A Non-AQ Team May Still Qualify for a BCS Bowl

[tcuseagull]

Taken from ShaggyBevo:

"The champion of Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference, the Sun Belt Conference, or the Western Athletic Conference 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."

Now, the current BCS rankings 15-22

15 Oregon State - loss to Oregon
16 Texas - loss to TCU
17 UCLA - losing to Stanford
18 Rutgers (co-Big East leader) - loss to Pitt
19 Michigan - loss to Ohio State
20 Louisville (co-Big East leader) - loss to UConn
21 Oklahoma State - Loss to Oklahoma
22 Boise State
23 Kent State


Boise or Kent State could very well sneak in, though neither team deserves it. This same rule almost helped us sneak into the Sugar Bowl last year (still bitter about the computers screwing us). That may mean OU could get screwed, but wouldn't matter if we can beat them next week. The Frogs will be ready and itching to finally win a Big 12 home game!

 

[Frogs On A Plane]

Taken from ShaggyBevo:

"The champion of Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference, the Sun Belt Conference, or the Western Athletic Conference 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."

Now, the current BCS rankings 15-22

15 Oregon State - loss to Oregon
16 Texas - loss to TCU
17 UCLA - losing to Stanford
18 Rutgers (co-Big East leader) - loss to Pitt
19 Michigan - loss to Ohio State
20 Louisville (co-Big East leader) - loss to UConn
21 Oklahoma State - Loss to Oklahoma
22 Boise State


Boise or Kent State could very well sneak in, though neither team deserves it. This same rule almost helped us sneak into the Sugar Bowl last year (still bitter about the computers screwing us). That may mean OU could get screwed, but wouldn't matter if we can beat them next week. The Frogs will be ready and itching to finally win a Big 12 home game!

Why are you upset the computers screwing us last year? We didn't deserve a BCS game last year.

 

[NubomTurk]

This is not my favorite post from ShaggyBevo in the last 72 hours. Nothing particularly wrong with it, understand; it's just not my favorite.

 

[tcuseagull]

Why are you upset the computers screwing us last year? We didn't deserve a BCS game last year.

I didn't say we deserved it, but both the Coaches and Harris polls had us at 15; the computers knocked us out of the top 16. The Sugar Bowl vs. Michigan would have been awesome, though unmerited with our horrible loss to SMU at home.

 

[IamFroglash88]

Michigan didn't deserve it either
We would have won the Sugar Bowl. The fix was on.

 

[pcf]

I'll be glad when you guys get over this idea of who deserves it and just grabbing what you can get. Deserving only sometimes explains why things happen.

 

[TCUdirtbag]

Non-AQ must be conference champ. Is BSU going to win MWC? I know they lost one conference game. No clue about Kent State. Also, the conference champ of an AQ conference has to be ranked lower, so it depends who wins CCGs an the Big East.

There are lots of variables that just looking at the current standings won't account for.

I don't see any reason to expect a non-AQ this year.

 

[Rolex]

Boise will have to beat Nevada next week to chop the mountain west 3 ways. Kent state or even northern illinois has the best shot of sneaking into the top 16 as they face each other next week in what should be a matchup of two top 20ish teams. No way a big east team finishes above either with Rutgers and Louisville both losing today.

Frankly, I think a one-loss MAC champ is more than deserving of a spot this year. That conference was pretty darn good this year.