Easiest Path to a BCS game

[GRGB]

1. Win the Big East (3-5 non-Conference losses acceptable, plus 2-3 conference losses in a given year)
2. Go undefeated as a mid-major, but be ahead of the Big East Champ (Boise, TCU, TCU/Boise, Utah, Utah)
3. Come in 2nd in the ACC
4/5. Come in 2nd in the Pac12/Big10
6. Come in 2nd in the Big12-2 (*-unknown quantity though)
7/8. Win the PAC12 or B1G
9. Come in 2nd in the SEC
10. Win the ACC
11. Win the Big12-2
12. Win the SEC

[whitwiki]

Are there any options that involve losing?

[CA Mustang]

1. Win the Big East (3-5 non-Conference losses acceptable, plus 2-3 conference losses in a given year)
2. Go undefeated as a mid-major, but be ahead of the Big East Champ (Boise, TCU, TCU/Boise, Utah, Utah)
3. Come in 2nd in the ACC
4/5. Come in 2nd in the Pac12/Big10
6. Come in 2nd in the Big12-2 (*-unknown quantity though)
7/8. Win the PAC12 or B1G
9. Come in 2nd in the SEC
10. Win the ACC
11. Win the Big12-2
12. Win the SEC

Option #7/8 needs to switch places with #11!

[GRGB]

You think it's easier to win the B12 than the Pac12?

[SmooPower]

You think it's easier to win the B12 than the Pac12?

Not having a championship game helps a bit I guess.

[leopold]

Switch numbers 9 and 10.

Multiple times over the past few of years the ACC champ has been beaten by an SEC team. Example: When GT beat Clemson in the ACC Championship game, USC beat Clemson and UGA beat GT.

[GRGB]

Perhaps, wouldn't argue it.

ACC is the weakest of the Big4, and barely above MWC in the ESPN rankings. MWC > Big East

[GRGB]

Switch numbers 9 and 10.

Multiple times over the past few of years the ACC champ has been beaten by an SEC team. Example: When GT beat Clemson in the ACC Championship game, USC beat Clemson and UGA beat GT.

Actually, it's EASIER to win the ACC than come in 2nd in the SEC. Still need to switch?

[leopold]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

According to your rankings isn't 10 supposed to be harder than 9?

[GRGB]

My bad. Should have reversed the order to avoid author confusion.

Re b12 w/o champ game, it's an asterisk bc it's possible for any of 3 teams in a ch game conference to get 2 bids, but in big12 we know who the top 2 are.

Ex: bama lsu are 1/2, and will Play sec east for ch.

Which 2 go? What if sec e wins?

[Stallion]

Kind of funny that the Big 12 is the No. 1 ranked conference in the Country right now according to Sagarin

[Garret]

I don't understand why it says that you have to finish with a higher ranking than the Big East champion. I learned a LOT about the BCS rules when Hawaii was making its run in 2007. To get an automatic BCS bowl spot as a non-AQ school, you need:

1. Be the highest ranked non-AQ school.
2. Be in the top 12 in the BCS standings.

You only need to be ahead of the Big East (or ACC) champion if the non-AQ team is ranked between 13-16.

You can get picked as an at-large team if you are the 2nd highest ranked non-AQ school, but that has only happened once (BSU, Fiesta Bowl, when TCU was ranked higher than them).

http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bcs_explained.html

[FriarTuck]

Hey pony fans. As a big east guy, I'm starting to get to know your program a little bit more since it appears to be a team to watch as the the conference carousel turns. After the TCU game, SMU suddenly became a much more respected name on the big sites. I wonder tho - as unbiased as SMU fans could be why and why not should they be in an AQ conference like the big east.
these are the ones I have so far
http://bit.ly/n6GAGh
And on a side note... Does SMU want the BE? If yes does SMU want BE with an instate institution branded as there rival {Houston}

Thanks for the feed back

tuck

[SMU 86]

Welcome to the board FriarTuck.