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History warns us against counting out one-loss teams

By Brad Edwards
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

The first official BCS standings won't be released until Oct. 19, but both polls and four of the six computer ratings that make up the formula are already being published. So what are we waiting for? If the BCS standings were out this week, this is what you would see: Oklahoma, on the strength of its commanding lead atop both polls (coaches' and Harris; AP doesn't count in the BCS) would be ranked No. 1. Alabama, although it isn't ranked second in either of those polls, would be No. 2 becau ...

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