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2012 BCS Rankings, Week 12: Florida State, Clemson close at 10 and 11

Florida State and Clemson are only separated by one spot at Nos. 10 and 11, while Kansas State and Oregon are next in ilne fo play in the national title game after a loss to Alabama.

By Rodger Sherman
Kim Klement-US PRESSWIRE

The two best teams in the ACC are separated by a single place in the Week 12 edition of the BCS standings, with Florida State and Clemson coming in at No. 10 and No. 11, respectively.

The Seminoles stayed steady at the No. 10 spot after a last-minute touchdown by Rashad Greene gave them a 28-22 victory over Virginia Tech. The Tigers crushed Maryland and moved up two spots from No. 11. Who has the higher ranking in the polls doesn't really matter - only one team will have an opportunity to represent the conference in the ACC Championship game, and in case of a tie - which seems likely as both are 9-1 with just two regular season games left - Florida State will have a chance to play for a BCS berth against the winner of the Coastal Division. However, the team that doesn't will want to win out stay in the top 14 of the standings and potentially receive an at-large berth to a BCS game.

Alabama fell to No. 4 in the standings after dropping their first game of the year to Texas A&M. Undefeated Kansas State and Oregon are in line to play in the BCS National Championship game if they win out, with Notre Dame at No. 3 hoping for one of the squads ahead of them to lose.

Here's a look at the full standings:

BCS Harris Poll USA Today Computer Rankings
RK TEAM AVG PVS RK PTS % RK PTS % AVG A&H RB CM KM JS PW %
1 Kansas State .9674 2 2 2774 .9649 2 1427 .9675 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 .970
2 Oregon .9497 3 1 2844 .9892 1 1460 .9898 4 4 3 5 4 5 4 .870
3 Notre Dame .9396 4 3 2634 .9162 3 1346 .9125 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 .990
4 Alabama .8534 1 4 2494 .8675 5 1243 .8427 5 5 4 4 5 9 5 .850
5 Georgia .8328 5 5 2398 .8341 4 1260 .8542 6 6 5 6 7 4 6 .810
6 Florida .7955 6 7 2113 .7350 7 1079 .7315 3 3 6 2 3 3 3 .920
7 LSU .7331 7 8 2082 .7242 8 1040 .7051 7 7 7 9 6 6 7 .770
8 Texas A&M .6621 15 10 1842 .6407 10 967 .6556 8 9 10 8 8 10 8 .690
9 South Carolina .6349 8 11 1732 .6024 11 903 .6122 8 8 9 10 9 8 9 .690
10 Florida State .6071 10 6 2175 .7565 6 1143 .7749 17 16 17 14 0 0 16 .290
11 Clemson .5921 13 9 1972 .6859 9 1033 .7003 15 15 14 13 22 0 14 .390
12 Oklahoma .5797 12 12 1631 .5673 12 799 .5417 10 13 8 15 10 7 10 .630
13 Stanford .5705 14 13 1621 .5638 13 793 .5376 11 10 11 7 11 11 11 .610
14 Nebraska .4679 16 14 1239 .4310 14 653 .4427 13 12 15 11 12 18 12 .530
15 Texas .4259 17 15 1095 .3809 15 615 .4169 14 14 12 16 14 13 15 .480
16 Oregon State .4161 11 16 1081 .3760 17 490 .3322 12 11 13 12 13 12 13 .540
17 UCLA .2925 18 19 870 .3026 16 494 .3349 20 18 24 17 20 21 21 .240
18 USC .2769 19 18 886 .3082 21 343 .2325 17 21 19 22 17 16 18 .290
19 Louisville .2159 9 17 943 .3280 18 442 .2997 27 24 0 20 0 0 0 .020
20 Louisiana Tech .1911 20 20 728 .2532 19 413 .2800 25 0 22 24 0 0 24 .040
21 Michigan .1665 NR 24 264 .0918 23 144 .0976 16 17 21 18 18 20 17 .310
22 Rutgers .1529 23 21 571 .1986 20 354 .2400 27 25 0 19 0 0 25 .020
23 Texas Tech .1416 22 22 325 .1130 25 106 .0719 20 20 16 0 21 15 23 .240
24 Oklahoma State .1088 NR NR 118 .0410 24 111 .0753 22 19 18 0 19 19 0 .210
25 Washington .0850 NR NR 1 .0003 NR 7 .0047 19 22 23 25 15 14 19 .250

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