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Just the second look of the season at a side-by-side comparison of the simulated BCS and the @CFBPlayoff committee rankings.
The stark differences remain — this week with a strong disagreement on the third best team in the country and some notable shifts across the board:
Most favored by the simulated BCS:
New Mexico (BCS No. 24, CFP unranked)
Boise State (+5 spots)
USC (+4 spots)
Most favored by the @CFBPlayoff committee:
Oklahoma State (BCS No. 29, +4 spots)
South Carolina (+5 spots)
Missouri, Alabama (+3 spots)
That side-by-side BCS vs. CFP bracket is getting harder and harder to fit into one image
The CFP and ESPN have agreed on a five-year, nearly $1.7 billion deal that will expand the field to 24 teams in 2027 with ESPN as its continued broadcast partner, sources told ESPN, a seismic move that also eliminates the lucrative Power 4 conference championship games.
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Let's take the coaches and media members out of the equation -- these are the top 20 teams by average computer ranking across the five active BCS computers as of today:
Georgia and Utah are your new 1-2 punch in this week’s simulated BCS while Notre Dame and UCLA climb into top-four spots past idle Indiana and now-one-loss Miami.
See the full top 25 here:
The top four are identical and the same 25 teams made both lists, but there’s plenty of disagreement here!
For the first time this season, let's take a look at a side-by-side of our simulated BCS and the @CFBPlayoff committee rankings:
Most favored by the simulated BCS:
Notre Dame (+5 spots)
UCLA, USC (+3 spots)
Most favored by the @CFBPlayoff committee:
Alabama (+4 spots)
Texas, Tennessee, South Carolina (+3 spots)
If only the computers were in charge!
Here's the top 20 teams according to their average ranking in the five live BCS-era computers:
Just over 24 hours until the first @CFBPlayoff rankings of the year. Here’s the latest simulated BCS, where Georgia and Utah take advantage of Ohio State’s fall from No. 2. How much will the committee’s rankings resemble this?
One more piece of the puzzle — the top-16s of the five active BCS-era computers for this week. Interesting to compare the spread of opinions:
And as has been very requested: this week's top teams by average ranking in the five active BCS-era computers. No humans involved here! (Other than the ones that generated the formulas to begin with):
This week’s simulated BCS rankings are here as Miami and Ohio State hold on to the top two spots, while the rest of the top 25 sees plenty of reshuffling compared to last week’s edition:
By request, this week's top teams by average ranking in the five active BCS-era computers -- no human polling involved at all!
New week, new top tier of this week's simulated BCS. Miami, Ohio State and BYU break away while last week’s top two slide to Nos. 4 and 5 after a chaotic week:
We’re back! The first simulated BCS standings of 2026 are in, and they sort neatly into tiers: Georgia and Notre Dame up top, then Miami/Indiana/Ohio State, followed by duos and trios before a cliff after No. 12:
We’ll be back the rest of the season with the usual: side-by-sides against the @CFBPlayoff committee once its rankings drop, simulated brackets, computer diagnoses and more. Stay tuned!
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This would be a return to a BCS-era contingency for Notre Dame, where the Fighting Irish were guaranteed a BCS bowl bid if they finished in the BCS top-8 at the end of the season (with 10 total BCS bowl spots up for grabs).
With the last piece of the simulated BCS puzzle locked into place, the official side-by-side bracket ends up looking a bit closer than it did this morning.
However the key difference remains: the BCS prefers Notre Dame, the committee preferred Miami.
Anderson & Hester's final rankings are out: 1. Indiana 2. Ohio State 3. Texas Tech 4. Georgia 5. Ole Miss 6. Oregon 7. Texas A&M 8. BYU 9. Oklahoma 10. Notre Dame 11. Alabama 12. Utah 13. USC 14. Michigan 15. Vanderbilt
