BCS Rankings Week 12: Top Eight Unchanged

The top eight teams stayed put in the BCS Rankings Week 12. The first change in this week's top 25 BCS ranked teams occurs at number 9, where Pittsburgh jumped from 12 to 9. Former number 9 USC dropped all the way to 18 after being destroyed by Stanford.

In fact, that win enabled Stanford to jump in the BCS Rankings Week 12 all the way to number 17, ahead of USC. Stanford had previously been unranked, but a 55-21 win placed them in the rankings. It was the most points USC has ever given up, going back to 1888.

In terms of the top eight in the BCS Rankings Week 12, those would be Florida, Alabama, Texas, TCU, Cincinnati, Boise State, and LSU. All we were helped by an upset-free Saturday, at least for the top 8.

As I said last week, TCU, at number 4 in the BCS rankings week 12, is the highest ranked team that does not secure a BCS berth automatically by virtue of winning its league. This is the highest BCS ranking ever for any team without an automatic bid to any of the big-money college bowl games.

The top two teams in the final BCS standings released on Dec. 6 will play for the national championship in Pasadena on Jan. 7. However, Alabama and Florida will have to play each other for the SEC championship prior to that point, leading, most likely Texas to be the other team in the BCS championship game.

BCS Rankings Week 12 List:      

         Team              BCS Rankings   

1      Florida             9833

2      Alabama           9521

3      Texas              9261

4      TCU                 8685

5      Cincinnati         8536

6      Boise State       7950

7      Georgia Tech     7716

8       LSU                6648

9       Pittsburgh        6569

10     Ohio State        6495

11     Oregon            6265

See Complete List of Week 12 BCS Rankings