BCS Bowl Rankings (By SPORTSBETTING)

SportSavant · Oct 15, 2009

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The first Bowl Championship Series rankings (BCS Rankings) of 2009 will be released this Sunday and as it stands, the Top 3 college football teams, according to the AP, ESPN and others are the Florida Gators, the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Texas Longhorns.
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Let’s take a look at the NCAA football odds for the top three teams on the eve of the rankings.
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The song remains the same in the No. 1 position as the Gators have maintained their perch atop the Division I rankings since the preseason.
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Back in early-August, <st1

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While the Gators started off the season with two soft opponents (<st1:city w:st="on">Charleston</st1:city> Southern and <st1:city w:st="on"><st1

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lace></st1:city>), they have faced three sturdier challenges recently and have passed the test, going 3-0 straight up.
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<st1

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They hammered the Kentucky Wildcats 41-7, covering a 20-something pointspread, but received a scare when star QB Tim Tebow suffered a concussion.
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Tebow bounced back in a game against LSU a few weeks later when the Gators defeated the Tigers 13-3, covering at 7.5-points.
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<st1:state w:st="on">Florida</st1:state> Gators Odds: Currently, the Florida Gators’ odds have improved, as they are currently -300 to take the SEC and +125 to win back to back BCS titles.
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<st1

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While the Gators own the best record in the SEC East at 5-0, they don’t own the best record in the SEC overall, the 6-0 Alabama Crimson Tide have that honor.
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Currently ranked No. 2 in the AP poll, the Tide have definitely been moving since the preseason, when online sportsbooks had them ranked No. 5 and listed at +2000 to take this season’s BCS title.
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‘Bama has a tough sked going down the stretch however, as they face a tough divisional matchups the likes of the No. 22 South Carolina Gamecocks (the Tide are -17 for that game), the Tennessee Volunteers, the No. 10 LSU Tigers, the Mississippi St. Bulldogs and then the Auburn Tigers.
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<st1:state w:st="on"><st1

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lace></st1:state> Odds: Like the Gators, the Tide’s odds have also improved as they are currently +350 to win the 2010 BCS championship.
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While they are still undefeated and atop the Big 12, the Texas Longhorns have taken a small slip in the AP poll.
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Ranked as the second-best team in the nation in the preseason (+700 to win the national title at the time), <st1

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The Longhorns can grab some brownie points this week with a convincing win over the No. 20 Oklahoma Sooners in this year’s Red River Rivalry game—Texas is currently a 3.5-point favorite for that game—just in time for the first BCS rankings.
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Prior to the release of those rankings, <st1

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Elevator Going Down!<o></o>
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<st1

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While <st1:state w:st="on">Texas</st1:state>, <st1:state w:st="on">Florida</st1:state> and <st1

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The runners-up to the Florida Gators in last season’s BCS championship, <st1:state w:st="on"><st1

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<st1

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And the Sooners dealt their BCS chances another blow two weeks ago when they lost to the Miami Hurricanes 21-20.
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The Sooners currently aren’t an option in 2010 BCS championship futures betting.
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There usually is some controversy when the first BCS rankings are released but it’s a pretty safe bet that <st1:state w:st="on">Florida</st1:state>, <st1:state w:st="on">Alabama</st1:state> and <st1:state w:st="on"><st1

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Enjoy the weekend NCAA football betting action.
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CoachCB · Oct 15, 2009

They should just give out the trophy after the SECCG.......

bucsfan67 · Oct 15, 2009

the more im watching and seeing, the more impressed i am with Alabama....just seemed it was a given the Florida would be one of the teams in the champ game, and one of the 2 best teams in the country...but damn, Bama looks good...