Florida second in BCS

What seemed implausible when Florida?s football team looked lackluster against Bowling Green in the season opener now is very real.

The Gators are a prime contender for the national championship.

The first Bowl Championship Series standings of the season were released Sunday night. UF (6-0, 5-0) is second overall with a .909 average behind Alabama?s .976. The Gators are the top-ranked team in the computer rankings, which comprise one-third of the BCS sum. UF is ranked third in the Harris Poll and fourth in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

The top two teams in the BCS following the conference championship games will meet for the national title on Jan. 7 in Miami?s Sun Life Stadium.

The Gators are ranked fourth in the coaches poll behind Alabama, Oregon and Kansas State. UF trails the Crimson Tide and Ducks in the Harris Poll.

Oregon is third in the BCS standings (.899), followed by Kansas State (.896), Notre Dame (.877), LSU (.752), South Carolina (.683), Oregon State (.681), Oklahoma (.666) and USC (.596).

Georgia (5-1, 3-1) is 11th in the BCS at .498. The Bulldogs are ranked 12th in the coaches poll and Harris Poll. The Bulldogs? computer average was 17th.

Florida State (6-1, 3-1) is ranked 14th in the BCS. The Seminoles are 10th in the coaches poll and eighth in the Harris Poll but did not receive much support from the computers. FSU?s computer average is 28th, and the team wasn?t ranked in the top 25 in five of the six computers used in the BCS.

The Associated Press Poll does not factor into the BCS standings.

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Source: http://jacksonville.com/sports/2012-10-15/story/florida-second-bcs

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