An early take on which teams will make the BCS games following the 2007 season.
Fiutak predicts USC-LSU in the title game.
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Fiutak predicts USC-LSU in the title game.
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- The ACC champion goes to the Orange, the Big Ten and Pac 10 champions go to the Rose, the SEC champion goes to the Sugar, and the Big 12 champion goes to the Fiesta. Whichever bowl loses the number one seed to the national championship gets the first at-large choice. So if it's LSU 1 and USC 2, the Sugar Bowl gets the first pick, and the Rose gets the second. Flip-flop that if it's USC 1 and LSU 2.
- Outside of the bowls that lose the national title teams, the pecking order this year as far as at-large pickups is 1) Orange, 2) Fiesta, 3) Sugar, 4) Rose
- The bowls basically have to ask permission from everyone to take the same at-large team two years in a row, create a rematch of last year?s bowl, a regular season game, and they can adapt and adjust if some matchup looks more appealing. So yes, if LSU is number one and playing for the national title, the Sugar could take Cal, but Fox, the Rose Bowl, and the American public would likely put pressure on for the Bears to play the Big Ten champion in Pasadena.
- One other thing to watch out for is Hawaii. A "mid-major" gets an automatic big if it finishes in the top 12 of the final BCS standings, or is in the top 16, and one of the major champions is ranked lower. Ex: Hawaii finishes 16th, but Colorado wins the Big 12 title and finishes 17th, then the Warriors get an automatic spot.
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Zurp;783383; said:Rose - Ohio State (At Large) vs. USC (Pac10)
Sugar - Florida (SEC) vs. Case Western Reserve University (At Large)
Fiesta - Texas (At Large) vs. LSU (At Large)
Orange - West Virginia (Big East) vs. Virginia Tech (ACC)
BCS National Championship - Oklahoma vs. Michigan
DaytonBuck;952004; said:Would an undefeated USF or UC go past a one loss BCS team?
BuckeyeMike80;952007; said:USF and UC are BCS Teams :p
But to answer your question, no undefeated BCS conference school is going to be left out for a one-loss team. Call it a conspiracy theory if you like, but the powers that be won't let it happen.
Besides with the way things are shaping up (and assuming UC makes a huge leap in the polls today), the numbers will work out such a way that if CAl and Ohio State choke, they'll be right in the picture probably.