Oct. 27, 2003

OXFORD, Ohio - After extending its winning streak, tied for the third-longest in the country, to seven games last week with a 38-30 win at Kent State, the Miami RedHawks (7-1, 4-0 MAC) jumped four spots in the Bowl Championship Series poll released this evening.

The BCS poll is used to select the national champion in college football by pitting the top eight teams in the BCS rankings against each other in the Sugar Bowl - the site of this year's national championship game - Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl and Orange Bowl.

The RedHawks' next match-up will be against another BCS team as No. 17 Bowling Green State University travels into Yager Stadium next Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m. for the first nationally televised game from Oxford.

The BCS Ranking is done by using a formula that takes into account a team's average ranking in both the Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN Coaches Polls along with a computer ranking average from several polls around the country. Combined with a strength of schedule analysis, losses and a quality win component, the BCS poll can be tabulated. Following is this week's poll released by the BCS committee: