Florida State's convincing victory over Miami (Fla.) has put the Seminoles in position to play for the BCS national title. Their opponent: undisputed No. 1 Alabama.
Florida State entered the game No. 3 with Miami at No. 7. Voters in the coaches poll and Harris poll took notice, giving coach Jimbo Fisher's team a boost in two components of the BCS equation.
Neither Alabama nor Oregon played in Week 10. However, both teams will be tested by Top 25 opponents this week.
Thursday, Oregon takes on No. 5 Stanford. Saturday, Alabama meets No. 13 LSU. The following week the Tide meet No. 9 Auburn.
Florida State doesn't have another ranked opponent on its schedule until a possible rematch against the Hurricanes for the ACC Championship.
The Seminoles' lead is thin and their stay at No. 2 could be short again. An Oregon victory over Stanford would likely to push the Ducks back into second.
Florida State (.9525 BCS average) is third in both the USA Today coaches' poll and Harris poll, and No. 1 in the computer ratings.
Oregon is second in the polls and third in the computers.
Alabama is first in the polls by a hefty margin and second in the computers with five weeks left in the regular season. The Crimson Tide remains on course for a fourth trip to the BCS title game in five seasons. Alabama was won three of the past four national championships, including the past two.
Unbeaten Ohio State is fourth in the standings, followed by Stanford and unbeaten Baylor. The rest of the top 10 is Clemson, Missouri, Auburn and Oklahoma.
Baylor plays host to Oklahoma on Thursday night, in the other huge game.
Of the potential BCS busters, teams from non-automatic qualifying conferences looking to earn an automatic bid, Fresno State from the Mountain West is in 16th place and Northern Illinois from the Mid-American Conference is 18th. Both the Bulldogs and Huskies are unbeaten. The highest-rated team from the non-AQ conferences earns an automatic bid by finishing in the top 12 of the final BCS standings or by finishing in the top 16 ahead of a champion from an automatic qualifying conference.
Louisville (20th) and Central Florida (21st) are the highest-ranked teams from the American Athletic Conference, which gets an automatic bid.
| BCS Standings List after games of Week 10 | ||||||||||
| Harris Poll | USA Today Coaches Poll | Computer | BCS | |||||||
| Rk. Team | Rk. | Pts | Pct | Rk | Pts | Pct | Rk | Pct | Avg | Pv |
| 1. Alabama | 1 | 2613 | .9954 | 1 | 1540 | .9935 | 2 | .950 | .9797 | 1 |
| 2. Florida State | 3 | 2444 | .9310 | 3 | 1436 | .9265 | 1 | 1.000 | .9525 | 3 |
| 3. Oregon | 2 | 2491 | .9490 | 2 | 1475 | .9516 | 3 | .930 | .9435 | 2 |
| 4. Ohio State | 4 | 2317 | .8827 | 4 | 1369 | .8832 | 4 | .850 | .8720 | 4 |
| 5. Stanford | 6 | 2102 | .8008 | 6 | 1222 | .7884 | t5 | .790 | .7930 | 5 |
| 6. Baylor | 5 | 2167 | .8255 | 5 | 1299 | .8381 | 9 | .660 | .7745 | 6 |
| 7. Clemson | 7 | 1890 | .7200 | 7 | 1121 | .7232 | 8 | .740 | .7277 | 8 |
| 8. Missouri | 8 | 1725 | .6571 | 9 | 961 | .6200 | t5 | .790 | .6890 | 9 |
| 9. Auburn | 9 | 1672 | .6370 | 10 | 959 | .6187 | 7 | .750 | .6686 | 11 |
| 10. Oklahoma | 10 | 1572 | .5989 | 8 | 971 | .6265 | 11 | .600 | .6084 | 10 |
| 11. Miami | 13 | 1344 | .5120 | 14 | 747 | .4819 | 12 | .580 | .5246 | 7 |
| 12. South Carolina | 15 | 1175 | .4476 | 15 | 722 | .4658 | 10 | .620 | .5111 | 14 |
| 13. LSU | 11 | 1467 | .5589 | 12 | 835 | .5387 | t18 | .260 | .4525 | 13 |
| 14. Oklahoma State | 14 | 1315 | .5010 | 11 | 864 | .5574 | t18 | .260 | .4395 | 18 |
| 15. Texas A&M | 12 | 1426 | .5432 | 13 | 800 | .5161 | 21 | .250 | .4365 | 12 |
| 16. Fresno State | 17 | 989 | .3768 | 17 | 567 | .3658 | 16 | .360 | .3675 | 16 |
| 17. Michigan State | 18 | 789 | .3006 | 19 | 446 | .2877 | 13 | .430 | .3394 | 22 |
| 18. Northern Illinois | 20 | 727 | .2770 | 20 | 409 | .2639 | 14 | .410 | .3169 | 17 |
| 19. UCLA | 19 | 768 | .2926 | 18 | 494 | .3187 | t18 | .260 | .2904 | 20 |
| 20. Louisville | 16 | 1013 | .3859 | 16 | 569 | .3671 | t27 | .000 | .2510 | 19 |
| 21. Central Florida | 21 | 567 | .2160 | 21 | 340 | .2194 | 23 | .210 | .2151 | 23 |
| 22. Arizona State | 24 | 255 | .0971 | 24 | 130 | .0839 | 17 | .350 | .1770 | NR |
| 23. Notre Dame | 25 | 155 | .0590 | 25 | 108 | .0697 | 15 | .370 | .1662 | 25 |
| 24. Wisconsin | 22 | 450 | .1714 | 22 | 333 | .2148 | t27 | .000 | .1288 | 24 |
| 25. Texas Tech | 23 | 409 | .1558 | 23 | 217 | .1400 | t27 | .000 | .0986 | 15 |
| Explanation Key: The BCS Average is calculated by averaging the percent totals of the Harris Interactive, USA Today Coaches and Computer polls. Team percentages are derived by dividing a team's actual voting points by a maximum 2625 possible points in the Harris Interactive Poll and 1550 possible points in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Six computer rankings are used to determine the overall computer component. The highest and lowest ranking for each team is dropped, and the remaining four are added and divided 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. | ||||||||||
Contributing: Associated Press