Bowl Championship Series

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The Bowl Championship Series was a former system used in NCAA Division I FBS college football to determine national championship matchups and major bowl game participants through a combination of polls and computer rankings.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf college football postseason system
sports ranking system
competitionLevel NCAA Division I FBS
controversy complex and opaque computer formulas
exclusion of undefeated or highly ranked teams from title game
lack of playoff format
perceived bias toward power conferences
country United States
dissolved 2014
endTime 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season
formatChange BCS National Championship Game separated from traditional bowls starting with 2006 season
governingBody NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
hasPart BCS National Championship Game
BCS standings
Fiesta Bowl
Orange Bowl
Rose Bowl
Sugar Bowl
inception 1998
includesConference Atlantic Coast Conference
Big 12 Conference
Big East Conference
Big Ten Conference
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program
Pac-10 Conference
Southeastern Conference
notableSeason 2003 BCS controversy involving LSU, USC, and Oklahoma
2004 exclusion of undefeated Auburn from title game
2007 season with multiple upsets affecting BCS standings
numberOfTeamsInStandings 25
organizer BCS Presidential Oversight Committee
conference commissioners of participating conferences
purpose determine participants in major bowl games
determine participants in the national championship game
replacedBy College Football Playoff
replaces Bowl Alliance
Bowl Coalition
selectionCriteria top two teams in final BCS standings play for national championship
shortName BCS
sport American football
startTime 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season
televisionPartner ABC Sports
ESPN
Fox Sports
uses computer rankings
human polls
quality win component
strength of schedule
win–loss records


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