NEW YORK — TCU took over fourth place in the BCS standings behind Florida, Alabama and Texas, giving the Horned Frogs hope — however slim — of becoming the first BCS buster to break into the national championship game.

Florida is first for the fourth straight week, and Alabama and Texas switched spots for the second week in a row.

The Gators and Crimson Tide have clinched their respective division in the Southeastern Conference and will meet Dec. 5 in the league championship game. One of them is all but guaranteed a spot in the BCS title game on Jan. 7 in Pasadena, Calif., if they can get through the next month without a loss.

The same goes for Texas, which has three regular-season games and possibly the Big 12 championship remaining.

The other undefeated teams — TCU, Cincinnati and Boise State — need the top three to stumble to have any shot of reaching the championship game.

The Horned Frogs (.8620) moved up two spots and are just ahead of Cincinnati (.8579) and Boise State (.8125). Each is 9-0 with three games left.

TCU has been rising in the standings by racking up blowout victories. The Horned Frogs have won their last four games by an average score of 44-8.

Meanwhile, Boise State has played close games against Tulsa and Louisiana Tech, two teams with losing records, and Cincinnati struggled to put away Connecticut in a wild 47-45 victory on Saturday night.

TCU is ranked fourth in both the Harris and the coaches' polls and in the compilation of six computer rankings. Cincinnati is fifth in the two polls and third in the computer ratings, while Boise State is sixth across the board.

BCS STANDINGS LIST

Harris USA Today Computer BCS
Rk Pts Pct Rk Pts Pct Rk Pct Avg Pv
1. Florida 1 2801 0.9828 1 1460 0.9898 1 0.980 0.9842 1
2. Alabama 3 2688 0.9432 3 1389 0.9417 2 0.970 0.9516 3
3. Texas 2 2712 0.9516 2 1399 0.9485 5 0.870 0.9234 2
4. TCU 4 2424 0.8505 4 1262 0.8556 4 0.880 0.8620 6
5. Cincinnati 5 2377 0.8340 5 1224 0.8298 3 0.910 0.8580 5
6. Boise St. 6 2349 0.8242 6 1200 0.8136 6 0.800 0.8126 7
7. Georgia Tech 7 2131 0.7477 7 1118 0.7580 7 0.760 0.7552 10
8. LSU 11 1634 0.5733 11 838 0.5681 8 0.700 0.6138 9
9. Southern Cal 10 1660 0.5825 10 847 0.5742 11 0.620 0.5922 12
10. Iowa 12 1540 0.5404 13 757 0.5132 9 0.670 0.5745 4
11. Ohio St. 8 1795 0.6298 8 944 0.6400 t13 0.450 0.5733 16
12. Pittsburgh 9 1713 0.6011 9 940 0.6373 t13 0.450 0.5628 13
13. Oregon 14 1381 0.4846 16 665 0.4508 10 0.660 0.5318 8
14. Miami 15 1366 0.4793 15 685 0.4644 12 0.470 0.4712 17
15. Houston 13 1476 0.5179 12 766 0.5193 16 0.370 0.4691 15
16. Utah 16 1352 0.4744 14 688 0.4664 t20 0.260 0.4003 14
17. Arizona 19 880 0.3088 19 472 0.3200 15 0.380 0.3363 18
18. Penn St. 17 1057 0.3709 17 552 0.3742 t20 0.260 0.3350 11
19. Oklahoma St. 18 979 0.3435 18 530 0.3593 22 0.170 0.2909 19
20. Wisconsin 20 567 0.1989 20 341 0.2312 19 0.270 0.2334 21
21. Virginia Tech 21 478 0.1677 21 268 0.1817 17 0.350 0.2331 23
22. BYU 22 468 0.1642 22 216 0.1464 25 0.060 0.1236 NR
23. Oregon St. 28 94 0.0330 28 39 0.0264 18 0.310 0.1231 NR
24. South Florida 23 266 0.0933 24 106 0.0719 23 0.160 0.1084 25
25. West Virginia 24 182 0.0639 23 121 0.0820 26 0.050 0.0653 NR