BCS downfalls
... Until 1998, the National Champion of Division-I-A college football was determined by which team was #1 in the polls (“About the BCS”). ... This system was created to place the top two teams from that year in a bowl game together to determine the National Champion (“About the BCS”). The system was given the name, Bowl Championship Series (BCS). The BCS’s sole purpose is to decide the top two teams. ... The BCS doesn’t decide the National Champion, it decides who is going to play in the National Championship game. The only problem with the BCS, unlike previous years where there was controversy over the number one pick, there has been controversy over who should be the number two team. ... In 1998, the BCS was created to help determine which teams are going to play in the championship game. Since the inception of the BCS system, there have been three teams that have been unfairly denied the chance to play in the championship game. In the 2000-01 season, Florida State University was chosen by the BCS to play undefeated Virginia Tech in the National Championship game. ... This meant that the BCS had failed to do its job of picking the top two teams in the nation. ... The University of Oregon was ranked third in the BCS ranking, but second in most of the other polls. ... The BCS’ complicated computer formula takes many factors into account when ranking college football teams. ... Quality wins are victories over teams that finish in the top 15 of the final BCS standings.