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.

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.

TCU's big victory wasn't enough for the Horned Frogs to make a move up the BCS standings.

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

TCU's big victory wasn't enough for the Horned Frogs to make a move up the BCS standings. TCU (10-0) on Sunday remained behind Florida, Alabama and Texas in the race to the national title game.

It may seem like the BCS has stacked the deck so high, a team outside the six automatic-qualifying conferences will never play for the national title. But don't give up so easily. That day may come much sooner than you think.

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NEW YORK—TCU's big victory wasn't enough for the Horned Frogs to make a move up the BCS standings. TCU (10-0) on Sunday remained behind Florida, Alabama and Texas in the race to the national title game.

In fact, in the new BCS standings, it's still the top eight. Florida, Alabama and Texas continue to control their own destiny.

IOWA CITY (AP) –– All season long, Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz dismissed the BCS talk that swirled around the program, saying simply that the Hawkeyes would probably end up where they belonged.