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UC still 5th, Ohio State moves up in BCS standings

Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly, right, walks with quarterback Tony Pike, left, after Cincinnati beat Illinois 49-36 in an NCAA college football game, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 in Cincinnati.

AP Photo Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly, right, walks with quarterback Tony Pike, left, after Cincinnati beat Illinois 49-36 in an NCAA college football game, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 in Cincinnati.

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By RALPH D. RUSSO, The Associated Press Updated 10:49 AM Monday, November 30, 2009

NEW YORK — After a weekend when all the national championship contenders stayed undefeated, the BCS standings were unchanged.

Florida was first, Alabama second and Texas third Sunday.

The Gators will play in the Southeastern Conferencechampionship Saturday for one spot in the BCS national title game. The Longhorns can earn the other spot with a victory against Nebraska in the Big 12 title game.

The BCS bids go out Sunday, Dec. 6.

Hoping for a Texas loss are fourth-place TCU, which finished its regular-season 12-0, and fifth-place Cincinnati (12-0), which can boost it's ranking by beating Pittsburgh for the Big East championship.

Sixth-place Boise State (12-0) will be rooting for Texas. The Broncos play New Mexico State and likely need the Longhorns to win to ensure themselves an at-large BCS berth.

Florida had an easy time running its record to 12-0, beating rival Florida State 37-10 on Saturday.

Earlier in the week, Alabama and Texas had to struggle to get to 12-0. The Crimson Tide rallied late to beat Auburn 26-21 and the Longhorns won a wild 49-39 game against Texas A&M.

Now all three are a victory away from a date in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 7 with the national championship on the line.

It's practically a repeat of last season's championship weekend, when Florida and Alabama played what amounted to a national semifinal in Atlanta and Oklahoma needed to win the Big 12 title to advance to the national championship game.

The Gators and Sooners ended up in the national championship game, with Florida winning its second title in three seasons.

If Texas losses at Cowboys Stadium to Nebraska, expect a furious debate about who should play in the national title game against the SEC champion.

TCU (.8689) and Cincinnati (.8547) are virtually tied in the standings. The Horned Frogs are ahead of the Bearcats in the two polls, but Cincinnati has a stronger computer rating.

Beating Pittsburgh could push the Bearcats past TCU and put them in position to take advantage of a Texas loss and slip into the national title game.

That is, unless the loser of the SEC championship game doesn't stay ahead of the pack and set up a rematch between Florida and Alabama in Pasadena, Calif.

There has never been a regular-season rematch in the BCS title game nor a matchup of teams in the same conference.

In 2006, Florida leaped past Michigan in the final BCS standings to prevent a rematch of Ohio State-Michigan in the national title game. The Gators went on to beat the Buckeyes and win their first title under coach Urban Meyer.

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Its ok Buckeye fans. Lets give the Bearcat fans a break. After all, Saturday they lose their coach. In the Sugar Bowl they will need to add a 3rd number to Flordia's scoreboard. Then its back to a middle of the pack Little East team. Let them have their sunshine now. Its just about to set.

Scott
9:30 PM, 12/7/2009

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I can see vest is showing his intelligence yet again, it's funny how losers like you and capt oblivious continually move the goalposts each and every time time your lack of logic is shown to be nothing but ignorance, maybe you should stick with crayons and coloring paper.

MedBuck
5:30 PM, 12/7/2009

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cinci fans say goodbye and so long to your coach. See ya in the toilet bowl next year.

bob stoops
4:26 PM, 12/7/2009

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chitown buck if the dribble you post is true, then accept the fact that the Miami-OSU nc game which took 3 ot's and a horrible call by the ref was a fluke and nothing but luck.

vest
4:24 PM, 12/7/2009

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What a joke.

Billy
5:17 PM, 12/5/2009

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