They will never retire the #12th man banner at Stanford; BCS Standings for Week 2

After seeing the pre-game enthusiasm that the Seahawks generate, it was a bit of a change to see a Stanford home game that felt like a neutral site.  Also, it was obvious the USC band knows how to play during a game, apparently Stanford's band feels like that would be beneath their band mission.  Yes, I can see how Ohio State fans buy up half the seats at IU and Purdue, but Stanford has been a BCS Bowl team, and are the current longest streak with four consecutive appearances in my tourney.

But another thing I have learned over the last four seasons, when I have concluded that the Stanford string of tourney appearances is over, they always  end up back.  No, I won't make any assumptions a
bout the Cardinal for a long time.

The Cardinal are out of the projections this week, and four teams have dropped out so far, two per week.  And although ranked teams generally avoid each other like the NFL avoids controversy, the benefits of playing a spotlight match-up are seen in the four teams that have climbed into the tourney.  A&M, Georgia, LSU, and USC all were winners in the rare match-ups that mattered, and it paid off, in their elevation.  Now South Carolina, Clemson, Wisconsin, and Stanford all dropped due to these same games,  but it may have been worth the risk.

1	Florida State	0.958742
2	Oregon	0.934068
3	Alabama	0.865634
4	Oklahoma	0.861287
5	Auburn	0.828631
6	Georgia	0.770333
7	Texas A&M	0.724204
8	LSU	0.698627
9	USC	0.658197
10	Baylor	0.607487
11	Notre Dame	0.568369
12	UCLA	0.560312
13	Ole Miss	0.477595
14	Michigan State	0.473989
15	Stanford	0.35357
16	Arizona State	0.31724
17	Virginia Tech	0.285971
18	Missouri	0.269215
19	Ohio State	0.215004
20	BYU	0.193
21	Wisconsin	0.19209
22	South Carolina	0.180168
23	Kansas State	0.135251
24	Louisville	0.131333
25	Clemson	0.113685

"In college football, one day you're in, the next, you're out" - Roger Goodell

IN- LSU, USC; OUT-Stanford, Ohio State

Projected tournament!

FIRST ROUND:

In Detroit:
7 Texas A&M
10 Michigan State

In New Orleans:
8 Louisiana State
9 Southern California 
 
BCS BOWLS (Quarterfinals):

Orange: 
1 Florida State
LSU/USC winner or Michigan State

Fiesta: 
4 Alabama
5 Georgia

Rose:
2 Oregon
Texas A&M or LSU/USC winner

Sugar: 
3 Oklahoma
6 Auburn

SEMI-FINALS in Atlanta

BCS CHAMPIONSHIP in Arlington, Texas