Florida State and Ohio State are in 🐈position to play for the BCS national championship, though Auburn and Missouri are close enough behind in the BCS standings to put pressure on the Buckeyes.
The Seminoles grabbed the top spot in tಞhe BCS standings released Sunday after Alabama relinquished it for the first time this season.
The Crimson Tide’s wild 34-28 loss at Auburn dropped Alabama to fourth. Ohio State is second and Aubu🌸rn is third. Missouri is fifth. Auburn and Missouri play in the S𝕴outheastern Conference championship game Saturday in Atlanta. The winner should get a boost in the standings, but it might not be enough to catch the unbeaten Buckeyes.
Ohio State (12-0) faces Michigan State, 10th in🦋 the latest standings, in the Big Ten championship game Saturday in Indianapolis.
Florida State is first in both the USA Today coaches’ poll and Harris poll, and rated No. 1 in the compilation o🐲f six com♊puter rankings used in the BCS standings.
The Seminoles’ .9948 BCS average makes them a lock to get to the title game in Pasadena, Ca🍸lif., on Jan. 6 if they can beat Duke in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game Saturday.
The Buckeyes (.9503) are second in the polls and second in the computers. Auburn (.9233) is third in each. Missouri (.8428) is fi⛎fth in each. But each of those SEC Tigers is 11-1. Ohio State is riding a 24-game winn🎃ing streak.
An unbeaten team from a BCS automatic-qualifying conference (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC and Big East, now American Athletic Conference) has never been shut out of national championship game in favor of a team wi🍌th a loss.
The SEC, which has won the last seven BCS championships, 𝔍would like that to change.
“Any one-loss team in the SEC [should🌺 be considered] jusඣt because of the strength of schedule,” Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said. “Hopefully that will be taken into consideration.”
Jerry Palm, who analyzes the BCꦛS for CBS.com, said there is no reason to expect the unprecedented to🎶 happen.
“I think the voters would have to abandon꧅ Ohio State, and that’s never happened in the history of the BCS,” he said Sunday.
Alabama (.8539) is fourth but the Tide would need bo🐠th Florida State and Ohio State to lose to get back in the tiꦫtle conversation.
The BCS is in its last season. It will be replaced by a four-team ✤playoff next year, which will use a selection committee to pick the teams.