Projected BCS Rankings 2013: Biggest Winners from Saturday's Action

Well, that was fun. 

Week 8 of the 2013 college football season turned out to be the craziest one yet, with five top-10 teams losing on Friday and Saturday. With this season's first BCS rankings set to be released Sunday night, the timing of these losses couldn't have come at a more chaotic time. 

The list of ranked teams that stumbled this week includes No. 3 Clemson, No. 6 LSU, No. 7 Texas A&M, No. 8 Louisville, No. 9 UCLA, No. 11 South Carolina, No. 15 Georgia, No. 20 Washington and No. 22 Florida. 

While this upset epidemic was unfortunate for the nine teams listed above, it helped put the following squads in great positions.

No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide

The Crimson Tide are clear winners this weekend.

Not only did they beat SEC rival Arkansas 52-0, they saw many of their national title threats go down. Clemson was embarrassed, LSU lost, Johnny Football and Texas A&M now have two losses. 

Meanwhile, the Tide just keep on rolling. 

No. 5 Florida State Seminoles

Florida State may have been the biggest winner from Saturday. 

The Seminoles trashed Tajh Boyd and Clemson 51-14—and, really, Clemson's last touchdown was beyond meaningless—and should move up to at least No. 3 when the new polls come out on Sunday. 

I don't know if they did enough to move ahead of Oregon, but with two blowout wins over ranked opponents—they beat then-No. 25 Maryland 63-0—they should unquestionably leapfrog Ohio State. 

No. 10 Miami Hurricanes

The string of upsets almost started on Thursday, but the 'Canes were able to escape North Carolina with a 27-23 victory. 

Miami is now 6-0 on the season, and with half of the top 10 losing this week, it could potentially move into the top five. However, with a strong one-loss team like LSU—and to a lesser extent Clemson—Miami will likely have to settle for sixth or seventh this week. 

Predicted rankings

Rank	Team	Coaches Poll	Harris Poll	Computers	Pvs
1	Alabama	1	1	2	1
2	Florida State	3	3	1	4
3	Oregon	2	2	3	2
4	Ohio State	4	4	8	5
5	Missouri	7	7	4	13
6	Baylor	5	5	6	10
7	Stanford	6	6	5	11
8	Clemson	9	8	7	3
9	Miami (Fla.)	8	9	10	14
10	UCLA	11	10	9	8
11	LSU	12	12	11	6
12	Texas A&M	10	11	13	7
13	Texas Tech	13	13	19	16
14	South Carolina	14	14	18	12
15	Oklahoma	17	16	15	17
16	Auburn	22	19	12	23
17	Virginia Tech	19	20	16	18
18	Northern Illinois	21	21	17	22
19	Louisville	15	15	25	9
20	Fresno State	18	17	23	19

Current team rankings from ESPN.com's AP Top 25 poll.