FSU leaps ‘Canes in latest BCS standings
By Richard Rosenblatt
The Associated Press
Florida State jumped ahead of
Miami into second place in the
Bowl Championship Series stand
ings, moving the Florida State a gi
ant step closer to playing in a na
tional title game in the Orange
Bowl.
Florida State (11-1), who com
pleted its season with a 30-7 victo
ry against then-No. 4 Florida on
Saturday night, has a .51-point
lead over Miami (9-1) but was well
r
behind first-place Oklahoma in the
standings released Monday.
The Hurricanes (9-1), who beat
Florida State earlier this season,
also won convincingly, defeating
unranked Syracuse 26-0. But the
eight computer rankings used in
the standings to determine who
plays in a title game were more
impressed with Florida State’s
win.
For three weeks, Oklahoma, Mi
ami and Florida State have been
ranked 1-2-3 in the Associated
Press media poll and the USA To
dav/ESPN coaches’ poll.
11'Miami fails to get into the BCS
title game, the Hurricanes can still
become national champions in the
AP media poll, in which sports
writers and broadcasters vote inde
pendently of the BCS. The coach
es’ poll would automatically
crown the winner of the Orange
Bowl.
Though he’d be disappointed if
the Hurricanes didn’t play in the
Orange Bowl on Jan. 3, Miami
coach Butch Davis said: “We beat
the No. 1 and No. 2 teams [at the
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are bowl eligible. If we end up go
ing 11-1, we’ll have beaten some
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If Oklahoma (10-0) wins its final
two games, against Oklahoma
State on Saturday and Kansas State
in the Big 12 title game on Dec. 2,
Miami would have little chance to
overtake Florida State in the final
BCS standings Dec. 3. Miami clos
es its season on Saturday against
Boston College.
“On its own, it doesn’t look like
there’s anything Miami can do to
pass Florida State, maybe,” said
Jerry Palm of Chicago, who oper
ates a Web site that closely moni
tors the BCS standings. “Miami’s
best chance is to either have Okla
homa lose, or have Oklahoma do
well enough to regain some No. Is
it lost to Florida State in the com
puter this week.”
Asked if there was a certain
score by which Miami could beat
Boston College to pass Florida
State, Palm said: “There’s no an
swer to how much is enough. They
could win by 80 and that possibly
wouldn’t be enough.”
The BCS standings are based
on a formula that incorporates the
AP poll plus the coaches’ poll,
eight computer rankings, sched
ule strength and number of loss
es.
Oklahoma totaled 2.95 points
this week — 1 point for poll aver
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According to head coach Ernie Kent, freshman point guard Luke Ridnour ‘played like a
freshman’ in Oregon’s season opener, but he will continue to start.
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zle pieces together before the
Ducks take on tough opponents in
December. Kent pointed to re
bounding and defense as problems
before Friday’s season opener, but
then the Ducks out-rebounded
Mississippi Valley State 47-31 and
held them to just 36.1 percent
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shooting.
After the game, though, Kent
had new parts for his team to fix.
“We could have shot the ball a
little better from the free-throw
line, and we could have not turned
it over as much,” Kent said.
The Ducks will work on those
areas, among others, when they
face Denver in the Mile High City
at 6 p.m. PDT.
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