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For the second year in a row the Ohio State Buckeyes are the #1 team in the BCS and will play in the BCS National Championship. Also for the second year in a row, the Buckeyes will play the SEC Champions who come in as a controversial #2 in the BCS thanks to a final BCS rankings jump over teams below the previous week. Last year it was Florida surpassing Michigan to take the #2 sport and eventually beat the #1 Buckeyes for the National Championship. This season the LSU Tigers are the team in the #2 spot thanks to a jump from #7 to #2 in BCS after their 21-14 win over Tennessee in the SEC Championship yesterday.

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Ok, #2 West Virginia has lost. #9 Oklahoma is up 28-17 on #1 Missouri and about to add to their lead. #7 LSU beat #14 Tennessee 21-14, #8 USC beat UCLA, #6 Virginia Tech beat #11 Boston College.

So here is my Top 10:
1 - Ohio State - The nation’s best team? No. But the nation’s top-ranked team.
2 - USC - Playing great at the end of the season - may be the best team in the nation right now.
3 - Oklahoma - Dominating win over Missouri proves that had QB Sam Bradford not been knocked out in Texas Tech loss, OU would be playing in the BCS National Championship.
4 - Kansas - As one of two 1-loss teams it’s hard to keep Kansas out of the Top 2, but not only did Kansas not win their Conference, they didn’t even win their Division in the Big 12.
5 - Virginia Tech - Strong win over Boston College proves Virginia Tech should move up.
6 - LSU - Are they the 2nd-best team in the nation? Does 2 losses in Triple Overtime means LSU should be higher? This is a tough, tough call.
7 - Georgia - Sorry Georgia fans, but like Kansas, the Bulldogs didn’t win the SEC and came in 2nd in the SEC East.
8 - West Virginia - Big East Champs or not, WVU fumbled away their chance multiple times against a weak Pitt team.
9 - Florida - Tim Tebow gets the Heisman and Florida will be the highest-ranked SEC team NOT in a BCS Bowl game.
10 - Hawaii - Assuming they win in their late game tonight against Washington, Hawaii would be the nation’s only undefeated team. There is no respect or justice in Football Bowl Subdivision if you’re not in a BCS Conference.

The November 11th BCS Standings have been released and now feature 4 Big Ten football programs in the Top 25 rankings. After their 28-21 loss to Illinois on Saturday, the Ohio State Buckeyes continue to lead the Big Ten and will play Michigan for the Big Ten football championship next weekend, but the Buckeyes have dropped from #1 to #7 in the BCS standings. Illinois is the second-ranked Big Ten school coming in at #19 overall thanks to a strong computer score. Michigan comes in at #21 following a disappointing loss @ Wisconsin and the Badgers round out the Big Ten programs in the Top 25 of the BCS coming in at #25.

Penn State was the lone other Big Ten football team receiving Top 25 votes in the AP and USA Today rankings and was ranked as high as #22 by the coaches in the USA Today poll.

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The BCS rankings are out for Week #10 and three Big Ten teams continue to get mention in the Top 25. #1 Ohio State is no surprise as they are now 10-0 on the season and #12 Michigan has continued to climb with 8 straight wins to improve to 8-2 on the season. Penn State, fresh off a home win over Purdue, is the other Big Ten team to crack the BCS Top 25 as they come in at #23 with a 7-3 season record. Illinois, Wisconsin and Purdue are the only other Big Ten football teams that also received votes in either the AP or USA Today polls.

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2007 has been the year of the upset, and nobody has benefited more from these upsets than Ohio State. While Buckeye fans still laugh about the amazing Appalachian State upset of their arch-rival Michigan, the upsets pulled by Stanford over USC, Kentucky over LSU and others have been the upsets that should really be important to OSU fans.

The Big Ten has been no stranger to these upsets either. From big-name upsets like Appalachian State over Michigan to smaller upsets like Iowa over #18 Illinois, Illinois over Penn State and Wisconsin and more, Big Ten teams are currently beating each other up. As a result, he two teams left undefeated in Big Ten play are once again rivals Ohio State and Michigan. While Ohio State went 4-0 in non-conference play and are now #1 in every major poll, the Wolverines lost their first two games of the season to drop out of the Top 25 and just cracked the Top 25 again this week.

The Week #7 national rankings show both Michigan and Penn State as the only other Big Ten teams that are nationally ranked in the AP or USA Today polls with Michigan #24 in the AP Poll and Penn State #25 in the USA Today poll. Interestingly enough, Michigan comes in just one vote behind Penn State in the USA Today rankings at #26. Illinois and Wisconsin also received Top 25 votes this week, but both fell out of the Top 25 thanks to losses this past weekend.

Week #4 has come and gone and the weekly AP and USA Today polls have been updated with the latest rankings from the Associated Press and the Coaches. The Big Ten was well-represented yet again with 3 teams making the AP Top 25 and 4 teams making the USA Today Top 25.

Ohio State leads the way for the Big Ten coming in #8 in both polls while Wisconsin ranks one spot below at #9. Penn State, coming off their loss to Michigan, falls to #21 in the AP rankings and #19 in the USA Today poll. Michigan State is the lone other Top 25 member from the Big Ten ranking #23 in the USA Today poll and coming in 28th in voting in the AP rankings. Michigan received votes in both polls after evening their season record to 2-2 and Iowa received 3 votes from the coaches to show up in the USA Today rankings.

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Week #3 has come and gone, and three Big Ten teams remain not only in the Top 25, but in the Top 10. In the USA Today poll, Wisconsin ranks #7, Ohio State #9 and Penn State #10. Meanwhile, in the AP poll, Ohio State comes in at #8, Wisconsin #9 and Penn State #10. Also receiving votes this week were both Purdue and Michigan State in both polls.

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