Week #13 BCS Standings, Jerry Palm's Bowl Predictions, and Today's News Links

Today's News Links:  

Ohio State head football coach Urban Meyer criticized the BCS as a "flawed system."  Full story here.

Today's New York Times has an article about interim head football coach Ed Orgeron and his role in revitalizing the USC Trojans football program.  Full story here.

Washington State has extended head football coach Mike Leach's contract through 2018.  Full story here.

Missouri has listed James Franklin as starting Quarterback for its upcoming game against Ole Miss this weekend.   Full story here.



FULL BCS STANDINGS - WEEK #13

A team's BCS ranking is determined by averaging the percentage totals from three components:  The USA Today Coaches Poll, the Harris Poll, and the six computer rankings.

BCS		Harris Poll			USA Today			Computer Rankings
RK	TEAM	AVG	PVS	RK	PTS	%	RK	PTS	%	AVG	A&H	RB	CM	KM	JS	PW	%
1	Alabama	.9914	1	1	2620	.9981	1	1544	.9961	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	.980
2	Florida State	.9661	2	2	2517	.9589	2	1487	.9594	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	.980
3	Ohio State	.8869	3	3	2375	.9048	3	1404	.9058	5	4	3	4	6	5	7	.850
4	Baylor	.8856	5	4	2343	.8926	4	1386	.8942	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	.870
5	Oregon	.7917	6	5	2102	.8008	5	1231	.7942	6	6	4	9	5	10	6	.780
6	Auburn	.7860	7	7	1967	.7493	7	1145	.7387	3	5	7	3	3	6	3	.870
7	Clemson	.7681	8	6	2019	.7691	6	1217	.7852	7	9	6	6	8	12	5	.750
8	Missouri	.7231	9	8	1919	.7310	8	1129	.7284	8	7	11	7	9	9	8	.710
9	Stanford	.6238	4	11	1584	.6034	12	865	.5581	8	8	8	8	7	11	9	.710
10	Oklahoma State	.5890	12	9	1660	.6324	9	1030	.6645	14	12	12	15	20	8	18	.470
11	South Carolina	.5883	10	12	1459	.5558	11	882	.5690	10	10	9	11	11	7	10	.640
12	Texas A&M	.5394	11	10	1626	.6194	10	928	.5987	17	16	18	16	13	19	14	.400
13	Michigan State	.4646	16	13	1269	.4834	13	729	.4703	15	14	16	14	15	16	15	.440
14	UCLA	.4615	13	15	1110	.4229	14	700	.4516	13	13	13	17	12	15	12	.510
15	Fresno State	.4134	14	14	1126	.4290	16	622	.4013	16	18	19	13	25	13	13	.410
16	Northern Illinois	.3729	15	18	864	.3291	21	418	.2697	12	21	10	12	14	3	16	.520
17	Arizona State	.3414	19	22	570	.2171	22	352	.2271	11	11	22	10	10	14	11	.580
18	UCF	.3033	17	20	793	.3021	20	446	.2877	18	20	14	18	22	17	17	.320
19	Wisconsin	.2907	22	19	794	.3025	17	511	.3297	20	19	24	21	18	20	20	.240
20	Oklahoma	.2760	18	21	746	.2842	18	502	.3239	21	15	17	19	23	24	23	.220
21	Louisville	.2664	20	16	1010	.3848	15	627	.4045	26	NR	15	25	NR	NR	NR	.010
22	LSU	.2645	21	17	880	.3352	19	478	.3084	23	NR	21	NR	17	21	21	.150
23	USC	.1070	NR	23	202	.0770	25	115	.0742	22	17	23	20	21	23	24	.170
24	Ole Miss	.1048	NR	NR	110	.0419	NR	35	.0226	19	22	20	24	16	18	19	.250
25	Minnesota	.0604	NR	25	183	.0697	23	173	.1116	28	NR	NR	23	NR	NR	NR	.000

JERRY PALM'S CURRENT BOWL PROJECTIONS

Mr. Palm's analysis of his BCS selections can be found at his website via CBS Sports.

BCS Games
Bowl	Date	Location	Matchup	Prediction
BCS Title Game	Jan. 6	Pasadena, Calif..	BCS vs BCS	Alabama vs. Florida State
Orange	Jan. 3	Miami, Fla.	ACC/BCS vs BCS	Clemson vs. Wisconsin
Sugar	Jan. 2	New Orleans, La.	SEC/BCS vs BCS	Auburn vs. UCF
Fiesta	Jan. 1	Glendale, Ariz.	Big 12/BCS vs BCS	Baylor vs. Fresno State
Rose	Jan. 1	Pasadena, Calif.	Big Ten/BCS vs Pac-12/BCS	Ohio State vs. Oregon
Non-BCS Games
Bowl	Date	Location	Matchup	Prediction
GoDaddy.com	Jan. 5	Mobile, Ala.	MAC vs. Sun Belt No. 2	N. Illinois vs. W. Kentucky
BBVA Compass	Jan. 4	Birmingham, Ala.	SEC No. 8/9 vs. American No. 5/C-USA	Vanderbilt vs. Cincinnati
Cotton	Jan. 3	Arlington, Tex.	Big 12 No. 2 vs. SEC	Oklahoma State vs. LSU
Outback	Jan. 1	Tampa, Fla.	Big Ten No. 3 vs. SEC	Nebraska vs. South Carolina
Capital One	Jan. 1	Orlando, Fla.	Big Ten No. 2 vs. SEC No. 2	Michigan State vs. Texas A&M
Heart of Dallas	Jan. 1	Dallas, Tex.	Big Ten No. 7 vs. C-USA	Boston College* vs. Rice
Gator	Jan. 1	Jacksonville, Fla.	Big Ten No. 4/5 vs. SEC No. 6	Minnesota vs. Ole Miss
Chick-fil-A	Dec. 31	Atlanta, Ga.	ACC No. 2 vs. SEC No. 5	Miami (FL) vs. Missouri
Liberty	Dec. 31	Memphis, Tenn.	C-USA No. 1 vs. American/SEC No. 8/9	Marshall vs. Tennessee
Sun	Dec. 31	El Paso, Tex.	ACC No. 4 vs. Pac-12 No. 4	North Carolina vs. UCLA
Independence	Dec. 31	Shreveport, La.	SEC No. 10 vs. ACC No. 7	Arizona* vs. Georgia Tech
Holiday	Dec. 30	San Diego, Calif.	Pac-12 No. 3 vs. Big 12 No. 5	Arizona State vs. Texas
Alamo	Dec. 30	San Antonio, Tex.	Big 12 No. 3 vs. Pac-12 No. 2	Oklahoma vs. Stanford
Music City	Dec. 30	Nashville, Tenn.	ACC No. 6 vs. SEC No. 7	Syracuse vs. Georgia
Armed Forces	Dec. 30	Fort Worth, Tex.	MWC vs. Navy	San Diego State vs. Navy
Buffalo Wild Wings	Dec. 28	Phoenix, Ariz.	Big 12 No. 4 vs. Big Ten No. 4/5	Texas Tech vs. Michigan
Russell Athletic	Dec. 28	Orlando, Fla.	American No. 2 vs. ACC No. 3	Louisville vs. Virginia Tech
Belk	Dec. 28	Charlotte, N.C.	American No. 3 vs. ACC No. 5	Houston vs. Duke
Pinstripe	Dec. 28	New York, N.Y.	Big 12 No. 7 vs. American No. 4	Notre Dame* vs. Rutgers
Fight Hunger	Dec. 27	San Francisco, Calif.	Pac-12 No. 6 vs. BYU	Washington vs. BYU
Texas	Dec. 27	Houston, Tex.	Big 12 No. 6 vs. Big Ten No. 6	Kansas State vs. Iowa
Military	Dec. 27	Washington, D.C.	ACC No. 8 vs. C-USA	Maryland vs. North Texas
Poinsettia	Dec. 26	San Diego, Calif.	MWC No. 2 vs. Army	Utah State vs. Buffalo*
Little Caesars	Dec. 26	Detroit, Mich.	MAC vs. Big Ten No. 8	Ball State vs. Wash. State*
Hawaii	Dec. 24	Honolulu, Hawaii	MWC vs. C-USA	Colorado State vs. Middle Tenn.
Beef O'Brady's	Dec. 23	St. Petersburg, Fla.	American No. 6 vs. C-USA	Toledo* vs. East Carolina
New Orleans	Dec. 21	New Orleans, La.	Sun Belt No. 1 vs. C-USA	La.-Lafayette vs. Tulane
Famous Idaho Potato	Dec. 21	Boise, Idaho	MAC No. 3 vs. MWC	Bowling Green vs. Ark. State*
Las Vegas	Dec. 21	Las Vegas, Nev.	MWC No. 1 vs. Pac-12 No. 5	Boise State vs. USC
New Mexico	Dec. 21	Albuquerque, N.M.	MWC No. 4/5 vs. Pac-12 No. 7	San Jose State vs. Oregon State

* - Replacement team. All games are on ESPN, except for the Sun (CBS), Cotton (FOX), Heart of Dallas (ESPNU) and Gator (ESPN2). If Army is bowl-eligible, it will play in the Poinsettia Bowl. If Navy is bowl-eligible, it will play in the Armed Forces Bowl. If BYU is bowl-eligible, it will play in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl.