Isaac Luber's Unofficial BCS Rankings: Week Eight

Yes, I know that the actual BCS rankings are out, but I don't agree with them.

Also, in my previous article, you guys were asking how I come up with the numbers.

I grade teams on a scale to 1,000.  400 comes from performance of teams, 200 comes from record, 100 comes from strength of schedule, 100 comes from quality wins, 100 comes from conference strength, and 100 points are that every team gets, and points that good teams in weak conferences have so they can be in the Top 25 if they are good.

The numbers in parentheses and italics are last week's rankings.  The numbers that have decimals and are in parentheses are their percentages based on my scale, and LW is last week's results.

Here are my BCS rankings for Week 8:

1) Texas (1), (.998) LW-W 56-31 vs Missouri

2) Penn State (2), (.996) LW-W 46-17 vs Michigan

3) Alabama (3), (.995) LW-W 24-20 vs Ole Miss

4) Florida (4), (.994) LW-Idle.

5) Oklahoma (5), (.992) LW-W 45-31 vs Kansas

6) Oklahoma State (6), (.991) LW-W 34-6 vs Baylor

7) Georgia (7), (.987) LW-W 24-14 vs Vanderbilt

8) Ohio State (12), (.983) LW-W 45-7 at Michigan State

9) USC (9), (.979) LW-W 69-0 vs Washington State

10) Texas Tech (10), (.975) LW-W 43-25 at Texas A&M

11) Utah (13), (.970) LW-W 49-16 vs Colorado State

12) LSU (14), (.967) LW-W 24-17 at South Carolina

13) Boise State (19), (.963) LW-W 27-7 vs Hawaii

14) Ball State (20), (.960) LW-Idle.

15) Tulsa (23), (.957) LW-W 77-35 vs Texas El-Paso

16) Minnesota (21), (.956) LW-Idle

17) Missouri (11), (.951) LW-L 56-31 at Texas

18) Georgia Tech (NR), (.946) LW-W 21-17 at Clemson

19) Kansas (16), (.943) LW-L 45-31 at Oklahoma

20) Michigan State (15), (.942) LW-L 45-7 vs Ohio State

21) TCU (NR), (.939) LW-W 32-7 vs BYU

22) BYU (8), (.936) LW-L 32-7 at TCU

23) South Florida (25), (.924) LW-W 45-13 vs Syracuse

24) Pittsburgh (NR), (.912) LW-W 42-21 at Navy

25) Arizona (NR), (.905) LW-W 42-27 vs California

On the edge: Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Florida State, Kentucky, Central Michigan, Troy, California.

Stay tuned for Week 9's unofficial BCS rankings!

*All rankings are subject to change based on performance, strength of schedule, and record...and some other things will be taken into account, as well.