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Auburn jumps to top of BCS rankings

Mon, 10/25/2010 - 10:06 by Rakhi

Irving, Texas -- The Auburn Tigers vaulted over Oregon and Boise State to claim the top spot in Sunday's latest Bowl Championship Series rankings.

Auburn, ranked third in the USA Today-Coaches Poll, garnered a .9371 computerized ranking to grab the BCS lead for the first time in school history.

The Tigers went 8-0 for the first time Saturday after defeating Louisiana State 24-17. They have also notched wins over Arkansas and South Carolina and remain the lone unbeaten team in the SEC.

The second and third spots remained unchanged from last week. Oregon (.9069) stayed No. 2 after routing UCLA 60-13 Thursday to improve to 7-0. Boise State (.8846) again garnered third following a bye week.

Alabama is coaches' poll unanimous No. 1

Fri, 01/08/2010 - 19:45 by Inderjit Singh

Mclean -- Alabama, which was a clear winner in the Bowl Championship Series title game, is the unanimous No. 1 in the final USA Today Coaches' football poll.

The Crimson Tide completed a 14-0 season with a 37-21 victory Thursday over Texas and took all 58 votes from the coaches on the USA Today voting panel.

The Longhorns (13-1) and Florida (13-1), whose only losses were to Alabama, finish second and third, respectively. Boise State, at 14-0 the only other undefeated team this season, is fourth and Ohio State (11-2) is fifth.