Texas falls, PSU stays at number 3
BCS rankin
List and Explination by
The Associated Press
Alabama
Texas Tech
Penn State
Texas
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• 4 A 4 -4 4 ,,
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Oklahoma
Southern
California
Utah
Oklahoma
State
10. Boise State
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derived by dividing a
team's actual voting points
by a maximum 2850
possible points in the Harris
Interactive Poll and 1525
possible points in the USA
Today Coaches Poll.
Six computer rankings
calculated in inverse points
order (25 for No. 1, 24
for No. 2, etc.) are used
to determine the overall
computer component.
The highest and lowest
ranking for each team
is dropped, and the
remaining four are added
and divided by 100 (the
maximum possible points)
to produce a Computer
Rankings Percentage.
The six computer ranking
providers are Anderson &
Hester, Richard Billingsley,
Colley Matrix, Kenneth
Massey, Jeff Sagarin,
and Peter Wolfe. Each
computer ranking accounts
for schedule strength in its
formula.
The BCS Average is
calculated by averaging the
percent totals of the Harris
Interactive, USA Today
Coaches and Computer
polls.
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LIONS: Nine wins, no losses
Continued from page 19
Penn State 13, Ohio State 6
The win over Ohio State not
only meant the Lions were still
undefeated, but it was the first
Penn State win in Columbus,
Ohio, since 1978.
Congratulations to the Penn
State players and Coach Joe
Paterno for turning the all red
VICTORY: Another for PSU
Continued from page 19
43 years, the 81-year-old Paterno
came up from the team locker
room about 15 minutes before
the opening kickoff, using a cane
and with a Penn State athletic
administrator following him in
case he needed assistance.
"Penn State played hard and
didn't make a bunch of mistakes,"
Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said.
Clark completed 12-of-20 passes
for 121 yards before leaving.
Royster had 77 yards on 19
Vandalism probe after Penn St.
win could take weeks
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) _
It could take between a week to
10 days before charges are filed
against fans who uprooted two
light poles, tore up street signs
and taunted authorities following
Penn State's road win over Ohio
State last week.
State College Police Chief
Thomas King said Tuesday that
detectives are still reviewing
video from the Internet and
from street surveillance cameras
to determine the identities of
suspects.
Fans poured out onto a two
block area downtown following
the dramatic 13-6 victory over
the rival Buckeyes in Columbus.
About 25 officers used pepper
spray and night sticks to break
up the gathering. Some fans
threw beer cans at police. Five
cars were damaged, and the
windshield of police cruiser was
shattered.
Property damage was estimated
at about $7,000. There were no
serious injuries.
"In the overall scheme of things,
the damage wasn't profound but
Buckeyes Horseshoe upside
down for a 30-year spell
breaking win.
The Nittany Lions will get a
well deserved playing break
this week and will be on to
lowa City on Nov. 8. The Lions
are still undefeated going 9-0 to
lowa.
The fun has just begun Penn
State fans. Let's welcome our
boys to a Championship Bowl!
carries
Pryor, the nation's most heralded
quarterback recruit last spring,
completed 16-of-25 for 226 yards
with the one interception. He ran
for 6 yards on nine attempts. Chris
"Beanie" Wells managed just 55
yards on 22 carries against Penn
State's stout defense.
"I've never faced adversity like
this," Pryor said. "When you turn
the ball over twice, it's on you. I
gave them the ball and put pressure
on the defense again. I feel the loss
is on me."
the behavior was disturbing,"
school president Graham
Spanier said in his blog posting
on the Web site of The Chronicle
Review, a publication of The
Chronicle of Higher Education.
"Arrests will be made for the
property destruction, perpetrators
will be fully disciplined, and
we'll hope that school spirit
can be expressed in the future
with greater civility and social
responsibility," Spanier wrote.
Hall of Fame football coach
Joe Paterno said at his news
conference Tuesday that while
"nobody has a better fan group
than we have," the vandalism
was disappointing.
"But, to destroy property and
that kind of stuff is really not
something that ought to be
identified with a celebration is
the way I would look at it," the
81-year-old Patemo said when
asked his reaction about the
disturbance.
"I was young once and I probably
did something stupid once in
awhile, but you just hate to see
them do that kind of thing."