State	.5743	12	7	2193	.7628	7	1121	.7600	21	18	22	12	25	0	19	.200
10	Louisville	.5661	16	10	1714	.5962	10	888	.6020	13	11	17	10	15	24	11	.500
11	Oregon State	.5559	7	13	1449	.5040	13	684	.4637	8	7	11	6	8	11	8	.700
12	Oklahoma	.5454	8	12	1473	.5123	12	758	.5139	10	15	9	20	9	5	10	.610
13	Clemson	.5095	18	9	1917	.6668	9	976	.6617	21	17	19	18	0	0	21	.200
14	Stanford	.4863	17	14	1307	.4546	15	626	.4244	11	10	13	9	11	12	13	.580
15	Mississippi State	.3913	11	15	1231	.4282	18	569	.3858	16	14	18	14	21	21	15	.360
16	Texas A&M	.3593	20	18	996	.3464	16	592	.4014	18	20	0	17	16	15	18	.330
17	USC	.3509	9	16	1200	.4174	17	583	.3953	19	23	16	0	19	18	20	.240
18	Texas Tech	.3242	14	19	604	.2101	20	284	.1925	12	12	10	13	13	10	12	.570
19	Boise State	.3123	21	17	1142	.3972	14	634	.4298	23	22	12	21	0	0	24	.110
20	Nebraska	.2568	NR	21	542	.1885	21	283	.1919	15	16	23	16	14	19	14	.390
21	West Virginia	.2512	19	20	554	.1927	19	326	.2210	17	21	14	24	18	13	17	.340
22	Arizona	.1692	NR	NR	81	.0282	NR	14	.0095	14	13	15	15	12	14	16	.470
23	Texas	.1640	23	22	392	.1363	22	200	.1356	20	19	20	25	20	16	23	.220
24	Oklahoma State	.0893	NR	25	245	.0852	24	166	.1125	25	0	21	0	23	22	0	.070
25	Louisiana Tech	.0784	NR	24	304	.1057	23	191	.1295	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000