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2012 BCS rankings, Week 11: USC Trojans drop; UCLA Bruins to No. 18

Breaking down the latest BCS rankings for Week 11.

By Scott Coleman
Robert Laberge

Saturday provided college football fans everywhere with great games throughout the day. The Alabama Crimson Tide rallied late to beat LSU, Oregon scored a million points against USC and Notre Dame escaped what was a huge upset bid from Pittsburgh. Let's take a look at the latest BCS rankings for Week 11.

Alabama remained the top team. The Kansas St. Wildcats also held steady at No. 2. Oregon jumped Notre Dame for the third spot, while the Irish fell to four. The Georgia Bulldogs round out the top five.

The Florida Gators nearly lost to Mizzou on Saturday, but their defense stepped up big time in a 14-7 win. UF is now sixth in the BCS. LSU fell two spots to No. 7, and South Carolina is eighth. Louisville and Florida State round out the top 10.

As for the two schools in Los Angeles, the Trojans fell all the way to 19th after losing their second-straight game. The UCLA Bruins dismantled Arizona and were rewarded for their efforts with the 18th spot in the BCS.

Here are the full BCS 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 Alabama .9957 1 1 2867 .9972 1 1475 1.0000 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 .990
2 Kansas State .9318 2 3 2664 .9266 3 1370 .9288 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 .940
3 Oregon .9166 4 2 2735 .9513 2 1399 .9485 5 5 4 5 5 7 4 .850
4 Notre Dame .9050 3 4 2533 .8810 4 1289 .8739 2 1 3 1 2 3 2 .960
5 Georgia .8171 6 5 2345 .8157 5 1218 .8258 6 6 5 7 6 5 6 .810
6 Florida .7863 7 7 2154 .7492 7 1091 .7397 4 4 6 4 4 4 5 .870
7 LSU .7054 5 8 2011 .6995 9 998 .6766 7 9 7 11 7 6 7 .740
8 South Carolina .6206 8 11 1654 .5753 11 880 .5966 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 .690
9 Louisville .6040 10 10 1825 .6348 10 940 .6373 13 10 14 8 15 23 11 .540
10 Florida State .5969 9 6 2223 .7732 6 1147 .7776 19 18 20 15 25 0 17 .240
11 Oregon State .5965 11 12 1588 .5523 12 807 .5471 8 7 10 6 10 10 8 .690
12 Oklahoma .5812 12 13 1556 .5412 13 800 .5424 10 12 9 16 8 8 9 .660
13 Clemson .5772 13 9 1969 .6849 8 1013 .6868 16 16 13 14 23 0 15 .360
14 Stanford .5086 14 14 1431 .4977 15 705 .4780 12 11 12 13 12 12 14 .550
15 Texas A&M .5060 16 15 1320 .4591 14 736 .4990 11 13 16 10 11 11 13 .560
16 Nebraska .3976 20 16 992 .3450 16 513 .3478 14 15 17 12 13 14 12 .500
17 Texas .3593 23 17 860 .2991 17 485 .3288 15 14 11 18 16 13 16 .450
18 UCLA .2533 NR 21 587 .2042 19 333 .2258 17 17 0 17 18 18 18 .330
19 USC .1706 17 18 690 .2400 22 224 .1519 23 0 21 0 21 19 24 .120
20 Louisiana Tech .1584 25 19 659 .2292 18 363 .2461 30 0 25 0 0 0 0 .000
21 Mississippi State .1453 15 20 603 .2097 23 186 .1261 25 23 0 20 24 22 25 .100
22 Texas Tech .1422 18 25 203 .0706 NR 68 .0461 18 19 15 0 19 15 20 .310
23 Rutgers .1214 NR 22 475 .1652 20 264 .1790 28 24 0 21 0 0 0 .020
24 Northwestern .0962 NR 24 259 .0901 21 234 .1586 27 21 0 22 0 0 0 .040
25 Toledo .0796 NR NR 160 .0557 25 108 .0732 24 22 0 19 0 0 19 .110