New BCS Standings

[Cerebus]

46. ECU

50. Tulane

51. North Texas

52. Rice

76. MT

80. Marshall

85. WKU

93. FAU

105. Tulsa

107. Louisiana Tech

108. UAB

115. FIU

120. UTEP

121. USM

999. UTSA

[NorthTexan95]

You beat my post by a minute.

[Cerebus]

You beat my post by a minute.

I internet harder than you.

[UNT90]

999. UTSA

Way too high.

But on a much more serious note, does anyone remember UNT's highest BCS ranking during the New Orleans bowl years? Did we ever make it into the 40s? Does anyone know our highest rank ever achieved in the history of this crappy BCS thing?

[Cerebus]

But on a much more serious note, does anyone remember UNT's highest BCS ranking during the New Orleans bowl years? Did we ever make it into the 40s? Does anyone know our highest rank ever achieved in the history of this crappy BCS thing?

If I remember correctly the BCS rankings only released a top 25 at the time. I don't think complete listings were made available until later.

However, I remember that at the end of the 2003 season most computer rankings had us in the low 40s, so likely our BCS ranking was there also.

[Greenrex]

I don't know how these things are down but, this site has NT at 49.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/rankings/bcs

[ChristopherRyanWilkes]

I don't know how these things are down but, this site has NT at 49.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/rankings/bcs

Our stock is raising by the minute!

[FirefightnRick]

I thought we got to 38th in the Massey rankings at one point during the bowl years... Could be wrong?

I believe we were ranked in the top 25 during the Fry years... 16th maybe?

Rick

[KingDL1]

I thought we got to 38th in the Massey rankings at one point during the bowl years... Could be wrong?

I believe we were ranked in the top 25 during the Fry years... 16th maybe?

Rick

Rick I was thinking 38 as well, glad you said it.

[TheColonyEagle]

The last few weeks of the season are going to be FUN.

[EagleGreen]

We are #49 and Tulane #57. Now we must win 3

[El Paso Eagle]

The last few weeks of the season are going to be FUN.

The problem will be even if we win out our BCS ranking could drop due to the strength of the last 3 teams we play.

[KingDL1]

The problem will be even if we win out our BCS ranking could drop due to the strength of the last 3 teams we play.

Then we better stomp them in the ground and run up the score.

[CMJ]

Then we better stomp them in the ground and run up the score.

I don't think the computers are supposed to take point differential into their equations to prevent teams running up the score for no reason.

[KingDL1]

It would make me feel better

[GreenBat]

I don't think the computers are supposed to take point differential into their equations to prevent teams running up the score for no reason.

They don't but like they said on College Game Day yesterday morning. The human polls carry more weight.

If NT beats UTEP by 65, UTSA by 30 (would have been 70 like NT 90 said) and Tulsa by 55 (we owe those bastards an embarrassing loss), it might move up to around 40. But I don't care if NT wins everyone by 1, I'll be happy.

[ChristopherRyanWilkes]

Question from someone who just spent 30 minutes learning about how these rankings work.. Do the voters in coaches poll really rank all 125 teams or just top 25? Same question for Harris interactive. Is this really a 1/3 1/3 1/3 ranking or just an average(lowest and highest dropped) of our computer rankings?

[ChristopherRyanWilkes]

Or when they put in the calculation if you aren't in top 25 do they just put something like NR and so the only thing that counts is the computer ranking? If so how does getting say.. 1 coaches poll vote factor in?

[laxtonto]

only the top 25 of the Harris and Coaches. The rest is driven by the computers. That is why it would be real nice to see UNT get a voe for 25 by one of the Harris voters. It would push into the low 40's high 30's.

[ChristopherRyanWilkes]

So to put this in perspective LaLa has a 48 average computer but swung 5 coaches poll votes to put them at 32. The lowest ranked team to receive a vote from Harris or Coaches at 2 and 1 respectively is Arizona at 38.Basically the human factor is important even just getting a few votes.

[Got5onIt]

I seem to remember NT getting a couple of votes in the top 25 poll after the NO Bowl win over Cincinnati. That's the last time I can ever remember ever sniffing a vote in the coaches poll.

[jacksondf]

Where is TCU ?

[ChristopherRyanWilkes]

Which would make sense with what's been said on here that we were #38 that year. Basically getting votes seems to get you into the top 40 at least.

[laxtonto]

So to put this in perspective LaLa has a 48 average computer but swung 5 coaches poll votes to put them at 32. The lowest ranked team to receive a vote from Harris or Coaches at 2 and 1 respectively is Arizona at 38.Basically the human factor is important even just getting a few votes.

Human component is 2/3 and the computer composite average is 1/3.. We are in dire need of someone in the DFW area to throw us a bone at this point. That or one of the beat writers in Ohio wanting to prop up Ohio or Ball State

[ChristopherRyanWilkes]

So by BCS ranking if no one in CUSA gets any votes the tie breaker essentially goes by just the computer averages? If I understand correctly could receiving even 1 vote in the polls put us over every CUSA team for tie break or home field advantage if no one else receives votes?