BCS Rankings Predictions 2013: How Miami's Loss Will Shake Up Standings

Saturday's college football slate didn't bring many marquee games, but an ACC showdown between No. 3 Florida State and No. 7 Miami was sure to shake up the polls one way or another.

In a less-than-surprising fashion, the third-ranked Seminoles rolled to victory at home and made the Hurricanes look like a team that is not quite deserving of the Top 10 hype it garnered for much of the season.

Despite a lack of big games across the board this weekend, the new BCS standings will have a facelift stemming from Miami's loss.

Here's my best prediction as to how things will unfold come Sunday.

Rank	Team	Record	Conference	Pvs
1	Alabama	8-0	SEC	1
2	Oregon	8-0	Pac-12	2
3	Florida State	8-0	ACC	3
4	Ohio State	9-0	Big Ten	4
5	Stanford	7-1	Pac-12	5
6	Baylor	7-0	Big 12	6
7	Clemson	8-1	ACC	8
8	Missouri	8-1	SEC	9
9	Oklahoma	7-1	Big 12	10
10	Auburn	8-1	SEC	11
11	Miami (Fla.)	7-1	ACC	7
12	LSU	7-2	SEC	13
13	South Carolina	7-2	SEC	14
14	Texas A&M	7-2	SEC	12
15	Oklahoma State	7-1	Big 12	18
16	Fresno State	8-0	MWC	16
17	Northern Illinois	9-0	MAC	17
18	UCLA	6-2	Pac-12	20
19	Louisville	7-1	AAC	19
20	Michigan State	8-1	Big Ten	22
21	Central Florida	7-1	AAC	23
22	Texas Tech	7-2	Big 12	15
23	Notre Dame	7-2	Independent	25
24	Arizona State	6-2	Pac-12	NR
25	Wisconsin	6-2	Big Ten	24

Analysis of Projections

There are a lot of voters out there who paid attention to Miami struggling its way through part of that unbeaten record and will drop the 'Canes pretty far down their polls, but it won't be enough to make up for a huge gap in the standings.

The Week 10 BCS standings put Miami at No. 7 with .7560 points. However, at No. 11 lies Auburn at .6025 and No. 12 Texas A&M is all the way down at .4812. 

Seeing Miami drop four spots to No. 11 seems conceivable, especially considering the massive gap between Nos. 11 and 12 in last week's rankings. 

As for the rest of the standings, Texas Tech dropped down the rankings after Oklahoma State took it down in a Big 12 matchup. 

The Big Ten saw its own Top 25 matchup when Michigan played Michigan State and the Wolverines' lethargic loss was enough to drop them out of the standings in my book. 

Other than that, the shakeup in the standings will be pretty minimal. That is, other than a huge Miami-Florida State showdown that will likely drop the Hurricanes out of the Top 10.