After a weekend when all the national championship contenders stayed undefeated, the BCS standings were unchanged.

Florida was first, Alabama second and Texas third yesterday.

The Gators will play the Crimson Tide in the Southeastern Conference championship Saturday for one spot in the BCS national title game. The Longhorns can earn the other spot with a victory against Nebraska in the Big 12 title game.

The BCS bids go out Sunday.

Hoping for a Texas loss are fourth-place TCU, which finished its regular season 12-0, and fifth-place Cincinnati (12-0), which can boost its ranking by beating Pittsburgh for the Big East title.

Sixth-place Boise State (12-0) will be rooting for Texas. The Broncos play New Mexico State and likely need the Longhorns to win to ensure themselves an at-large BCS berth.

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Eastern Illinois: Assistant football coach Jeff Hoover was killed in a car crash as he returned home from a playoff game against Southern Illinois. He was 41. Hoover and his family were riding with strength coach Eric Cash and his family late Saturday when their Chevrolet Suburban swerved to miss a deer and rolled over just south of Effingham, Ill., athletic department spokesman Rich Moser said yesterday.

Virginia: Virginia fired Al Groh after nine seasons as football coach yesterday, ending a tenure marked by his inability to beat Virginia Tech. Groh's dismissal came less than 24 hours after the Cavaliers (3-9, 2-6 ACC) lost, 42-13, at home to the Hokies. It also was their eighth loss to the Hokies in Groh's nine tries.

Memphis: LSU assistant coach Larry Porter was hired to rebuild Memphis yesterday. Porter replaces Tommy West, who was fired Nov. 9 after nine seasons.

Marshall: Football coach Mark Snyder resigned yesterday. Snyder went 21-37 in five seasons.