From Brad Locke's Inside Mississippi State Blog ... The first BCS standings of 2012 were released tonight, and Mississippi State (6-0, 3-0 SEC) checks in at No. 12. That’s a heck of a starting for the Bulldogs, who are coming off a 41-31 win over Tennessee on Saturday. MSU is ranked 14th in the Harris Poll, one of elements in the BCS formula.

Here are the entire BCS rankings. Lot of SEC flavor.

1. Bama

2. Florida

3. Oregon

4. Kansas State

5. Notre Dame

6. LSU

7. South Carolina

8. Oregon State

9. Oklahoma

10. USC

11. Georgia

12. Miss. State

13. West Virginia

14. Florida State

15. Rutgers

16. Louisville

17. Texas Tech

18. Texas A&M

19. Clemson

20. Stanford

21. Cincinnati

22. Boise State

23. TCu

24. Iowa State

25. Texas

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The Mississippi State Bulldogs moved up four places to No. 15 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football polls released Sunday and up two places to No. 16 in the USA Today coaches Top 25.

MSU is 6-0 overall and 3-0 in the SEC after beating Tennessee 41-31 Saturday. The Bulldogs host Middle Tennessee at 6 p.m. Saturday.

Both polls listed below ...

The Associated Press Top 25

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 13, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv

1. Alabama (60) 6-0 1,500 1

2. Oregon 6-0 1,436 2

3. Florida 6-0 1,361 4

4. Kansas St. 6-0 1,296 6

5. Notre Dame 6-0 1,283 7

6. LSU 6-1 1,153 9

7. Ohio St. 7-0 1,071 8

8. Oregon St. 5-0 1,050 10

9. South Carolina 6-1 1,042 3

10. Oklahoma 4-1 994 13

11. Southern Cal 5-1 874 11

12. Florida St. 6-1 836 12

13. Georgia 5-1 753 14

14. Clemson 5-1 673 16

15. Mississippi St. 6-0 591 19

16. Louisville 6-0 574 18

17. West Virginia 5-1 552 5

18. Texas Tech 5-1 444 NR

19. Rutgers 6-0 405 20

20. Texas A&M 5-1 379 22

21. Cincinnati 5-0 294 21

22. Stanford 4-2 242 17

23. Michigan 4-2 177 25

24. Boise St. 5-1 133 24

25. Ohio 7-0 104 NR

Others receiving votes: Arizona St. 92, TCU 88, Louisiana Tech 38, Texas 25, NC State 11, Northwestern 6, Washington 6, Wisconsin 6, Nebraska 4, North Carolina 2, Tulsa 2, Arizona 1, Iowa St. 1, Penn St. 1.

Click here for link to USA Today Coaches Top 25 poll.

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