If Rutgers goes undefeated, should they play in the BCS championship?
825009
Sorry kid theyre an ivy league team so that means if you where #1 you still couldnt go to the national championship its like this when they set up the bowl game matches the choose the #1 team in independents Army ,Navy Temple etc ...and the #2 team from the Pac-10 example CAL : they put those two teams to play in the Liberty bowl as an example because only 2 different leagues can play in that bowl. So theres your answer
948849
they would have to "smoke" both of them, because of what happened to them when they got smoked by USC. However, if USC were to lose 1 of there last 2 games, especially if it was UCLA, and Arkansas were to run the table, no question, they should be right there............But in my heart, Boise St. has not lost, so they should challange 4 the title.
887862
The Answer lies within!\n\nThe BCS determines who plays for the championship. It only determines who the best 2 teams are. It doesn't take into account who has played who already this year! \n\nI am a Michigan fan, and I would like to see them win the National Championship, but I will say this:\n\n"It cannot work out"\n\nIf Michigan rematches and wins, then they are champions? How? They split, it sounds like game 3 to me, you cannot crown Michigan because they won the right game!\n\nBCS says the 2 best teams will play, I challenge you to give me a better team than Michigan not named Ohio State!\n\nNotre Dame is a no! USC I am not impressed with, but if they win out they deserve a shot! If Arkansas or Florida win out (they play each other 12-2) they deserve a shot also.\n\nIt comes down to this whether they win the Championship or not Ohio State is the best team in the country! It hurts to say it, but it is true.
953222
NO way an undefeated Rutgers would wind up #1 or 2 in the final bcs poll, because of their weaker schedule than stronger conference teams. \nWhat impressive non conf teams did they beat?\nPlus, they play in the weakest by far of the bcs conferences. \nI believe even a 2 loss team from the SEC or Pac 10 could finish ahead of an undefeated Rutgers in the final bcs poll
946387
Anybody can make a case but we can make the best case\n\nMichigan lost to the number 1 team in country on the road by 3 points.\n\nUSC lost to an unranked team!\n\nNotre Dame....well we crushed them at south bend\n\nArkasnas is too far back in the BCS rankings\n\nFlorida is the only team I can see that should be there other than Michigan. They beat to Auburn which was undeafeted at the moment.But I'm sure that if you put up Michigan vs. Florida.\nWell you know who wins
896740
Sounds good to me. Or to appease the NCAA buttheads that created the BCS, use the BCS to rank teams based on their record against strength of schedule. This way, only the best of the best make the playoff and the other bowls wouldn't be screwed out of their tie-ins with the conferences unless those tie-ins belonged to teams who finished in the top 16.
798347
No brainer. If USC wins out, then they will play OSU for the national title. They deserve to play for the title too. The way the system is set up, BCS(Bullsh** College System) it hurts you to lose later in the year than it does earlier. USC is a great team and will give OSU everything they can handle. While USC did lose to the Beavs they will have beaten Cal, ND, and won the Pac-10 so that should count for something. This will be their fourth year in a row in the championship game so make no mistake they can drop OSU if it comes down to it.
826543
Of course. They're undefeated. They just beat Denver & New England on the road in consecutive weeks. It may change later on but as of right now, no one can deny that the Colts are #1 in the power rankings.
850349
I guess it's not really a fact, but the consensus is that it would be impossible for any two teams to rise in the BCS above the winner of the OSU-Mich game.  The winner of that game will end their regular season undefeated (#1 in the polls & the computers), and therefore it would be impossible for two different teams to ever top them in the BCS standings.  [It's unlikely that a team like Florida or USC would top them w/ strength of schedule, but even so the winner of OSU-Mich would be #2 in the BCS, and still play for the NC]\n\nShort answer: The winner of Ohio St - Mich will defintely play for the title.
853792
if usc beats notre dame tonight, that would drop michigan in bcs points a little because of their win over n.d. and if florida can beat the crap out of arkansas(?).  and usc loses to ucla next week,florida will be there. but all that is moot! the question is, do you want to be the team to get their skulls cracked by the buckeyes?
768871
I answer this question with caution, since I had given my opinion to a question earlier regarding USC, and I think that Yahoo is a USC fan.\n\nIn my totally biased opinion, I think that Ohio State and Michigan should be playing for the national title. You say, 'why should they play again, they already played?' I say that the two best teams in the country should play for the national title every year, and Ohio State and Michigan are the two best teams in the country this year, regardless of their rankings; BCS, AP, Harris,etc.....\n\nTexas has lost, twice...Auburn has lost, twice...Florida has lost, to Auburn...USC has lost, to Oregon State (very unranked)....Arkansas has lost, twice, to USC ( B I G ) and to LSU..... ND has lost very........ V E R Y...... B I G to Michigan.....in South Bend ( that's where Notre Dame plays )....Rutgers, West Virginia, Louisville and Boise State .....I shouldn't even have to mention......\n\nBottom line, Michigan lost to Ohio State, who has been # 1 all year (including the preseason) at OSU, by 3 points.....if that doesn't merit a rematch ( on a neutral field ), then you are a fan whose team is trying to get into the national title game, or, you just don't want to see the best two teams play for the national title.\n\n\nI won't fault anyone, ever, for being a fan of their team, I never have. If you have a favorite team you should defend them, always, but, if your team isn't one of the two best teams in the country, then you should be happy that the two best teams in the country are playing for the national title.....\n\nPLEASE, don't root (or RANK) against a team just because you don't like them. As fan of college football you should always want to see the two best teams in the country play for the national title, each, and every year. That is what the BCS was created for, to end the arguing amongst all fans throughout the country, and crown a true national champion.
1174632
I would offer up SEC. Why? Because while another conference's #1 might be able to beat the SEC's #1, and so on, there are really strong teams all the way down to the #8 position. Heck, this year VANDY had a 5-6 record. \n\nI'm not saying this to disparage other conferences. It's just that the SEC is deeper. Which makes it far harder for an SEC team to make it through the year undefeated.\n\nCase in point? Miami. They had been mopping up the floor with the Big East for years. But when they get into the ACC, it suddenly got much harder. That's what shows what happens when you are in a conference with consistently tougher play.
745909
I would agree with you that they haven't really played anyone and that the Big 10 as a whole is definitely down this year.\n\nThey will end up being the #3 team in the Big 10 and I would say compare fairly equally to any of the other #3 teams in the BCS conferences.  Texas A&M/Oklahoma, Oregon, Maryland, Auburn/LSU.....well, maybe not Auburn or LSU.
862978
according to all the michigan and florida crybabies out there, they should play ohio state.\n\nwith their logic, which only considers who a team loses to, boise state SHOULD BE the most deserving team because they haven't lost to anyone.\n\nbut their logic is contradictory because they still think michigan or florida is more deserving.  what idiots...\n\nbut i think they should play the winner of the big 12 championship
730597
Haha . . . the Rutgers are about as far away from making it to the championship game as Arnold Palmer is to making it back to the final round of the Masters.  Seriously, you have to play more than one legit team to be considered a contender.
1005939
that depends on if you suck or not. They had their best year in school history last year so they are upping their standards. They are also etting high profile prospects interested so Rutgers may not be your best D-1 bet.
957151
michigan is not out just yet.  the BCS ratings have not come out yet, and USC still has to play ucla.  we'll know more next week.\n\nagree with you.  the BCS is just a pile of monkey crap!  but then again, michigan stayed #2 after a loss and USC's big win over cal.\n\nthere's so many flaws, but it calls for certain things including that a team must win their conference to be eligible.  although i wanted michigan to beat ohio state, they failed.\n\ni think michigan has a GREAT program, but putting them in the national championship game would not be fair to ohio state.  it would only be fair if michigan has to beat ohio state twice to win the NC.\n\nUSC is good!  they proved it by humiliating oregon, cal and notre dame in the last three weeks.\n\ni was really pulling for a michigan-USC championship game.