Red Raiders don't receive BCS love Longhorns did

A few weeks ago, Texas was the man that beat the man. The reward for the Longhorns was a jump from No. 5 to No. 1 in the polls. Now that Texas Tech is the man that beat the man, the prize is not so great.

Graham Harrell and the Red Raiders are up to No. 2 in the BCS standings. (Getty Images)

The Red Raiders moved up only two spots, from fifth to third, after beating Texas 39-33. Maybe it's the word "Tech" on the front of the jersey that gives voters doubts.

Fortunately for Tech, the computers don't care about the name on the jersey. The Red Raiders are tied for first with Alabama in the BCS computer rankings, and that is enough to put them in second place overall.

The Crimson Tide is an overwhelming No. 1 in both polls, which is a bit surprising since they were the least impressive of this week's winners at the top of the rankings. Alabama dispatched Arkansas State 35-0, and there's nothing wrong with that except when you compare them to their competition.

Oklahoma led Nebraska 35-0 at the end of the first quarter on its way to a 62-28 win. The Sooners actually picked up a first-place vote in the coaches poll. That voter has OU not only ahead of the three major unbeatens, but also Texas, which beat the Sooners three weeks ago.

Of course, that's not unique. Texas is sixth in the Harris poll and seventh in the coaches poll, and behind Oklahoma in both. Poll voters have notoriously bad long-term memories, "long-term" meaning "prior to Saturday," and this is just the latest example of this.

Texas may take some comfort in the fact that it still has a first-place vote in the Harris poll. Overall though, the voters are clearly undecided about how to rate Oklahoma, Texas, Florida and USC. The four are separated by relatively small margins in both polls. That means the computers have more of a say in their BCS positions, and Texas comes out on top there. The Longhorns are still the No. 2 computer team, so they remain fourth overall.

Florida jumped to fifth in the standings on the strength of its 49-10 win over Georgia. The Gators went from 10th in the computers last week to fifth this week. They also received one first-place vote in the Harris poll.

The team hurt most in the computer portion of the formula was USC. Despite a 56-0 thrashing of Washington, the Trojans dropped two spots in the BCS rankings.

The non-majors continue to make their presence felt in the standings as well. BYU climbed to 15th, giving the Mountain West three top 15 teams. Utah is up to No. 8, while TCU is 12th. With Boise State still sitting at No. 10, that's four non-majors in the top 15.

Not only that, but Ball State is 17th, just one spot short of where it needs to be to get into the BCS at-large pool, provided the ACC and Big East continue to cannibalize each other.

However, Tulsa's BCS dreams were crushed by Arkansas 30-23. The Hogs did something nobody else nobody else has this year -- hold Tulsa scoreless for an entire quarter. The Golden Hurricane failed to get on the board in the fourth quarter.