It'll probably look something like this:
Florida
Alabama
Texas
Cincinnati
TCU
Boise State
Georgia Tech
USC
Pittsburgh
Ohio State
I think Iowa will be severely punished by the voters after so many near-misses, finally missing. Ohio State will pick up some steam after winning at Penn State so convincingly. I am interested to see how the 10th spot goes though: you have Ohio State coming from 16, I think they get the top spot. However, you have Utah, who blew New Mexico out, that could grab the 10th spot. But by merely playing that game, it hurts their computer ranking, which was previously good enough to pull them from 17th in the polls to 14th in the BCS. Houston, currently at 15, eked out a W over Tulsa after recovering an onside kick with 20 seconds left and kicking a 51-yard field goal with a freshman kicker. Crazy ending. They also have a shot at the 10th spot. Margin of victory won't matter to the computers, but it probably will to the voters. I think Ohio State does pull out that 10th spot with all that. Iowa drops below all three, as does Oregon.
TCU might jump Cincy, but they have a lot of ground to make up to get there, so I don't think they'll get there this week. They could next week though. Make up a little this week, then take down number 11 Utah, that might be enough to do it. Although, Cincy does have a big Big East matchup with West Virginia next week...anyway, should be an interesting next few weeks.
Need more faith in the MWC, Mo. TCU plays Utah next week and assuming they win, that should give them a boost in the computers as well as the human polls. They will pass the loser of the Alabama/Florida game.
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