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The University of Florida and the University of Alabama retained the top two spots in college football’s Bowl Championship Series rankings, while Boise State fell three spots to seventh even though the Broncos remained undefeated with a 54-9 rout of Hawaii. Florida and Alabama were ranked 1-2 last week in the first BCS standings of the season. The Gators improved to 7-0 with aaion lvling 29-19 win at the Mississippi. The Crimson Tide, 8-0 after beating Tennessee 12-10 two days ago, blocked a 44-yard field-goal attempt as time expired. Texas (7-0) remains third in the rankings that determine the schools to play for the national championship on Jan. 7 in Pasadena, California. The BCS is determined using the USA Today coaches’ poll, the Harris Interactive poll and six computer rankings. The final standings will be released Dec. 6. Boise State (7-0), a member of theaion power lvling lower-profile Western Athletic Conference, slipped in the standings after its average computer ranking dropped to eighth from fifth. That came after Kellen Moore threw a career-high five touchdown passes in the 43-point win over Hawaii, which lost its fifth straight games. Iowa (8-0) is fourth, up two spots from last week, followed by the University of Southern California (5-1) and Texas Christian (7-0). TCU moved up two spots this week after a 38-7 win two days ago over Brigham Young, which was 16th last week.

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