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Gators start BCS as #2 behind Alabama
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AP on 10/15/2012 11:53:00

Alabama and Florida are at the top of the season's first BCS standings, making
it yet another all-SEC top two, with Oregon and Kansas State close behind the
Gators.

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Alabama and Florida are at the top of the season's first BCS standings, making
it yet another all-SEC top two, with Oregon and Kansas State close behind the
Gators.
AP TOP 25
RK
TEAM
POINTS
1
Alabama (60)
1500
2
Oregon
1436
3
Florida
1361
4
Kansas State
1296
5
Notre Dame
1283
6
LSU
1153
7
Ohio State
1071
8
Oregon State
1050
9
South Carolina
1042
10
Oklahoma
994
11
USC
874
12
Florida State
836
13
Georgia
753
14
Clemson
673
15
Mississippi State
591
16
Louisville
574
17
West Virginia
552
18
Texas Tech
444
19
Rutgers
405
20
Texas A&M
379
21
Cincinnati
294
22
Stanford
242
23
Michigan
177
24
Boise State
133
25
Ohio
104
Complete AP poll »
The Crimson Tide in first was no surprise. Alabama is an overwhelming No. 1 in
both polls used in the BCS formula. Florida in second was less anticipated. The
Gators are No. 3 in the polls, but rated best by the computer rankings That gave
them a slight edge over Oregon and Kansas State when the numbers were crunched.
Florida's BCS average is .9092. Oregon's is .8993 and Kansas State's is .8963.
Notre Dame is fifth and not too far back at .8774.
Despite the strong showing by the Southeastern Conference, another all-SEC
national championship game is still a long shot. Oregon's schedule is backloaded
with strong opponents and the Ducks will likely be able to close the gap in the
computers if they keep winning.
The Ducks play Arizona State on Thursday (5-1) and still have games against
Southern California and Oregon State left, and a possible Pac-12 title game.
Florida has some tough games left, too, starting Saturday against South
Carolina.
With half the season still to play, there are plenty possibilities and teams
still alive.
Teams with one loss, such as sixth-place LSU, seventh-place South Carolina,
ninth-place Oklahoma and 10th-place USC are still very much in the race as long
as they keep winning.
Oregon State is in eighth, the lowest rated of the unbeaten teams.
This is safe to say: If Alabama keeps winning, the Tide will play for its second
straight national title, and third in four seasons.
Alabama has never before been first in the initial standings. Seven times since
the Bowl Championship Series was implemented in 1998, the team that was first in
the initial standings went on to play in the BCS title game.
Seven times the team that started second played for the BCS title. And only
twice has neither of the teams that were in the top two spots in the first
standings reached the title game.   Tagged: Alabama, Kansas State, Oregon,
Florida, Kansas