New math, same issues for BCS
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While Southern California took the top spot in the debut of the reworked BCS standings Monday, Miami was second. The Hurricanes edged Oklahoma, which is a strong No.
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Bowl Championship Series rankings tend to leave heads spinning, dizzy from trying to decipher the decimal points that determine postseason destinies.
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While there still won't be a playoff in the Bowl Championship Series, the system will definitely be changed again.
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Long before the college football season started, followers of Boston College and West Virginia were eyeing Nov. 13 on their schedules. With Miami and Virginia Tech gone to the Atlantic Coast Conference, it seemed likely that the battle for the Big East title, and a trip to a BCS bowl, would be contested between the Mountaineers and Eagles, 1-2, respectively, ...
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Auburn faces a big test this week in its quest for a spot in the national title game. Auburn is third in the BCS standings and will probably need help to reach the title game.
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By wire services. Miami is No. 1 to the BCS computers, but it still fell to No.3 in the standings released Monday. USC stayed atop the standings at .
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By wire services. A perfect record probably won&#39;t be enough to get Utah into the BCS. Texas passed the Utes for sixth Monday, which could cost them about $13-million.
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Big East Commissioner Mike Tranghese (tran-GEE&#39;-see) says the Bowl Championship Series is not heading toward a playoff. But there will be changes in the BCS formula.
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When the Associated Press announced this week that it no longer would allow its Top 25 football poll to be used in the Bowl Championship Series standings, the procedure for selecting teams to play in major bowl games again became the center of controversy
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For those who want the Bowl Championship Series tweaked, the process may have already started. Reports indicate that the Associated Press may not wish to be part of the Bowl Championship Series formula next year.
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The Associated Press just made news. It wants to stop making news. Good for the AP. Bad for the BCS. The news is out that the Associated Press has decided to not let its weekly football poll serve as part
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For a system designed to reduce the number of officiating errors in college football, it seems that instant replay is just creating more controversy.
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Architects of the BCS huddled behind closed doors Friday to start hashing out next season's formula for determining which teams play for the national title in the wake of the AP's demand that its poll no longer be a factor.
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You can&#39;t spell BCS without BC And you can&#39;t spell &quot;BCS bowl buzz&quot; without a zzzzzzzzzzzzz. With a 36-17 upset of 13th-ranked West Virginia on Saturday, unheralded Boston College took a giant step toward claiming
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The much-maligned Bowl Championship Series took another hit when The Associated Press announced earlier this week that it no longer would let its media poll be used in the controversial formula
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It has happened every year since the BCS was formed in 1998. One way or another, whether by blowing its chance or by another team not providing help, Texas finds itself at the Cotton or Holiday bowls.
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There&#39;s a reason that the NCAA Division IA commissioners dread the idea of repairing the hole in the BCS rating formula left by the Associated Press, which pulled its poll.