BCS question

[JasperDog94]

What would happen if A&M were to beat Texas and Utah AND Boise State make it into the top 6? Both are guaranteed a BCS game. How would that make things shake down?

[big daddy russ]

Only the highest-ranked mid-major (Utah) is guaranteed a BCS spot if they both sneak into the top six. Boise State won't be guaranteed a BCS Bowl unless they pass up the Utes in the BCS standings.

[District303aPastPlayer]

Originally posted by big daddy russ
Only the highest-ranked mid-major (Utah) is guaranteed a BCS spot if they both sneak into the top six. Boise State won't be guaranteed a BCS Bowl unless they pass up the Utes in the BCS standings.

who are the top 5

[Bellville22]

1. USC
2. Oklahoma
3. Auburn
4. Cal
5. Texas
6. Utah

[Keith7]

Boise State is Overrated.. they havnt played any Average team this year, and still had some really realy close games.. lets look at thier schedule real quick before i go to class....

September 4 Idaho W 65-7
September 10 Oregon State W 53-34
September 18 at UTEP W 47-31
September 24 BYU W 28-27
October 2 SMU W 38-20
October 16 at Tulsa W 45-42
October 23 Fresno State W 33-16
October 29 Hawaii W 69-3
November 13 at San Jose State W 56-49
November 20 Louisiana Tech W 55-14

[bullfrog_alumni_02]

Originally posted by Keith7
Boise State is Overrated.. they havnt played any Average team this year, and still had some really realy close games.. lets look at thier schedule real quick before i go to class....

September 4 Idaho W 65-7
September 10 Oregon State W 53-34
September 18 at UTEP W 47-31
September 24 BYU W 28-27
October 2 SMU W 38-20
October 16 at Tulsa W 45-42
October 23 Fresno State W 33-16
October 29 Hawaii W 69-3
November 13 at San Jose State W 56-49
November 20 Louisiana Tech W 55-14

keith, i know and you know that bcs doesnt know what is going on, they took out strength of schedule aswell as how well a team played. it really screws the good teams who deserve to be there. thus another reason why college should go to a playoff type atmosphere instead of having just bowls being played. there are too many of them anyway.

[big daddy russ]

Even though they've lost a game, Louisville should be ranked ahead of Boise. I actually wouldn't mind seeing the Cardinals and the Utes go at it in a BCS Bowl.

[Bellville22]

According to Brad Edwards article on ESPN.com, if Texas/Cal loses and Boise St. ends up in the top 6, they also get the automatic bid. This means if A&M beats Texas, and Georgia or Miami doesn't jump Boise St, Cal would be left out and Utah and Boise would be BCS teams.

Could be a very interesting few weeks.

[big daddy russ]

ESPN's wrong. Here's a link to the official BCS website.

Scroll down the page to the "Qualifications for At-Large Teams" paragraph... read criteria #2... (http://www.bcsfootball.org/index.cfm?page=eligibility)

[JasperDog94]

Why the heck does Notre Dame get special consideration?:mad: :mad: :mad:

[JasperDog94]

Originally posted by big daddy russ
ESPN's wrong. Here's a link to the official BCS website.

Scroll down the page to the "Qualifications for At-Large Teams" paragraph... read criteria #2... (http://www.bcsfootball.org/index.cfm?page=eligibility) I may be reading it wrong, but it said if there is more than 2 mid-conference teams, they could select any 2. So technically, Boise and Utah could both make a BCS bowl.

[TMer25]

The way I read that is that Boise St. would have to get the other at large bid if they finish in the top six of the BCS, since there wouldn't be more than 2 from non BCS conferences. If there were more than 2 though, then they would get to pick and choose, but since there is 2, they would have to take Boise St. as well if they cracked top 6.

[big daddy russ]

Originally posted by JasperDog94
I may be reading it wrong, but it said if there is more than 2 mid-conference teams, they could select any 2. So technically, Boise and Utah could both make a BCS bowl. They could receive an at-large bid if one of the BCS Bowls wants them, but are not guaranteed one like Utah would be.

"Any team (mid-major or independent)...which is ranked third through sixth in the final BCS standings, shall qualify for a berth in one of the BCS games unless more than two teams meet this criterion."

If two teams meet this criterion, only one is guaranteed a spot unless the other one is Notre Dame. The way rest of the thing is worded is a little confusing, but Boise State wouldn't be guaranteed a BCS berth.

[JasperDog94]

What's up with the special consideration for Notre Dame?

[KTJ]

ND isn't in a conference, that's why they get special consideration.

[JasperDog94]

Originally posted by KTJ
ND isn't in a conference, that's why they get special consideration. That's fine if they're not in a conference. There are also other schools that aren't in a conference. Funny that I didn't see those teams mentioned.:rolleyes:

[Bellville22]

Originally posted by big daddy russ
ESPN's wrong. Here's a link to the official BCS website.

Scroll down the page to the "Qualifications for At-Large Teams" paragraph... read criteria #2... (http://www.bcsfootball.org/index.cfm?page=eligibility)

The way I read it, Boise St. and Utah would be locks in that situation. It says if "more than two", Utah and Boise would be two, so they would both get automatic bids.

[JasperDog94]

That's the way I read it.

[stallion02]

out of the top six I wanna see:

Auburn vs. USC for the national championship

Oklahoma vs Cal - Rose bowl

Texas vs Utah - fiesta

I know those are way off from what will happen, but I think those would be the best games. Maybe the BCS could come up wtih some sort of way for fans or maybe even the media/coaches to vote on particular matchups they wanna see. Or, or better yet... how bout a playoff system!!! :D

[big daddy russ]

Maybe I'm the idiot who read it wrong. I always thought only two could go if Notre Dame and a mid-major made it into the top six.

Sorry guys. Won't happen again.

[KTJ]

Originally posted by JasperDog94
That's fine if they're not in a conference. There are also other schools that aren't in a conference. Funny that I didn't see those teams mentioned.:rolleyes:

Simple. Those other schools aren't Notre Dame, if you know what I mean.

[JasperDog94]

Yeah, unfortunately I do...:(

[CHSBaseball07]

I JUST HOPE TEXAS GETS A BCS BOWL