Updated 2003 BCS Standings

Crayton by Scribe Written on July 06, 2009
BATON ROUGE, LA - OCTOBER 11: Andre Caldwell of the Louisiana State University Tigers runs for a touchdown in the first quarter against the Florida Gators on October 11, 2003 at the Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Following the 2003 fiasco when LSU and USC shared the National Title, the BCS conducted a major overhaul of its ranking formula. Ultimately their new formula was of sleak design and removed much of the double counting of losses and strength of schedule.

However, the BCS has never and will never release a revised pre-bowl standing. For reference here is the original 2003 standing. Here is the final standings using the new BCS formula.

 


Teams USA AP Comp BCS Old
1 USC 100 98.15 89 95.72 3
2 LSU 96 97.23 93 95.41 2
3 Oklahoma 92 91.75 96.2 93.32 1
4 Michigan 88 88.43 81 85.81 4
5 Texas 84 81.35 71.4 78.92 6
6 Ohio St 80 74.34 77.8 77.38 5
7 Florida St 72 74.34 72.2 72.85 7
8 Tennessee 76 75.57 61 70.86 8
9 Miami(FL) 68 66.15 65.8 66.65 9
10 Kansas St 64 70.83 51.4 62.08 10
11 Georgia 60 62.65 58.6 60.42 12
12 Miami(OH) 44 46.52 74.6 55.04 11
13 Iowa 56 47.45 45.8 49.75 13
14 Purdue 52 52.25 36.2 46.82 14
15 Wash St 48 39.26 20.2 35.82 16
16 Florida 36 38.09 32.2 35.43 15
17 Boise St 40 33.23 28.2 33.81 17
18 Ole Miss 32 39.2 12.2 27.8 19
19 TCU 28 24.12 29.8 27.31 18
20 Nebraska 20 17.11 26.2 21.1 20
21 Oklahoma St 16 18.4 22.6 19 21
22 Utah 4 6.52 29 13.17 22
23 Minnesota 24 8.25 0 10.75 25
24 W Virginia 12 19.69 0 10.56   NR
25 Maryland 8 13.6 9.8 10.47 23

 

The big change is USC replacing Oklahoma against LSU to play for the National Championship. This is the only multiple spot change inside the top 22.

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