TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) - Mississippi State is ranked No. 12 in the first BCS Rankings, unveiled Sunday evening. The Southeastern Conference owns both the No. 1 and No. 2 rankings in the inaugural BCS Rankings, as well as four of the top seven spots.
Alabama is the No. 1 team in the rankings, with Florida placed at No. 2 ahead of Oregon. The BCS Rankings are made up of the Harris Poll, the Coaches' Poll and the computer rankings (all three are valued equally) - only the computers have the Gators ranked ahead of the Ducks.
Kansas State (No. 4) and Notre Dame (No. 5) round out the BCS Top 5.
LSU (No. 6) and South Carolina (No. 7) are the other SEC teams in the Top 10, while Georgia (No. 11) and Mississippi State (No. 12) are just outside the Top 10.
The Bulldogs are (6-0) and bowl-eligible after a 41-31 victory over Tennessee on Saturday night. After their homecoming game against Middle Tennessee State on Oct. 20, Mississippi State travels to Tuscaloosa to take on the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide.
Texas A&M is the last SEC team in the Top 25, coming in at No. 18.
COMPLETE BCS RANKINGS (as of Sunday, October 14, 2012)
1Alabama
2Florida
3Oregon
4Kansas State
5Notre Dame
6LSU
7South Carolina
8Oregon State
9Oklahoma
10USC
11Georgia
12Mississippi State
13West Virginia
14Florida State
15Rutgers
16Louisville
17Texas Tech
18Texas A&M
19Clemson
20Stanford
21Cincinnati
22Boise State
23TCU
24Iowa State
25Texas
