The top teams in the Bowl Championship Series rankings are heavily favored in their games this weekend.

Eight sets of rankings are used in the BCS standings: The USA Today coaches' poll and Harris Interactive...

This college football weekend might be viewed as the calm before the storm. With the teams at or near the top of the Bowl Championship Series standings expected to have one-sided victories or enjoying an open date, there figures to be little meaningful change in the rankings before the spotlight shifts in the remaining two weeks to rivalry games and conference championships.

CINCINNATI -- The University of Cincinnati football team ranks atop the current Bowl Championship Series (BCS) Top-10 in academic rankings, according to the latest graduation success rates released by the NCAA.

NEW YORK (AP) — All those blowouts have carried TCU to unprecedented heights in the BCS standings, giving the Horned Frogs hope — however slim — of becoming the first BCS buster to break into the national championship game.

Week 11 delivered mostly chalk results, but Andy Staples says one team stood out. Stanford's the hottest team in the land and rockets up the Power Rankings after destroying USC.

NEW YORK — TCU’s big victory wasn’t enough for the Horned Frogs to make a move up the BCS standings.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Don't talk BCS with Joe Paterno.

Don't talk BCS with Joe Paterno. Penn State's Hall of Fame coach says speculation about a lucrative Bowl Championship Series spot will be moot if the No. 13 Nittany Lions don't beat Michigan State this weekend. "Don't make a darn bit of difference. You guys speculate all you want," Paterno said.

Clemson can win the ACC Atlantic and the Big 12 North will be decided. Big Ten teams will try to keep BCS at-large dreams alive. And one big BCS story line is the battle for the Pac-10 Rose Bowl bid, Jerry Palm says.