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Football
By Bill A Parks
Replacing what was known as the Bowl Alliance, a system formed in 1992 to try to fix the problem of having split National Championships, the Bowl Championship Series is the most recent effort to crown a National Champion. The Conference commissioners and the Notre Dame AD are the administrators of the BCS. The system is designed to rank all college football teams and determine number one and two to play each other in the national championship.
Originally, the BCS consisted of four bowls namely Rose, Sugar, Orange and Fiesta but since the beginning of the season in 2006, a fifth BCS game, serving as the championship game has been added. This system simply means that instead of the original eight teams who will be playing in the BCS games, with the addition of the fifth bowl. The championship game will rotate between the four BCS stadiums. This year's championship game will be held at the Rose with next year's game at the Fiesta, then Sugar and the Orange.
There are three elements serving as the basis for the Bowl Championship Series: the Harris Interactive Poll, USA Today Coaches' Poll and the Computer Rankings. Only the Harris Interactive Poll and the USA Today Coaches' Poll are actually voted on. These two human elements are responsible for gathering and combining all the specific voter's votes at the end of every week. The Coaches' poll also has a preseason and postseason poll. The Harris poll, which is only used for the BCS and took the place of the AP poll, does not release a vote until midway through September. They also do not have a post season poll. It is merely a tool in the BCS formula to determine the top two teams to play for the national championship. The BCS then uses these two polls and a computer portion to determine the final BCS rankings.
Replacing what was known as the Bowl Alliance, a system formed in 1992 to try to fix the problem of having split National Championships, the Bowl Championship Series is the most recent effort to crown a National Champion. The Conference commissioners and the Notre Dame AD are the administrators of the BCS. The system is designed to rank all college football teams and determine number one and two to play each other in the national championship.
Originally, the BCS consisted of four bowls namely Rose, Sugar, Orange and Fiesta but since the beginning of the season in 2006, a fifth BCS game, serving as the championship game has been added. This system simply means that instead of the original eight teams who will be playing in the BCS games, with the addition of the fifth bowl. The championship game will rotate between the four BCS stadiums. This year's championship game will be held at the Rose with next year's game at the Fiesta, then Sugar and the Orange.
There are three elements serving as the basis for the Bowl Championship Series: the Harris Interactive Poll, USA Today Coaches' Poll and the Computer Rankings. Only the Harris Interactive Poll and the USA Today Coaches' Poll are actually voted on. These two human elements are responsible for gathering and combining all the specific voter's votes at the end of every week. The Coaches' poll also has a preseason and postseason poll. The Harris poll, which is only used for the BCS and took the place of the AP poll, does not release a vote until midway through September. They also do not have a post season poll. It is merely a tool in the BCS formula to determine the top two teams to play for the national championship. The BCS then uses these two polls and a computer portion to determine the final BCS rankings.
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