Comment: The top two teams in the BCS will be Alabama and Texas when tomorrow's final standings are released. Alabama's last national title came in 1992, while Texas is looking to win its first since 2005.
The champions of selected conferences are contractually committed to certain bowls, unless they are No. 1 or No. 2. (ACC: Orange; Big Ten: Rose; Big 12: Fiesta; Pac-10: Rose; SEC: Sugar). If a Bowl loses a host team to the title game, then the bowl gets first choice at a replacement team. The rest of the selection order for 2010 is as follows: Orange, Fiesta, Sugar.
One champion from C-USA, MAC, Mountain West, Sun Belt or WAC will earn an automatic berth in a BCS bowl game if either: A. Such team is ranked in the top 12 of the final BCS Standings, or, B. Such team is ranked in the top 16 of the final BCS Standings and its ranking in the final BCS Standings is higher than that of a champion of a conference that has an annual automatic berth in one of the BCS bowls.
Comment: The ACC champion is locked to the Orange Bowl and with its win over Clemson in the conference title game, Georgia Tech will be headed to Miami. The Orange Bowl gets the first pick after the replacement picks and takes Iowa.
Comment: The Big 12 champion is locked to the Fiesta Bowl, but with Texas projected to the title game, the Fiesta gets a replacement pick. With Oklahoma State's loss to Oklahoma, it opened the door for the Fiesta to take undefeated TCU and and pair it with an undefeated Boise State.
Comment: With Alabama going to the title game, the Sugar Bowl will take a one-loss Florida as a replacement pick. Cincinnati defeated Pittsburgh 45-44 to win the Big East Conference and will land here.
Comment: The Pac-10 champion vs. the Big Ten champion. Oregon clinched the Pac-10 on Thursday night with a victory over Oregon State and will head to Pasadena. Ohio State wrapped up the Big Ten title with its overtime victory over Iowa earlier in the season and will also head to the Rose Bowl.
Teams in bold have accepted bids. If Army is bowl-eligible, it will play in the EagleBank Bowl. If not, a C-USA team can replace it. Navy is slated to play in the Texas Bowl if it is bowl-eligible. The Sun Belt has a deal with the St. Petersburg Bowl if C-USA can not fill its selections. * - Replacement team.
In Iowa's desperate attempts to finally lose their bid in any BCS bowl game, they are still in for the Fiesta Bowl. After their horrific loss to Northwestern, and their shabby performance in overtime, they should be looking to go to Flordia for some
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I am so sick of everyone crying about the BCS! If you are from a major conference and don't win out what gives you the right to throw a fit about someone else going to the Championship Game or BCS bowl. If you are from a weaker conference
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Has the possibility of a Boise / TCU Fiesta been examined? This wouldn't surprise me too much. These predictions already have eliminated the Big 12 #2 team from the BCS. This would be the equivalent of giving the boys a 'cookie' and sendi
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So how is this supposed to work out? It's bad enough the big 10 can't do math with the 11 players they have in it. And I can't find a way to make the number 12 in the middle of the words BIG TEN.
