The first BCS standings are out and Boise State isnt No. 1.In fact, the Broncos arent among the top two teams who would qualify for the Tostitos BCS National Championship game.Oklahoma was first and Oregon was second in the standings released Sunday, with Boise State in third place and in need of plenty of help to become the first team from a conference without an automatic Bowl Championship Series bid to play for the BCS title.

Auburn is fourth, followed by TCU and LSU.

Boise State’s No. 3 spot is the highest ever for team from a non-automatic qualifying conference.

How important is being in the top five of the standings? If history is a guide, 20 of the 24 teams to play in the title game were in the top five in the initial standings. No team has reached the title game from lower than 12th in the initial release.

On the flip side, the Sooners and Ducks begin this race from the front row, but they can’t quite say they’re in control of it. Only once in 12 seasons of the BCS have the teams that were at the top of the first standings played in the championship game. That was 2005 with Southern California and Texas.

via Oklahoma Sooners, Oregon Ducks sit atop first Bowl Championship Series standings – ESPN.