Texas finds itself at the front of the college football pack after beating Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry.  Alabama stayed right behind them with a bye week.  Other teams are still in the BCS bowl picture as well.

This article lists the BCS teams and bowl matchups if the season ended today.  It is based on the AP poll since the BCS rankings are not released until Oct. 19.  There are some changes from last week.

 

BCS Eligible Teams

1. Texas
2. Alabama
3. Penn State
4. Oklahoma
5. Florida
6. USC
7. Texas Tech
8. Oklahoma State
9. Brigham Young
10. Georgia
11. Missouri
12. Ohio State
13. LSU
14. Utah
15. Boise State
16. Kansas
17. Virginia Tech
18. North Carolina
19. South Florida

 

BCS Bowl Picture

1. BCS National Championship selects No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Alabama.
2. Orange Bowl selects ACC conference champion Virginia Tech as tie-in.
3. Rose Bowl selects Pac-10 conference champion USC as tie-in.
4. Rose Bowl selects Big Ten conference champion Penn State as tie-in.
5. Fiesta Bowl selects Oklahoma to keep Big 12 conference tie-in after losing
  conference champion Texas to the national championship game.
6. Sugar Bowl selects Florida to keep SEC conference tie-in after losing conference champion Alabama to the national championship game.
7.

 

Fiesta Bowl selects Big East conference champion South Florida with first pick in bowl rotation. Only other available teams are Brigham Young and Boise State.

8. Sugar Bowl selects auto-bid Brigham Young with second pick in bowl rotation.
  Only other available team left is Boise State.
9. Orange Bowl selects auto-bid Boise State with third and final pick in bowl
  rotation. Obligation to choose team because they were an auto-bid by being
  ranked ahead of a conference champion (Virginia Tech and South Florida).

 

Bowl Matchups

BCS National Championship

Texas vs. Alabama

 

Fiesta Bowl

Oklahoma vs. South Florida

 

Sugar Bowl

Florida vs. Brigham Young

 

Orange Bowl

Virginia Tech vs. Boise State

 

Rose Bowl

USC vs. Penn State

 

BCS Teams by Conference

ACC: 1

Virginia Tech (Conference Champion)

 

Big East: 1

South Florida (Conference Champion)

 

Big Ten: 1

Penn State (Conference Champion)

 

Big 12: 2

Texas (Conference Champion)
Oklahoma (At-Large)

 

Pac-10: 1

USC (Conference Champion)

 

SEC: 2

Alabama (Conference Champion)
Florida (At-Large)

 

Non-BCS: 2

Brigham Young (Auto-Bid)
Boise State (Auto-Bid)