Bccajun
11/30/2008, 11:09 AM
http://www.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270202/11985898
Oklahoma has the early advantage in its Sunday BCS showdown with Texas. It is a significant one.
The Sooners moved past Texas in the Sagarin Rankings, one of six computers used to determine the BCS standings. Jeff Sagarin was the first of the computer masters to post their updated rankings. Oklahoma moved from No. 4 to No. 1 in Sagarin while Texas dropped from No. 1 to No. 2.
What does that mean? Plenty. OU has a .0150 of a point lead over Texas now in Jerry Palm's CollegeBCS.com BCS standings estimate posted early Sunday. Texas came into Saturday with a .0084 lead over Oklahoma in the official BCS standings. The highest ranked team of the two in Sunday's BCS standings will play in the Big 12 championship game against Missouri on Saturday.
Win that and either Oklahoma or Texas could play for the national championship against the Alabama/Florida winner in the SEC championship game.
There is still a long way to go Sunday but momentum seems to be building behind the Sooners who made their final regular-season statement in a 61-41 over No. 11 Oklahoma State. BCSguru.com, another website dedicated to BCS analysis but with no input into the system, projected Sunday that Oklahoma would finish ahead of Texas.
Still to weigh in, the five other computer indexes and the two human polls that comprise the BCS -- the Harris and coaches polls.
Here is a very preliminary look by Palm at the top five posted on his site Sunday morning.
1. Alabama, .9839
2. Oklahoma, .9325
3. Texas, .9175
4. Florida, .8988
5. USC, .8107
Breakdown of the Big 12 South three-way tie as of Sunday morning:
Oklahoma has the early advantage in its Sunday BCS showdown with Texas. It is a significant one.
The Sooners moved past Texas in the Sagarin Rankings, one of six computers used to determine the BCS standings. Jeff Sagarin was the first of the computer masters to post their updated rankings. Oklahoma moved from No. 4 to No. 1 in Sagarin while Texas dropped from No. 1 to No. 2.
What does that mean? Plenty. OU has a .0150 of a point lead over Texas now in Jerry Palm's CollegeBCS.com BCS standings estimate posted early Sunday. Texas came into Saturday with a .0084 lead over Oklahoma in the official BCS standings. The highest ranked team of the two in Sunday's BCS standings will play in the Big 12 championship game against Missouri on Saturday.
Win that and either Oklahoma or Texas could play for the national championship against the Alabama/Florida winner in the SEC championship game.
There is still a long way to go Sunday but momentum seems to be building behind the Sooners who made their final regular-season statement in a 61-41 over No. 11 Oklahoma State. BCSguru.com, another website dedicated to BCS analysis but with no input into the system, projected Sunday that Oklahoma would finish ahead of Texas.
Still to weigh in, the five other computer indexes and the two human polls that comprise the BCS -- the Harris and coaches polls.
Here is a very preliminary look by Palm at the top five posted on his site Sunday morning.
1. Alabama, .9839
2. Oklahoma, .9325
3. Texas, .9175
4. Florida, .8988
5. USC, .8107
Breakdown of the Big 12 South three-way tie as of Sunday morning: