BCS rankings breakdown Week 9 Oregon vs. Florida State is the new battle

The first BCS standings of the season were released on Sunday night. The Alabama Crimson Tide came in at No. 1 while Florida State fresh off a huge road win over Clemson is ranked No. 2 putting the Noles in the middle of the national championship race. The Oregon Ducks are third just .0028 points behind FSU and comfortably ahead of Ohio State. The Missouri Tigers are fifth.

After knocking off UCLA over the weekend Stanford is sixth. Miami and Baylor who are both yet to lose this season are No. 7 and No. 8 respectively. Clemson and Texas Tech round out the top 10.

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Our writers over at Roll Bama Roll weren't surprised with the No. 1 ranking. Why should they be

1st BCS Rankings of the 2013 Season released. Alabama 1. Everyone is shocked. http //t.co/epRdD4vm2Q

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From our Florida State site Tomahawk Nation

Not only do I want to go to Pasadena but I don't want to see Oregon's weak offensive and defensive lines get wrecked by another SEC team

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Addicted To Quack wasn't too happy with being ranked third but knows there's plenty of season left.

Why do people keep sending me Florida State fan smack The BCS in October matters about as much as... well something that doesn't matter.

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Land Grant Holy Land which covers Ohio State accepts its current predicament

Herbstreit on Ohio State They re going to need a lot of help. I don t think right now they re in the discussion. pic.twitter.com/ePyGXQDJoA

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Many are pointing to opponent injuries as the reason Mizzou is ranked 5th. Rock M Nation isn't having it.

Nevermind our own RT Larry_Thornton Apparently Missouri is the only team in the country to ever play another team with injured players.

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And as Matt Hinton explains the debate for the rest of the year (or until somebody loses) is Florida State vs. Oregon

As long as both teams are winning of course the debate will never be resolved among the non voting public and probably shouldn't be. Within the system though Florida State still has more reason for concern going forward Frankly if trashing another top five contender by 37 points on its own field isn't enough to get them to No. 2 in the human polls good lord what is FSU isn't exactly putting it into cruise control with Miami and Florida waiting over the second half of the season and the ACC Championship Game looming at the end. But Oregon's schedule gets even steeper against UCLA Stanford Utah Arizona and Oregon State leading up to (presumably) the Pac 12 title game. If the preference for the Ducks holds in the human polls which it almost certainly will as long as they keep winning the computers will fall in line soon enough. Week 9 impact Week 8's big games Highlights of FSU's Clemson beatdown You cannot rattle Jameis Winston The year's biggest win Rebels shock No. 6 LSU Auburn puts down No. 7 AM Mizzou controls SEC East Stanford too much for UCLA Vols arrive down No. 11 Gamecocks Vandy takes out No. 15 UGA Full list of scores

No. 3 Oregon vs. No. 12 UCLA If Oregon wins out they're likely headed to the BCS National Championship given their strength of schedule advantage over FSU. The Bruins are coming off a tough loss to Stanford but they're still in the running for the Pac 12 South title.

No. 5 Missouri vs. No. 21 South Carolina In a battle of teams from Columbia Maty Mauk will look to keep Mizzou's magical run going. Gamecocks quarterback Connor Shaw is likely to miss the game with a knee sprain. A win for the Tigers would all but wrap up the SEC East title barring a historic collapse.

No. 10 Texas Tech at No. 15 Oklahoma The unbeaten Red Raiders have been one of the surprise stories of the season and will need to play mistake free football if they're going to escape Norman with a win.

No. 6 Stanford at No. 25 Oregon State A lot of people wrote off the Beavers after they lost to Eastern Washington in their season opener. OSU is back to firing on all cylinders now though and they'll have a chance to move back into the top 20 with a win over the Cardinal.

No. 1 Alabama vs. Tennessee If the Crimson Tide keep winning they'll have a shot to win their third straight national title. The Volunteers will give Bama everything they've got after stunning South Carolina over the weekend.

BCS bowl picture

If the season ended right this minute the BCS bowl picture would likely look like this

BCS National Championship Alabama vs. Florida State Orange Bowl Clemson vs. Stanford Sugar Bowl Missouri vs. Texas Tech Rose Bowl Ohio State vs. Oregon Fiesta Bowl Baylor vs. UCF

Head here for full bowl projections based on the long term not just on how things stand at the moment.

What about the College Football Playoff

The College Football Playoff won't begin until next year. That being said it's never too early to do a mock up of what would happen in 2013 if the season ended right now. Here's Team Speed Kills' projection which is explained in depth here

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