Iowa comes in at #8 in the Coaches and Harris poll, but gets a perfect 1.000 in the computer polls. In fact, 5 of the 6 computers place Iowa in the top spot (only Billingsley does not). The computers understand the difficulty of Iowa's schedule so far. The Hawkeyes have wins over #12 Penn State on the road and at home against #20 Arizona. Road wins against Wisconsin (who was in the BCS last week) and Michigan State are also impressive. Iowa State's big win over Nebraska doesn't hurt the strength of schedule either.
It still looks like the winner of the SEC will face off against Texas, but Iowa has closed the gap on Texas considerably. With the computers, if Iowa is able to move up in the human polls, it looks possible to jump Texas. Right now Texas has a BCS Average of .8927 and Iowa has .8249. Iowa trails by about 0.2 in both human polls, so there is definitely some room that Iowa can make up, especially if USC, Boise State, TCU, or Cincinnati stumble.
BCS STANDINGS
| 1. | Florida | (7-0) | .9726 |
| 2. | Alabama | (8-0) | .9450 |
| 3. | Texas | (7-0) | .8927 |
| 4. | Iowa | (8-0) | .8249 |
| 5. | USC | (6-1) | .7944 |
| 6. | TCU | (7-0) | .7890 |
| 7. | Boise State | (7-0) | .7752 |
| 8. | Cincinnati | (7-0) | .7735 |
| 9. | LSU | (6-1) | .7030 |
| 10. | Oregon | (6-1) | .6456 |
| 11. | Georgia Tech | (7-1) | .5895 |
| 12. | Penn State | (7-1) | .5851 |
| 13. | Virginia Tech | (5-2) | .4921 |
| 14. | Oklahoma State | (6-1) | .4494 |
| 15. | Pittsburgh | (7-1) | .3415 |
| 16. | Utah | (6-1) | .3161 |
| 17. | OhioState | (6-2) | .3147 |
| 18. | Houston | (6-1) | .3085 |
| 19. | Miami,Fla. | (5-2) | .2491 |
| 20. | Arizona | (5-2) | .2241 |
| 21. | West Virginia | (6-1) | .1959 |
| 22. | South Carolina | (6-2) | .1891 |
| 23. | Notre Dame | (5-2) | .1197 |
| 24. | California | (5-2) | .0916 |
| 25. | Mississippi | (5-2) | .0907 |