BCS Rankings: Virginia Tech Moves to No. 5 in Week 13 Standings

by furrer4heisman on Nov 20, 2011 8:53 PM EST in Virginia Tech Football

The Virginia Tech Hokies sit at No. 5 in the BCS rankings released Sunday, Nov. 20.

Tech is behind LSU, Alabama, Arkansas and Oklahoma State. However, there is a significant gap between the Hokies and Cowboys. Oklahoma State is .0566 ahead of Virginia Tech, while Tech is .0131 ahead of No. 6 Stanford.

While Tech is No. 4 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 5 in the Harris Interactive Poll, their computer numbers are not on par with other BCS teams. The Hokies came in at No. 7 in the composite computer rankings, behind LSU, Oklahoma State, Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas State and Oklahoma.

The Hokies need to win out to have any chance of getting to the BCS National Championship Game. However, they will also need plenty of help. Tech would need LSU to beat Arkansas, Auburn to beat Alabama and Oklahoma to beat Oklahoma State to have any chance to move up into the Top 2. They might also need Notre Dame to beat Stanford to keep the Cardinal from jumping them.

For now, there's no point in worrying about Tech's strength of schedule and computer ranking. Unless Tech wins its next two games, it's probably not going to ANY BCS game, let alone the national championship.

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There is no way this is the #5 team in the country. Just no way.

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by renstar on Nov 20, 2011 9:28 PM EST reply actions

i agree but i’ll take it.

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by furrer4heisman on Nov 20, 2011 10:19 PM EST up reply actions

I just don't get how OK State slid only two spots...

You lose to a 28 point underdog in the second to last week of the season, you should fall back big time.

by Duens-Capps on Nov 20, 2011 9:32 PM EST reply actions

because everyone else lost, too.

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by furrer4heisman on Nov 20, 2011 10:17 PM EST up reply actions

Well yeah, but it just goes against pretty much everything the BCS has taught us

Lose late in the season and that’s that. I realize the obvious response is to bring up LSU ‘07, but still. Their loss is by far the worst amongst the 1-loss contenders, and I feel that their strength of schedule isn’t good enough to make up for that. They beat a Texas A&M team that has completely fallen off the map, mediocre Texas, and Baylor.

I’ll admit that’s more impressive than who we’ve played and beaten, but our loss to a hot Clemson team is much less tarnishing than losing to horrible Iowa State.

by Duens-Capps on Nov 20, 2011 10:58 PM EST reply actions

It's a question of who else to put there

If we’d been more convincing in some of our wins (e.g. Duke) and hadn’t looked SO bad against Clemson, things might be different. Most people will give the edge to the team that had one bad game (5 TOs!) but has looked pretty good the rest of the way over a team that has struggled throughout the year but mostly gotten the job done. Hence the comments even by true Hokies that we don’t deserve to be top 5.

Also, the media loves a team that’s 2nd in points for and 2nd in passing yardage. That’s a lot more sexy than a VT team that has been much more balanced (OK State’s defense doesn’t scare anyone) and overall good but doesn’t really scare people on either side of the ball.

by hokiegrad on Nov 21, 2011 1:30 PM EST up reply actions