For its entire existence, the BCS was a popular punching bag. Computer polls made up of complex algorithms surely done by nerds in their parents' basements determined which two college teams would play for a National Championship. It went against everything we were taught to believe and led to teams going to unfamiliar bowl games.
Miami in the Rose Bowl! Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl! Oh, the humanity! Finally, a true champion will be crowned and all the evils of the computer nerds would be righted! But soon enough, the flaws were evident to everyone.
Every week when the committee releases their Top 25, Jeff Long comes on TV to contradict himself talking about quality losses and situations which apply to one team but not to others. Because the CFB Playoff's Top 25 is not based in any reality, but rather what a handful of people think. You and your buddies can hole up in a basement with a case of cheap beer and pizza and come up with a better poll.
The Tide made it by topping Oklahoma State, which ranked 2 in the computers. Everyone hated the all-SEC rematch, TV ratings tanked, and like five months later , the Playoff was officially announced. The computers tried to give us Oklahoma State! Bleep blorp! In , the Playoff works exactly the same as it did in a dozen or so people go into a room, spit out rankings to ESPN, and send one member forth to briefly not explain anything to Rece Davis. Until the Playoff expands.
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Getty Images. Banner Society illustration. The computers [laser gun noises] This was the big revolution. Each loss adds 1 point to the total. Decision-makers just wanted to pick something and stick with it for a while. The procedure in selecting which teams is where it gets a little confusing. There are two different types of teams AQ-teams automatic qualifying and non-AQ.
Ten teams are chosen to participate in one of five bowl games. Bowl organizers are contractually obligated to host the champion of one of the five designated conferences. Why these specific conferences? What about the others? Well, all conferences had an opportunity to earn automatic qualifications during a four-year evaluation during the seasons.
The above mentioned were the five that met the criteria. The champion team from each AQ-conference will automatically earn a trip to one of the five BCS bowl games -- at least until , when their contract ends.
The AQ conferences have contracts with bowl organizers and T. The biasness of the BCS system creates an enormous challenge for any team in the seven non-AQ conferences to reach a championship game. These standings are an intricate portion of the BCS. Each computer ranking uses different algorithms in its formula.
Out of the six computer rankings, the highest and lowest rankings for each team are dropped and then divided by the remaining total by the maximum points.
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