2 of 8 BCS polls are in-ESPN Projects Nebraska in Rose Bowl if Tennessee Vols Lose

College BCS.com ^ | Jeff Sagarin 1970 MIT graduate, founder Sagarin USA Today ratings

[codebreaker]

ESPN says that Tennessee will be #2 tomorrow according to their computer projections, Nebraska will be #3.

Sagarin just reported his ratings, should have a total of 6 ratings from each region by tonight.

The last 2 will report by 2PM EST tomorrow afternoon.

[codebreaker]

Go to the left side to 'BCS' for the updates all through the night.

[OKSooner]

Please elaborate. If Nebraska is #3 how will they be in the Rose Bowl?

[John H K]

They will be in the Rose Bowl if Tennessee loses to LSU in the SEC championship game.

[ozzie]

If Vols lose next week.........NU is 2.

[codebreaker]

The margin between Oregon and Nebraska must not be very big for #3

[kwyjibo]

That sound you hear coming from the middle of the country is the OU football team kicking itself in the @$$ for losing to the lowly OSU Cowboys.

[jbstrick]

Tell me about it. I almost cried last night hearing myself Cheering for CU in the Big 12 Championship.

[Terry Mross]

If Applewhite had been in for the entire game instead of Simms Texas would be there. I've never understood benching the Major for Simms. Must be because of who his daddy is.

[OKSooner]

The story making the rounds is that the Memorial Stadium renovation is now ahead of schedule. It seems 71,000 bricks materialized in the stands out of nowhere...

[TN4Liberty]

Let's not give Florida to Gore yet. Nothing is certain, but I kinda like Tennessee's chances against LSU next week. Then 3rd place doesn't matter.

[Chesterbelloc]

Followed the links to Sagarin's current ratings. Here they are:

College Football 2001 thru games of Saturday, December 1
                                RATING    W   L  
   1  Miami-Florida        A  = 103.04   11   0
   2  Florida              A  =  96.56    9   2
   3  Nebraska             A  =  94.99   11   1
   4  Texas                A  =  94.83   10   2
   5  Tennessee            A  =  92.31   10   1
   6  Colorado             A  =  91.30   10   2
   7  Oklahoma             A  =  91.02   10   2
   8  Oregon               A  =  90.77   10   1
   9  Stanford             A  =  88.22    9   2
  10  Washington St.       A  =  87.73    9   2

I'd really be interested in seeing how his program calculates these.

[backtobasics]

18 point underdogs. Playing in the swamp. 3 turnovers. Who would have thunk it.

VOLS 34

Florida and the referees 32

[looscannon]

The Big 12 Champ, Colorado, is rated behind the two teams it beat to win the Championship. Some poll that is. Shows you the value of declaring a national champion on the basis of polls.