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South Bend Tribune photo (October 29, 2012) |
Notre Dame moved up two spots in the BCS standings after beating Oklahoma, and now stands at No. 3, behind Alabama and Kansas State.
The Irish leap-frogged Oregon after sitting behind the Ducks last week. The lead could not be closer though, as Oregon trails Notre Dame by .001 in BCS Average.
Notre Dame is No. 4 and both the human polls -- the Harris Interactive and USA Today Coaches Poll -- but is tied with Kansas State for No. 1 in the computers. Oregon is No. 2 in both human polls. Kansas State is No. 3 in both polls.
The No. 3 ranking ties Notre Dame's highest of the BCS era.
But given its higher human ranking and matchup with No. 17 USC this Saturday, Oregon would likely get the edge it needs to pass by Notre Dame in the BCS with a win over the Trojans -- regardless of how Notre Dame does against Pittsburgh.
1. Alabama (8-0) .9759 1 1 2868 .9976 1 1475 1.0000 3 93 .9300
2. Kansas State (8-0) .9400 3 3 2656 .9238 3 1366 .9261 1 97 .9700
3. Notre Dame (8-0) .9147 5 4 2553 .8880 4 1307 .8861 1 97 .9700
4. Oregon (8-0) .9136 4 2 2725 .9478 2 1391 .9431 5 85 .8500
5. LSU (7-1) .8163 6 5 2382 .8285 5 1225 .8305 6 79 .7900
6. Georgia (7-1) .7753 10 6 2205 .7670 6 1149 .7790 7 78 .7800
7. Florida (7-1) .7604 2 8 2061 .7169 8 1024 .6942 4 87 .8700
8. South Carolina (7-2) .5968 13 11 1588 .5523 11 838 .5681 9 67 .6700
9. Florida State (8-1) .5743 12 7 2193 .7628 7 1121 .7600 21 20 .2000
10. Louisville (8-0) .5661 16 10 1714 .5962 10 888 .6020 13 50 .5000
11. Oregon State (6-1) .5559 7 13 1449 .5040 13 684 .4637 8 70 .7000
12. Oklahoma (5-2) .5454 8 12 1473 .5123 12 758 .5139 10 61 .6100
13. Clemson (7-1) .5095 18 9 1917 .6668 9 976 .6617 21 20 .2000
14. Stanford (6-2) .4863 17 14 1307 .4546 15 626 .4244 11 58 .5800
15. Mississippi State (7-1) .3913 11 15 1231 .4282 18 569 .3858 16 36 .3600
16. Texas A&M (6-2) .3593 20 18 996 .3464 16 592 .4014 18 33 .3300
17. Southern California (6-2) .3509 9 16 1200 .4174 17 583 .3953 19 24 .2400
18. Texas Tech (6-2) .3242 14 19 604 .2101 20 284 .1925 12 57 .5700
19. Boise State (7-1) .3123 21 17 1142 .3972 14 634 .4298 23 11 .1100
20. Nebraska (6-2) .2568 NR 21 542 .1885 21 283 .1919 15 39 .3900
21. West Virginia (5-2) .2512 19 20 554 .1927 19 326 .2210 17 34 .3400
22. Arizona (5-3) .1692 NR 29 81 .0282 33 14 .0095 14 47 .4700
23. Texas (6-2) .1640 23 22 392 .1363 22 200 .1356 20 22 .2200
24. Oklahoma State (5-2) .0893 NR 25 245 .0852 24 166 .1125 25 7 .0700
25. Louisiana Tech (7-1) .0784 NR 24 304 .1057 23 191 .1295 31 0 .0000
