Bowling Green State University Athletics
Falcons Ranked In First BCS Poll Of Season
October 20, 2003 | Football
Oct. 20, 2003
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The first Bowl Championship Series poll has been released for the 2003 season, and the Bowling Green State University football team is among those listed. The Falcons are 24th in the rankings, announced Monday evening (Oct. 20).
The BCS was established to determine the national champion for college football while maintaining and enhancing the bowl system which has provided significant support to college football for nearly a century. The BCS has quickly become a showcase for the sport, matching the premier teams of any particular year in the culminating games of the season.
Four of the Falcons' 2003 opponents also are listed in the season's first BCS rankings. Northern Illinois, BGSU's Saturday (Oct. 25) opponent, is ranked 10th. Following the NIU game, the Falcons will face Miami (Nov. 4), currently 23rd in the BCS poll. Each of the Falcons' next two games will be aired nationally on ESPN2.
Two non-conference opponents, both from the Big Ten, are also in the BCS poll. Ohio State, a seven-point victor over the Falcons on Sept. 20, is sixth in the initial BCS poll, while Purdue is ranked eighth. BGSU earned a 27-26 win at Purdue on Sept. 6
Prior to the 1998 football regular season, the FedEx Orange, Nokia Sugar, Rose and Tostitos Fiesta Bowls joined with the Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big 12, Big Ten, Pacific-10 and Southeastern Conferences and the University of Notre Dame to form the Bowl Championship Series (BCS).
The BCS, which runs through the 2005 regular season and 2006 bowl season, consists of the Rose Bowl, Nokia Sugar Bowl, FedEx Orange Bowl and the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Conferences with automatic berths include the Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10 and the Southeastern Conferences.
The BCS also notes the importance of regional consideration regarding team selection. Specifically, as participating members of the BCS, the four BCS Bowls will host the following conference champions in the years the national championship game is not played at their site. Regional consideration tie-ins include the ACC or Big East champion in the FedEx Orange Bowl, the SEC champion in the Nokia Sugar Bowl, the Big Ten and the Pac-10 champions in the Rose Bowl and the Big 12 champion in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.
Should a BCS Bowl's regional tie-in champion be ranked number one or two in the final BCS standings, when such bowl is not hosting the national championship game, the number one or two-ranked team shall move to the national championship game and the Bowl shall select a replacement team from the BCS pool of eligible teams. The pool will consist of any Division I-A team that is ranked among the Top 12 in the final BCS standings and has achieved nine wins during the regular season excluding NCAA-exempted contests.
BCS POLL - OCT. 20, 2003
ESPN
USA Poll Computer Sched. Sub
Team AP Today Avg. A&H RB CM KM NYT JS PW Average SOS Rank L Total QW Total
1 Oklahoma 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1.33 11 0.44 0 2.77 2.77
2 Miami (Fla.) 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1.50 30 1.20 0 4.70 -0.6 4.10
3 Va. Tech 3 3 3 3 11 4 5 3 16 3 4.83 60 2.40 0 10.23 10.23
4 Georgia 4 5 4.5 8 4 7 7 8 3 8 6.17 33 1.32 1 12.99 12.99
5 Florida St. 6.5 7 6.75 5 8 5 4 5 5 4 4.67 18 0.72 1 13.14 13.14
6 Ohio State 8 8 8 7 3 3 3 4 6 5 4.00 5 0.20 1 13.20 13.20
7 USC 5 4 4.5 11 5 8 6 9 4 12 7.17 29 1.16 1 13.83 13.83
8 Purdue 10 10 10 9 7 11 9 6 13 9 8.50 50 2.00 1 21.50 21.50
9 Wash. St. 6.5 6 6.25 14 6 16 18 19 11 17 13.67 76 3.04 1 23.96 23.96
10 North. Ill. 12 14 13 6 19 6 8 27 8 7 9.00 100 4.00 0 26.00 26.00
11 Nebraska 14 11 12.5 10 33 10 12 10 17 11 11.67 32 1.28 1 26.45 26.45
12 LSU 9 9 9 18 12 15 16 13 18 16 15.00 56 2.24 1 27.24 -0.7 26.54
13 Mich. St. 11 12 11.5 13 18 13 13 12 14 10 12.50 61 2.44 1 27.44 27.44
14 TCU 15 13 14 4 14 9 14 33 15 6 10.33 96 3.84 0 28.17 28.17
15 Iowa 16 16 16 16 13 17 11 16 12 14 13.67 10 0.40 2 32.07 32.07
16 Utah 24 23 23.5 12 22 12 10 39.5 10 13 13.17 48 1.92 1 39.59 39.59
17 Michigan 13 15 14 21 18 23 26 29.5 21 22 21.50 59 2.38 2 39.86 39.86
18 Wisconsin 20 17 18.5 19 9 21 19 20 28 21 18.17 45 1.8 2 40.47 -0.5 39.97
19 Okla. St. 18 19 18.5 22 23 18 20 7 22 18 17.83 80 3.2 1 40.53 40.53
20 Auburn 17 21 19 28 10 25 21 11 23 23 18.83 37 1.48 2 41.31 41.31
21 Tennessee 22 22 22 17 21 20 17 17 18 20 18.33 9 0.38 2 42.89 42.89
22 Arkansas 21 20 20.5 20 20 24 25 29.5 31 26 24.08 18 0.64 2 47.22 47.22
23 Miami (Oh) 28.5 31 28.75 15 28 14 15 31 9 15 16.08 62 2.48 1 48.23 48.23
24 BGSU 23 26 24.5 25 29 19 22 49 7 19 20.17 98 3.92 1 49.59 -0.3 49.29
25 Texas 19 18 18.5 34 17 35 30 24.5 45 30 28.42 84 2.56 2 51.48 51.48
The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame is responsible for the weekly tabulation and release of the Bowl Championship Series Standings.
EXPLANATION:
Poll Average - Average of ESPN/USA Today Coaches and AP Media Polls. Others receiving votes calculated in order received.
Computer Average - Average of Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, New York Times, Jeff Sagarin's USA Today and the Peter Wolfe rankings. The computer component will be determined by averaging six of the seven rankings. The lowest (worst) computer ranking will be disregarded.
Schedule Rank - Rank of schedule strength compared to other Division I-A teams of actual games played divided by 25. This component is calculated by determining the cumulative won/loss records of the team's opponent (66.6 percent) and the cumulative won/loss records of the teams' opponents opponents (33.3 percent).
Losses (L) - One point for each loss during the season.
Quality Win Component - The quality win component will reward to varying degrees teams that defeat opponents ranked among the top 10 in the weekly standings. The bonus point scale will range from a high of 1.0 points for a win over the top ranked team to a low of 0.1 for a victory over the 10th-ranked BCS team. The BCS Standings at the end of the season will determine final quality win points. If a team registers a victory over a team more than once during the regular season, quality points will be awarded just once. Quality win points are based on the standings determined by the subtotal. The final standings are reconfigured to reflect the quality win point deduction.
Notes:
1. Teams on NCAA probation (i.e. not eligible for postseason competition) are not listed in the BCS Standings. Teams with victories over teams on probation will receive appropriate quality win points.
2. The Nokia Sugar Bowl on January 4, 2004, will host the BCS National Championship Game and determine which team will be presented The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame's MacArthur Trophy, awarded to college football's National Champion since 1959, as well as the ADT National Championship Trophy on behalf of the American Football Coaches Association.
BCS TITLE GAME RESULTS
2002 Season Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State d. Miami, 31-24 (2OT)2001 Season Rose Bowl: Miami d. Nebraska, 37-14
2000 Season FedEx Orange Bowl: Oklahoma d. Florida State, 13-2
1999 Season Nokia Sugar Bowl: Florida State d. Virginia Tech, 46-29
1998 Season Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: Tennessee d. Florida State, 23-16
BCS FUTURE SCHEDULES
Following 2003 Regular Season Jan. 1, 2004 - Rose Bowl Jan. 1, 2004 - FedEx Orange Bowl Jan. 2, 2004 - Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Jan. 4, 2004 - Nokia Sugar Bowl (National Championship)Following 2004 Regular Season Jan. 1, 2005 - Rose Bowl Jan. 1, 2005 - Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Jan. 2, 2005 - Nokia Sugar Bowl Jan. 4, 2005 - FedEx Orange Bowl (National Championship)
Following 2005 Regular Season Jan. 1, 2006 - Nokia Sugar Bowl Jan. 2, 2006 - Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Jan. 3, 2006 - FedEx Orange Bowl Jan. 4, 2006 - Rose Bowl (National Championship)
(Portions of this release courtesy ESPN.com)
