What the BCS rankings would look like through Week 8
Before the College Football Playoff took over in 2014, the BCS was the prevalent system, and it was a mystery wrapped in an enigma. The national championship game every year was seeded by the mid-to-late season poll (as were the other ‘BCS’ bowl games, which are now known as the ‘New Year’s Six’) which was a composite of the existing polls with an added computer ranking formula element.
Now, the College Football Playoff committee hammers things out, taking the computer element out of it (rightfully). But what if the BCS still existed? What would the polls look like?
There is a Twitter account that goes to great lengths to simulate what the BCS poll would look like if it still existed today. With that in mind, here is what it would be through Week 8 of the 2022 college football season.
Texas Longhorns
Scott Wachter-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 0.1009
North Carolina Tar Heels
Rich Storry-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 0.1376
Tulane Green Wave
Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 0.1377
NC State Wolfpack
Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 0.1519
Kansas State Wildcats
AP Photo/Nate Billings
Rating: 0.2088
Kentucky Wildcats
Jordan Prather-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 0.2176
Cincinnati Bearcats
Photo: Cincinnati Enquirer
Rating: 0.2364
Illinois Fighting Illini
Justin Casterline/Getty Images
Rating: 0.2548
LSU Tigers
Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 0.3163
Syracuse Orange
Rich Barnes-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 0.3777
UCLA Bruins
Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 0.4287
Utah Utes
Rebecca Noble/Getty Images
Rating: 0.4530
Penn State Nittany Lions
Photo: Isaiah Hole
Rating: 0.5114
Ole Miss Rebels
Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 0.5222
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
James Guillory-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 0.5624
USC Trojans
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 0.6541
Oklahoma State Cowboys
Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 0.6541
Oregon Ducks
AP Photo/Jay LaPrete
Rating: 0.6925
TCU Horned Frogs
Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 0.7766
Alabama Crimson Tide
Photo: Isaiah Hole
Rating: 0.8208
Clemson Tigers
Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images
Rating: 0.8554
Michigan Wolverines
Photo: Isaiah Hole
Rating: 0.8649
Tennessee Volunteers
Syndication: The Knoxville News-Sentinel
Rating: 0.9071
Ohio State Buckeyes
Joseph Scheller-The Columbus Dispatch
Rating: 0.9237
Georgia Bulldogs
Photo: Isaiah Hole
Rating: 0.9639
