1.   Airline mergers traditionally run into trouble with pilots unions, which use seniority rankings to determine which pilots get to fly the most coveted schedules and routes.

2.   Currently, the BCS uses computer rankings from the New York Times, the Seattle Times and college sports guru Jeff Sagarin of Boston.

3.   In using fund rankings, you need to understand what they mean.

4.   Indeed, the National Association of Securities Dealers now forces funds to disclose the size of a group in advertisements using rankings.

5.   John Worth, a spokesman for the Vanguard group of funds, a leading mutual fund family, said the company did not use any rankings in its advertising.

6.   The agency now uses rankings for front- and side-impact performance.

7.   The BCS method is better simply because it counts strength of schedule and uses rankings where performance is quantified.

8.   The BCS rankings are used to decide which two teams will play for the national championship.

9.   The Department of Transportation does not use this ranking in its monthly tabulations of the airline business.

10.   The new rules, apply only to investment companies that use rankings in their advertising and promotions.