The Pac 10 is doing USC no favors in the first BCS ratings of 2008. Remember, the BCS ratings are comprised of 3 elements, each accounting for 1/3 of the Bowl Championship Series score.
Here's the Harris Poll
1. Texas
2. Alabama
3. Penn St.
4. Oklahoma
5. USC
6. Oklahoma St.
7. Georgia
8.. Texas Tech
9. Ohio St.
10. Florida
Here's the Coaches Poll
1. Texas
2. Alabama
3. Penn St.
4. USC
5. Oklahoma
6. Texas Tech
7. Florida
8. Oklahoma St.
9. Georgia
10. Ohio St.
Now, here is the order the an average of the 6 computer polls put the country's best college football teams.
1. Texas
2. Alabama
3. Oklahoma St.
4. Oklahoma
5. Ohio St.
6. Georgia
7. Penn St.
8. Utah
9. Boise St.
10. USC
This is where schedule strength is killing the Trojans. The reason they are #10 in the computer ratings is that the Pac 10 is awful. For USC to make the national title game, they need to run the table and for 3 of these 4 teams to lose.
Texas
October 25 - home to #6 Oklahoma St.
November 1 - @ #8 Texas Tech
November 8 - home to 3-4 Baylor
November 15 - @ #23 Kansas
November 27 - home to 2-5 Texas A&M
Big 12 Championship Game against Missouri, Kansas, Kansas St., Nebraska or Colorado
Alabama
October 25 - @ 3-4 Tennessee
November 1 - home to 4-3 Arkansas St.
November 8 - @ #13 LSU
November 15 - home to 2-5 Mississippi St.
November 29 - home to 4-3 Auburn
SEC Championship Game against Georgia, Florida or Vandy
Penn St.
October 25 - @ #9 Ohio St.
November 8 - @ 5-3 Iowa
November 15 - home to 2-5 Indiana
November 22 - home to 6-2 Michigan St.
Oklahoma
October 25 - @ 4-3 Kansas St.
November 1 - home to 4-3 Nebraska
November 8 - @ 2-5 TexasA&M
November 22 - @ #8 Texas Tech
November 29 - @ #6 Oklahoma St.
It's even possible for all 4 of them to lose and for USC to miss the BCS title game in the event that at least 2 of these teams run the table - Oklahoma St. or Texas Tech (they play each other), Georgia or Florida.
There's a long way to go, and the priority is for USC to stay focused and finish 11-1, but they clearly don't control their own destiny.
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