The latest BCS rankings came out on Sunday and, as expected, Oregon used its 42-14 win over UCLA on Saturday to move past Florida State into second place, setting up a possible matchup with No. 1 Alabama down the road.
Of course, there’s still a lot of football to be played, but Oregon could further strengthen its position by beating Stanford on Nov. 7. The Cardinal moved up to No. 5 and are the highest-ranked one-loss team.
Alabama has a firm grip on the top spot at the moment. It was No. 1 in the Harris Poll and five out of the seven computer polls (it was second in the other two). It’s score of .9937 was well ahead of Oregon’s .9517.
Whereas last week FSU held an extremely narrow .0028 lead over the Ducks, the Seminoles (.9211) are now almost as far back from Oregon as Oregon is from ‘Bama. But Florida State can make up some ground this Saturday when it takes on No. 7 Miami.
Here’s the BCS top 10 for this week:
1. Alabama -- .9937
2. Oregon -- .9517
3. Florida State -- .9211
4. Ohio State -- .8840
5. Stanford -- .7918
6. Baylor -- .7645
7. Miami -- .7560
8. Clemson -- .6687
9. Missouri -- .6096
10. Oklahoma -- .6064