Final 2007 BCS Rankings
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Harris USA Today BCS School Rnk Pts Pct. Rnk Pts Pct. A&H RB 1 Ohio State 1 2813 .9870 1 1469 .9793 25 25 2 LSU 2 2630 .9228 2 1418 .9453 21 24 3 Virginia Tech 6 2345 .8228 5 1242 .8280 22 22 4 Oklahoma 3 2520 .8842 3 1331 .8873 18 21 5 Georgia 4 2469 .8663 4 1277 .8513 20 17 6 Missouri 7 2117 .7428 7 1104 .7360 24 16 7 USC 5 2346 .8232 6 1227 .8180 17 23 8 Kansas 8 2092 .7340 8 1099 .7327 23 20 9 West Virginia 9 1924 .6751 9 1010 .6733 16 15 10 Hawaii 10 1903 .6677 10 994 .6627 14 18 11 Arizona State 12 1628 .5712 11 900 .6000 19 19 12 Florida 11 1786 .6267 12 890 .5933 15 14 13 Illinois 13 1400 .4912 13 747 .4980 13 13 14 Boston College 14 1124 .3944 14 617 .4113 12 12 15 Clemson 16 1041 .3653 16 567 .3780 7 3 16 Tennessee 19 870 .3053 18 480 .3200 11 6 17 BYU 18 912 .3200 19 462 .3080 8 7 18 Wisconsin 15 1079 .3786 15 594 .3960 3 11 19 Texas 17 983 .3449 17 498 .3320 5 0 20 Virginia 21 551 .1933 20 332 .2213 6 2 21 South Florida 24 362 .1270 25 115 .0767 10 0 22 Cincinnati 20 580 .2035 23 215 .1433 1 5 23 Auburn 23 448 .1572 21 289 .1927 2 0 24 Boise State 22 541 .1898 22 246 .1640 0 10 25 UConn 29 52 .0182 T-28 23 .0153 0 8
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No. TEAM REC 1. USC (62) 2-0 2. Oklahoma 3-0 3. Georgia (2) 4-0 4. Florida (1) 3-0 5. LSU 3-0 6. Missouri 4-0 7. Texas 3-0 8. Alabama 4-0 9. Wisconsin 3-0 10. Texas Tech 4-0 11. Brigham Young 4-0 12. Penn State 4-0 13. South Florida 4-0 14. Ohio State 3-1 15. Auburn 3-1 16. Wake Forest 3-0 17. Utah 4-0 18. Kansas 3-1 19. Boise State 3-0 20. Clemson 3-1 21. Vanderbilt 4-0 22. Illinois 2-1 23. East Carolina 3-1 24. TCU 4-0 25. Fresno State 2-1
PTS PVS 1621 1 1484 2 1475 3 1442 4 1363 6 1360 5 1174 7 1132 9 1091 8 962 11 919 14 891 16 798 12 790 13 785 10 711 18 574 20 555 19 363 NR 300 23 242 NR 224 22 201 15 117 NR 105 25
Others Receiving Votes Oregon 100, Oklahoma State 98, Virginia Tech 63, Colorado 39, Nebraska 32, Connecticut 26, Tulsa 19, Miami (FL) 17, Michigan State 14, Georgia Tech 8, Kentucky 7, Northwestern 7, Ball State 6, South Carolina 3, West Virginia 2, Florida State 2, North Carolina 2, Minnesota 1.
C omputer CM KM JS PW 21 23 22 21 25 24 24 23 24 25 25 25 18 18 23 24 23 22 19 19 22 21 20 22 14 14 17 17 16 20 21 20 20 13 15 18 12 16 18 13 17 17 13 16 19 19 14 14 7 9 8 9 15 15 16 15 11 12 12 11 9 11 9 5 10 2 3 10 0 5 0 2 4 0 0 4 8 7 10 8 13 10 11 12 6 4 4 6 2 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 7
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Week 4
TEAM REC USC (56) 2-0 Oklahoma (2) 3-0 Georgia (2) 4-0 Florida (1) 3-0 Missouri 4-0 LSU 3-0 Texas 3-0 Wisconsin 3-0 Texas Tech 4-0 Alabama 4-0 Brigham Young 4-0 Penn State 4-0 Ohio State 3-1 South Florida 4-0 Wake Forest 3-0 Auburn 3-1 Utah 4-0 Kansas 3-1 Clemson 3-1 Boise State 3-0 Illinois 2-1 Oregon 3-1 TCU 4-0 Fresno State 2-1 Vanderbilt 4-0
PTS PVS 1517 1 1424 2 1388 3 1345 4 1284 5 1247 6 1143 7 1041 8 944 10 939 13 931 11 818 15 744 14 721 16 678 18 650 9 528 20 506 19 378 21 265 NR 233 23 174 12 151 NR 117 NR 103 NR
Others Receiving Votes East Carolina 88, Nebraska 83, Oklahoma State 55, Connecticut 54, Virginia Tech 47, Michigan State 37, Kentucky 36, Colorado 30, Northwestern 21, Tulsa 17, Ball State 16, Arizona State 11, California 9, Minnesota 8, Purdue 8, West Virginia 7, Miami (FL) 7, Georgia Tech 7, Cincinnati 6, Maryland 6, Louisville 3.
Pct. Rnk .910 3 .950 2 .960 1 .800 T-6 .800 T-6 .850 4 .650 9 .810 5 .640 10 .610 12 .690 8 .620 11 .390 16 .570 13 .410 15 .350 17 .280 19 .100 24 .080 25 .290 18 .430 14 .190 T-20 .120 23 .000 NR .190 T-20
Avg. Pvs .9588 3 .9394 7 .8703 6 .8572 9 .8392 4 .7763 1 .7637 8 .7589 5 .6628 2 .6468 12 .6204 13 .6133 10 .4597 15 .4586 11 .3844 16 .3251 14 .3027 19 .2915 18 .2523 20 .2349 22 .2112 21 .1789 23 .1566 24 .1179 25 .0745 NR
LFCA Poll No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
Week 4
TEAM REC USC (18) 2-0 Oklahoma 3-0 Georgia 4-0 Florida 3-0 Missouri 4-0 LSU 3-0 Alabama 4-0 Texas 3-0 Penn State 4-0 Wisconsin 3-0 Brigham Young 4-0 Texas Tech 4-0 Ohio State 3-1 Wake Forest 3-0 Auburn 3-1 South Florida 4-0 Utah 4-0 Kansas 3-1 Illinois 2-1 Boise State 3-0 Nebraska 3-0 Clemson 3-1 East Carolina 3-1 Oregon 3-1 Georgia Tech 3-1
PTS PVS 450 1 431 2 406 3 395 5 379 4 366 6 337 8 321 7 290 10 287 9 279 12 232 14 220 11 207 18 191 15 182 16 176 19 128 20 88 23 62 NR 61 25 60 NR 42 17 39 13 33 NR
Others Receiving Votes Vanderbilt 25, Virginia Tech 25, Connecticut 21, Fresno State 16, Michigan State 16, Oklahoma State 16, TCU 14, Tulsa 10, Minnesota 10, Kentucky 9, Northwestern 7, North Carolina 3, Arizona State 3, California 3, Colorado 1, Boston College 1, Florida State 1.
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