HoustonHornedFrog
Active Member
Because OU won't get an invite even if they do win. The opening premis is that Kent State, currently sitting at No. 17 in the BCS wins the MAC championship and moves up to no. 16 in the BCS.
Kent State being in the top 16 (and having the Big East champion ranked lower) would make them an automatic BCS qualifier but also means that Oklahoma would have virtually no chance at being an at large even if they win on Saturday against TCU.
With ND in the mix this year, if KS gets an automatic bid, you will already have a situation in which 9 of the 10 BCS spots are taken by automatic qualifiers.
BCS no. 1 and 2 will be ND and winner of SEC championship game - two spots taken.
Big 12, Big East, Big 10, Pac 12 and ACC champtions get automatic bids - 5 more taken, 7 total.
If Kent State gets into the top 16 (and the Big East chamption is ranked lower) - 1 more spot, 8 total.
The automatic qualifier rules also say that if there is a team ranked in the top 3 or 4 of the BCS rankings from a school in one of the AQ conferences which is not the conference champion the no. 3 or no. 4 is automatically selected (but not 3 and 4 if that occurs). If the loser of the SEC championship falls below Oregon, then the final rankings will have ND 1, SEC winner No. 2, Florida and Oregon 3 & 4, so the higher of Florida or Oregon will be an automatic qualifier (Fl currently is above Oregon). So 9 spots are already taken.
With only one more spot available, does anyone believe that a two loss Oklahoma team (which will likely be ranked no higher than 10) would be picked over either Oregon or Florida sitting at no. 4 in the BCS?
Not going to happen. SO:
Frogs can sleep easy knowing that when they knock off OU they won't be costing the confernece any money by not having two teams in BCS bowls this year.
Kent State being in the top 16 (and having the Big East champion ranked lower) would make them an automatic BCS qualifier but also means that Oklahoma would have virtually no chance at being an at large even if they win on Saturday against TCU.
With ND in the mix this year, if KS gets an automatic bid, you will already have a situation in which 9 of the 10 BCS spots are taken by automatic qualifiers.
BCS no. 1 and 2 will be ND and winner of SEC championship game - two spots taken.
Big 12, Big East, Big 10, Pac 12 and ACC champtions get automatic bids - 5 more taken, 7 total.
If Kent State gets into the top 16 (and the Big East chamption is ranked lower) - 1 more spot, 8 total.
The automatic qualifier rules also say that if there is a team ranked in the top 3 or 4 of the BCS rankings from a school in one of the AQ conferences which is not the conference champion the no. 3 or no. 4 is automatically selected (but not 3 and 4 if that occurs). If the loser of the SEC championship falls below Oregon, then the final rankings will have ND 1, SEC winner No. 2, Florida and Oregon 3 & 4, so the higher of Florida or Oregon will be an automatic qualifier (Fl currently is above Oregon). So 9 spots are already taken.
With only one more spot available, does anyone believe that a two loss Oklahoma team (which will likely be ranked no higher than 10) would be picked over either Oregon or Florida sitting at no. 4 in the BCS?
Not going to happen. SO:
Frogs can sleep easy knowing that when they knock off OU they won't be costing the confernece any money by not having two teams in BCS bowls this year.
