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SPORTS 7
THE BATTALION Tuesday, November 11, 2003
TCU finds itself in position
for possible BCS bowl bid
By Josh Dubow
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TCU moved a big step closer
to busting up the BCS.
The Homed Frogs jumped up
to sixth place in the Bowl
Championship Series standings
Monday, the highest ranking ever
for an outsider to the system.
“We understand those
things are in the hands of other
people,” TCU coach Gary
Patterson said. “We feel privi
leged to be where we’re at. We
really appreciate the respect
around the country.”
TCU needs to remain in the
top six to guarantee a bid to one
of the four most lucrative bowls.
Oklahoma remained the run
away leader in the standings that
will determine which two teams
will play for the national cham
pionship in the Sugar Bowl.
The Sooners (10-0) are No. 1
in both polls and the seven com
puters used in the BCS.
Southern California leads the
three one-loss teams hoping to
challenge Oklahoma for the title,
followed by Ohio State and LSU.
The formula uses the AP
media and USA Today/ESPN
coaches’ polls, seven computer
rankings, strength of schedule,
losses and a bonus-point system
for quality wins.
The Sooners have a 1.0 for
poll average, 1.0 for computer-
rank average, 0.28 for strength of
schedule, zero for losses and 0.6
bonus points for beating fifth-
place Texas for a 1.68.
USC was second with 6.27
points, followed by Ohio State at
7.73 and LSU at 13.17.
“With all this BCS and rank
ing stuff I really don’t even know
how they figure it out or how
they come up with it,” LSU
defensive end Marcus Spears
said. “For us it’s just beat
Alabama, Ole Miss and
Arkansas and that’s what we’re
focused on.”
The Buckeyes could pass
the Trojans for the No. 2 spot
even if neither team loses
because of their tougher sched
ule down the stretch.
Ohio State finishes the season
against No. 11 Purdue and No. 5
Michigan, while USC has games
left against Arizona, UCLA and
Oregon State — who have a
combined record of 14-15.
The BCS was started five
years ago to create a national
title game without playoffs.
Champions of six conferences
— the ACC, Big East, Big Ten,
Big 12, Pac-10 and SEC —
qualify for a BCS game, and two
at-large teams are selected to fill
out the field.
No team from the five other
Division I-A conferences —
Conference USA, the Mid
American, Mountain West, Sun
Belt and Western Athletic — has
earned that berth.
The Horned Frogs will be eli
gible if they finish in the top 12
and will clinch a spot by being in
the top six.
“A lot of teams have won all
their ballgames, a lot of teams
win their conference. But very
few times are you able to do
something to make history,”
Patterson said. “We have a
chance to do that.”
However, even if they win out
they could drop because of their
weak schedule, ranked 87th
among the 117 teams.
There has been pressure from
schools outside the big six con
ferences to improve access to the
BCS bowls — Orange, Sugar,
Fiesta and Rose.
TCU, a member of
Conference USA, hopes that
helps its cause.
“The story stands on its
own,” Conference USA com
missioner Britton Banowsky
said. “They have a great football
team. If they remain undefeated
they will be an unbelievably
strong candidate. I will do any
thing I possibly can to assure
they get maximum consideration
for BCS participation.”
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USC
6.27
3
Ohio State
7.73
4
LSU
13.17
5
Texas
17.05
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TCU
17.65
7
Tennessee
18.32
8
Michigan
19.29
9
Georgia
20.27
10
Washington
State
20.49
11
Purdue
24.64
12
Miami (Fla.)
27.93
13
Florida State
28.95
14
Florida
32.10
15
Virginia Tech 34.13
Ruben DeLuna • THE BAIT ALIGN
In the other noteworthy
development, Tennessee moved
past Georgia into seventh place.
The Bulldogs are ninth and
Florida was 14th.
If the three teams finished
tied for first in the SEC East, the
highest-ranked team in the BCS
would play in the conference
title game. However, if the sec
ond-place team is within five
places and won the head-to-head
matchup, it would get the bid.
That puts Georgia in the best
position because of its win at
Tennessee earlier this year.
The other teams in the top 10
are eighth-place Michigan and
lOth-place Washington State.
The BCS standings will be
released each week for the
remainder of the season.
The seven computer rank
ings are operated by Anderson
& Hester, Billingsley, Colley
Matrix, Kenneth Massey, The
New York Times, Jeff
Sagarin’s USA Today and
Peter Wolfe.
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SPORTS IN BRIEF
Aggie soccer team
to host first two
rounds of NCAA’s
The Texas A&M women’s soc
cer team will be one of 16 hosts
for the first and second rounds of
the NCAA Championship
Tournament to be played this
Friday and Sunday.
The Aggies enter the tourna
ment as an at-large selection
from the Big 12 Conference with
a record of 12-5-1.
“We are excited about playing at
home in front of our great fans,"
said A&M coach G Guerrieri. “We
know that our bracket is difficult,
but we are thankful to have the
opportunity to play for a national
championship."
The Aggies face Western
Athletic Conference Tournament
Champion SMU (17-3-1) in
the first round. Kickoff is set
for 7:30 p.m. at the Aggie
Soccer Complex.
Duke (13-6-1), an at-large
selection from the Atlantic Coast
Conference and the tourna
ment's No. 12 seed, will face
Southland Conference
Tournament Champion Stephen
F. Austin in the other first round
game at 5 p.m.
The winners of first-round
action will play on Sunday with
kickoff scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
The Aggies are one of eight Big
12 teams to advance to the
NCAA Tournament.
This will be the Aggies’ ninth
consecutive appearance in the
NCAA Women’s Cup.
Last season, the Aggies
advanced to the Elite Eight
before falling to eventual national
champion, North Carolina.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2003
Game 1: Stephen F. Austin vs.
Duke * 5:00 p.m.
Game 2: Southern Methodist
vs. Texas A&M * 7:30 p.m.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003
Game 3: Winner Game 1 vs.
Winner Game 2 * 1:30 p.m.
TICKET INFORMATION:
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Volleyball team
moves up to No. 18
in new rankings
Texas A&M jumped three spots
to No. 18 in the USA
Today/American Volleyball
Coaches Association Division I
Coaches Top 25 Poll, released
Monday by the AVCA.
The ranking is the Aggies’ high
est since a No. 17 showing on
Sept. 16, 2002.
The Aggies (18-6, 10-4 Big 12),
who had been ranked No. 21 for
the past three weeks, made the
jump after going 1-1 last week,
falling to No. 10 Nebraska and
then defeating Oklahoma.
The top five remained
unchanged with defending nation
al champion USC ranked No. 1,
followed by Hawaii, Florida,
Pepperdine and Kansas State.
In addition to A&M and Kansas
State, the Big 12 Conference
also is represented by No. 10
Nebraska. Missouri, which was
ranked No. 25 last week,
dropped out of the poll after los
ing its fourth consecutive match
but is receiving points and is list
ed 33rd.
A&M, which is in third place in
the Big 12 standings, returns to
action Wednesday as the Aggies
face Colorado in Boulder. Match
time is 8 p.m. (CST) at the
Coors Events Center. A&M
defeated the Buffaloes in five
games earlier this season. It
marked the third time in the last
four meetings that the match
has gone five games.
OU’s White among
Big 12 players of
the week
DALLAS (AP) - Jason White of
Oklahoma, Nebraska’s Demorrio
Williams and Robert Quiroga of
Baylor were named Big 12 play
ers of the week Monday.
White threw for 263 yards and
five touchdowns in the first half of
Oklahoma’s 77-0 win over Texas
A&M. He completed his first 14
passes and finished 16-of-18. His
touchdown passes were 40, 42,
7, 28 and 12 yards.
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