Michigan State #7 in BCS

At #7, Michigan State is now the highest it has ever been ranked in the BCS. They are favored by a TD at Northwestern... The Cats are holding out hope thanks to a bye week last week, trying to rectify their mistakes in a 20-17 Big Ten opening loss to... gulp... Purdon't.

MSU in the BCS:

		BCS		Harris Poll			USA Today			Computer Rankings
RK	TEAM	AVG	PVS	RK	PTS	%	RK	PTS	%	AVG	A&H	RB	CM	KM	JS	PW	%
1	Oklahoma	.9215	NR	4	2486	.8800	3	1334	.9044	1	3	3	1	1	1	1	.980
2	Oregon	.8921	NR	1	2774	.9819	1	1452	.9844	8	9	7	9	8	2	11	.710
3	Boise State	.8898	NR	2	2685	.9504	2	1385	.9390	7	6	2	7	7	6	7	.780
4	Auburn	.8641	NR	5	2410	.8531	5	1238	.8393	3	2	8	3	5	4	2	.900
5	TCU	.8573	NR	3	2516	.8906	4	1300	.8814	5	7	5	6	6	7	5	.800
6	LSU	.8245	NR	6	2164	.7660	6	1132	.7675	2	1	1	2	4	8	3	.940
7	Michigan State	.7628	NR	8	1964	.6952	8	1037	.7031	4	4	12	4	3	3	4	.890
8	Alabama	.6654	NR	7	2092	.7405	7	1085	.7356	12	10	4	11	16	20	15	.520
9	Utah	.6540	NR	9	1925	.6814	9	1004	.6807	11	11	6	12	11	12	10	.600
10	Ohio State	.5726	NR	10	1761	.6234	10	936	.6346	14	16	14	13	21	14	14	.460
11	Missouri	.5491	NR	16	1196	.4234	16	640	.4339	6	5	0	5	2	9	6	.790
12	Stanford	.5374	NR	13	1455	.5150	14	689	.4671	10	12	17	10	10	5	9	.630
13	Wisconsin	.5335	NR	11	1646	.5827	11	867	.5878	16	18	13	17	19	10	13	.430
14	Oklahoma State	.5261	NR	15	1247	.4414	15	659	.4468	9	8	10	8	9	19	8	.690
15	Iowa	.4824	NR	12	1511	.5349	12	785	.5322	17	19	9	18	17	15	16	.380
16	Nebraska	.4295	NR	14	1322	.4680	13	768	.5207	20	23	16	23	14	16	19	.300
17	Florida State	.4267	NR	17	1124	.3979	17	608	.4122	13	15	15	15	18	11	12	.470
18	Arizona	.3807	NR	18	1037	.3671	18	494	.3349	15	13	18	16	12	13	18	.440
19	Texas	.2214	NR	22	397	.1405	22	256	.1736	18	17	11	25	15	17	20	.350
20	West Virginia	.1812	NR	19	663	.2347	19	323	.2190	23	25	22	21	0	0	22	.090
21	South Carolina	.1555	NR	21	576	.2039	20	284	.1925	24	22	23	0	24	0	24	.070
22	Kansas State	.1422	NR	25	143	.0506	NR	53	.0359	19	14	0	14	13	21	21	.340
23	Arkansas	.1302	NR	20	579	.2050	21	274	.1858	28	0	24	0	0	0	0	.000
24	Mississippi State	.1253	NR	NR	129	.0457	24	133	.0902	21	20	19	19	22	22	17	.240
25	Virginia Tech	.0658	NR	23	242	.0857	23	165	.1119	28	0	25	0	0	0	0	.000

Rank: NR. 5-6 Overall/3-5 Big Ten.
Date	Opponent	Result
Sep. 2	W. MICHIGAN	W, 35-13
Sep. 10	AKRON	W, 52-0
Sep. 17	at Washington	L, 28-39
Sep. 24	MINNESOTA	L, 7-34
Oct. 1	at Maryland	L, 13-27
Oct. 8	OHIO ST.	L, 20-49
Oct. 15	WISCONSIN	W, 34-28 (2ot)
Oct. 29	at Michigan	L, 7-29
Nov. 5	at Illinois	W, 23-15
Nov. 12	RUTGERS	W, 27-21
Nov. 19	INDIANA	L, 31-39 2ot
Nov. 26	at Penn St	4/FS1

Rank: #9 .11-2 Overall, 7-2 B1G Ten PEACH BOWL CHAMPS.
Date	Opponent	Result
Sep. 3	at N'western	W, 38-21
Sep. 7	Y'GSTOWN ST.	W, 42-14
Sep. 14	at Miami (Fl.)	W, 38-17
Sep. 21	@ Nwestern	W, 31-10
Sep. 28	NEBRASKA	W, 23-20 OT
Oct. 2	W. KENTUCKY	W, 48-31
Oct. 9	at Rutgers	W, 31-13
Oct. 16	at Indiana	W, 20-15
Oct. 30	MICHIGAN	W, 37-33
Nov. 6	at Purdue	L, 29-40
Nov. 13	MARYLAND	W, 40-21
Nov. 20	at Ohio St	L, 7-56
Nov. 27	PENN ST	W, 30-27
Dec.31	Pittsburgh, Peach Bowl	W, 31-21

Rank: None. 2-5 Overall
Date	Opponent	Result
Oct. 24	RUTGERS	L, 27-38
Oct. 31	at Michigan	W, 27-24
Nov. 7	at Iowa	L, 7-49
Nov. 14	INDIANA	L, 0-24
Nov. 21	at Maryland	CANCELED
Nov. 28	N'WESTERN	W, 29-20
Dec. 5	at Ohio St.	L, 12-52
Dec. 12	at Penn St.	L, 24-39

Rank: None. 7-6 Overall, 4-5 B1G Ten
Date	Opponent	Result
Aug. 30	TULSA	W, 28-7
Sep. 7	W. MICH.	W, 51-17
Sep. 14	ARIZONA ST.	L, 7-10
Sep. 21	@ Nwestern	W, 31-10
Sep. 28	INDIANA	W, 40-31
Oct. 5	at Ohio St.	L, 10-34
Oct. 12	at Wisconsin	L, 0-38
Oct. 26	PENN ST	L, 7-28
Nov. 9	ILLINOIS	L, 34-37
Nov. 16	at Michigan.	L, 10-44
Nov. 23	at Rutgers	W, 27-0
Nov. 30	MARYLAND	W, 19-16
Dec. 27	Wake Forest, Pin Stripe Bowl	W, 27-21

Rank: None. 7-6 Overall, 5-4 B1G Ten
Date	Opponent	Result
Aug. 31	UTAH ST.	W, 38-31
Sep. 8	at Arizona St.	L, 13-16
Sep. 22	at Indiana	W, 35-21
Sep. 29	CMU	W, 31-20
Oct. 6	N'WESTERN	L, 19-29
Oct. 13	at Penn State	W, 21-17
Oct. 20	MICHIGAN	L, 7-21
Oct. 27	PURDUE	W, 23-13
Nov. 3	at Maryland	W, 24-3
Nov. 10	OHIO ST.	L, 6-26
Nov. 17	at Nebraska	L, 6-9
Nov. 24	RUTGERS	W, 14-10
Dec. 31	vs Oregon, REDBOX BOWL	L, 6-7

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Michigan State #7 in BCS - highest ever

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Final Rank: #3. 13-1 Overall. 9-0 Big Ten. ROSE BOWL CHAMPIONS
Date	Opponent	Result
Aug. 30	W MICHIGAN	W, 26-13
Sep. 7	S FLORIDA	W, 21-6
Sep. 14	YOUNGSTOWN ST	W, 55-17
Sep. 21	at #22 Notre Dame	L, 13-17
Oct. 5	at Iowa	W, 26-14
Oct. 12	INDIANA	W, 42-28
Oct. 19	PURDUE	W, 14-0
Oct. 26	at Illinois	W, 42-3
Nov. 2	#23 MICHIGAN	W, 29-6
Nov. 16	at Nebraska	W, 41-28
Nov. 23	at N'western	W, 30-6
Nov. 30	MINNESOTA	W, 14-3
Dec. 7	#2 OHIO ST. - B1G CHAMPIONSHIP	W, 34-24
Jan. 1	#5 STANFORD - ROSE BOWL	W, 24-20

Rank: #12 AP, #13 USAT, #17 BCS. 11-3 Overall. 7-1 Big Ten. OUTBACK BOWL CHAMPIONS
Date	Opponent	Result
Sep. 2	YOUNGSTN ST	W, 28-6
Sep. 10	FLA ATLANTIC	W, 44-0
Sep. 17	at Notre Dame	L, 13-31
Sep. 24	C MICHIGAN	W, 45-7
Oct. 1	at Ohio St	W, 10-7
Oct. 15	MICHIGAN	W, 28-14
Oct. 22	WISCONSIN	W, 37-31
Oct. 29	at Nebraska	L, 3-24
Nov. 5	MINNESOTA	W, 31-24
Nov. 12	at Iowa	W, 37-21
Nov. 19	INDIANA	W, 55-3
Nov. 26	at Northwestern	W, 31-17
Dec. 3	Wisconsin. B1G TEN CHAMPIONSHIP	L, 39-42
Jan. 2	Georgia. OUTBACK BOWL	W, 33-30 (3ot)

Rank: #7 AP/USA. 11-2 Overall. 7-1 Big Ten. BIG TEN CHAMPIONS
Date	Opponent	Result
Sep. 4	WESTERN MICH.	W, 38-14
Sep. 11	Fla Atlantic (at Ford Field)	W, 30-17
Sep. 18	NOTRE DAME	W, 34-31 (ot)
Sep. 25	NO. COLORADO	W, 45-7
Oct. 2	WISCONSIN	W, 34-24
Oct. 9	at Michigan	W, 34-17
Oct. 16	ILLINOIS (HC)	W, 26-6
Oct. 23	at Northwestern	W, 35-27
Oct. 30	at Iowa	L, 6-37
Nov. 6	MINNESOTA	W, 31-8
Nov. 20	PURDUE	W, 35-31
Nov. 27	at Penn State	W, 28-22
Jan. 1	vs. Alabama (Capitol One Bowl)	L, 7-49