Gamecocks #3 in Nation???
In the BCS Standings South Carolina is now ranked 3rd. Is this shaping up a national championship game for the Gamecocks?
It is possible. If the Cocks can pull out wins against Vanderbilt, Tennesee, Arkansas, Florida and Clemson that may the unstoppable formula for the Cocks to be in the game.
The BCS Standings
#1 South Florida
#2 LSU
#3 South Carolina
#4 Kentucky
#5 Ohio State
#5 Arizona State
#7 Boston College
#8 Virgina Tech
#8 Kansas
#10 West Virgina
Team percentages are derived by dividing a team’s actual voting points by a maximum 2850 possible points in the Harris Interactive Poll and 1575 possible points in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
Six computer rankings calculated in inverse points order (25 for #1, 24 for #2, etc.) are used to determine the overall computer component. The best and worst ranking for each team is dropped, and the remaining four are added and divided by 100 (the maximum possible points) to produce a Computer Rankings Percentage. The six computer ranking providers are Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin, and Peter Wolfe. Each computer ranking accounts for schedule strength in its formula.
The BCS Average is calculated by averaging the percent totals of the Harris Interactive, USA Today Coaches and Computer polls.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
You’re looking at the computer rankings. USC is 6th in the BCS standings.
October 15th, 2007 at 11:35 pm
Alex, you’ve posted them in order of computer average, not BCS score. Ohio State is #1.
October 16th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
And don’t forget that after the five games you listed, Carolina would still have to win the SEC Championship game, which I’m assuming would be a rematch against LSU. But we have a long way to go before we get there, and Carolina isn’t playing good enough football to make that happen. Not right now anyway. Heck, right now I don’t think we deserve to be #6.