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<body topmargin="2"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" id="AutoNumber1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr> <td width="84"><font size="1"> <a href="http://www.jupiterspacestation.org/sportsdoc/football.htm"> <font color="#CCFFCC">home college football</font></a></font></td> <td width="94"><font size="1"> <a href="http://www.jupiterspacestation.org/sportsdoc/rankings.htm"> <font color="#CCFFCC">rankings ratings</font></a></font></td> <td width="116"><font size="1"> <a href="http://www.jupiterspacestation.org/sportsdoc/weekly%20stats.htm"> <font color="#CCFFCC">weekly statistics stats</font></a></font></td> <td width="86"><font size="1"> <a href="http://www.jupiterspacestation.org/sportsdoc/college.htm"> <font color="#CCFFCC">college team info data</font></a></font></td> <td width="112"><font size="1"> <a href="http://www.jupiterspacestation.org/sportsdoc/line%20spread.htm"> <font color="#CCFFCC">line spread picks</font></a></font></td> <td width="111"><font size="1"> <a href="http://www.jupiterspacestation.org/sportsdoc/picks.htm"> <font color="#CCFFCC">free</font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr><td> <font size="1" color="#FFFFFF"> The BCS statistical rating system determines which teams play in the National Championship game, and which are eligible to participate in Bowl Championship Series games. The new system will include three components: the rankings of the Associated Press media poll, the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll and a computer average. Each component will count one-third of a team's overall BCS football advertising ranking. The previous rating system included five components: the AP and USA Today/ESPN polls, computer rankings, football stats, team record and a quality free pick. Under the new system, which was unanimously approved by the 11 Division I-A commissioners, Notre Dame athletic director Kevin White, the BCS Athletic Director Advisory Committee and the Presidential Oversight Committee, a team will have a "percentage" score from each of the three components. These percentages will be averaged to determine a team's BCS ranking. In the AP and USA Today/ESPN polls, the formula will no longer average the weekly rank of each team. Instead a team's football stats will be evaluated on the number of football line voting points it receives in each poll. A team's AP score will be its points in the poll divided by a possible 1800 voting points. The same formula will apply to the USA Today/ESPN poll and its 1500 voting points. Six vegas line computer rankings have been retained for 2004: Jeff Sagarin, whose rankings are published in USA Today, Anderson football picks Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey and Dr. Peter Wolfe. The New York Times, which participated in 2003, withdrew a football statistic. A team's highest and lowest computer ranking will be discarded from figuring a team's computer poll average. Points will be free picks and calculated by football statisics and assigned in inverse order of ranking from 1-25. The four remaining computer scores will be averaged and the total will be calculated as a percentage of 100. It was apparent to us that just using the average rankings of the polls was not an adequate comparison of the level of voting support for each team," Weiberg said. "A top-ranked team could be one point ahead of the second-ranked team, or it could be 200 points ahead. Using the actual voting points in the formula allows for a more accurate ranking in the BCS poll. This is especially important when there is marginal separation between a No. 2 and No. 3 team." </font></td></tr> </table> </body>