• New here? Register here now for access to all the forums, download game torrents, private messages, polls, Sportsbook, etc. Plus, stay connected and follow BP on Instagram @buckeyeplanet and Facebook.

Question about BCS Rule.....

Jump to latest Follow Reply
plum diamonds buckeye planet
Sort by date Sort by votes
OSUBuckeye4Life

OSUBuckeye4Life

"THE" Ohio State Buckeyes
MODS please delete after the answer is posted....

Anyway, can anyone post the rule that gave Ohio State the auto at-large Bid to the Fiesta last year?

I'm having a "disagreement" with an Alabama fan about this.....

It would be appreciated.
 
Ohio State got an autobid because they were the BCS Number 4 despite not being the conference champion.

Under the BCS rules, any school that does not win its conference and places third or fourth in the BCS rankings shall be awarded an automatic bid. So that takes care of the Buckeyes. A second rule states that if any non-BCS conference school or Notre Dame finishes fifth or sixth in the BCS standings shall be awarded an automatic bid. Therefore, there are no at-large openings for Oregon or Auburn.
 
Upvote 0
Buckeyeskickbuttocks said:
Ohio State got an autobid because they were the BCS Number 4 despite not being the conference champion.

Under the BCS rules, any school that does not win its conference and places third or fourth in the BCS rankings shall be awarded an automatic bid. So that takes care of the Buckeyes. A second rule states that if any non-BCS conference school or Notre Dame finishes fifth or sixth in the BCS standings shall be awarded an automatic bid. Therefore, there are no at-large openings for Oregon or Auburn.
Click to expand...

What BKB posted is true, but there was a sequence to the order of those bids. The pecking order for the 'automatic bids' that go to the non-BCS conference champions was:

The 5th or 6th place BCS ranking for a non-BCS league team (including ND)

The 3rd place BCS ranking for a team in a BCS league that didn't get the bid as the BCS Conference Champion

The 4th place BCS ranking for a team in a BCS league that didn't get the bid as the BCS Conference Champion (given unless the 3rd ranked BCS bid was also a non-Conference Champion).
 
Upvote 0
Buckeyeskickbuttocks said:
Ohio State got an autobid because they were the BCS Number 4 despite not being the conference champion.

Under the BCS rules, any school that does not win its conference and places third or fourth in the BCS rankings shall be awarded an automatic bid. So that takes care of the Buckeyes. A second rule states that if any non-BCS conference school or Notre Dame finishes fifth or sixth in the BCS standings shall be awarded an automatic bid. Therefore, there are no at-large openings for Oregon or Auburn.
Click to expand...

Appreciated....do you have a link to this?
 
Upvote 0
OSUBuckeye4Life said:
I read that before while I was trying to find the answer, I didn't see it in there.
Click to expand...

They have 1 page for eligibility, and another page for the selection process. I bolded the section that qualified tOSU for a bid as the #4 team in the final BCS rankings. I also bolded the special provision for Notre Dame, as some folks attempt to claim that there are no longer any special BCS rules for Notre Dame. If there had been a non-BCS team in the top-6, along with a 9-win Notre Dame team in the top 10, Ohio State would NOT have received an at-large bid, even though tOSU was #4.

Note - These were last year's rules, and they may be revised before the 2007 BCS bowls are determined in December, 2006.

bcsfootball.org=standards

Automatic Qualification Standards

Qualification for At-Large Teams

There are two at-large spots available in the BCS games. If one or both of the participants in the national championship game are not champions from those conferences whose champions have an annual automatic berth in a BCS game, they are considered at-large teams. Only one team from a conference whose champion has an annual automatic berth in a BCS bowl may be selected as an at-large participant, unless two non-champions from the same conference are ranked one and two. No more than two teams from any conference may play in the BCS bowl games in any given year.

Pool of Eligible Teams

All Division I-A college football teams are eligible for at-large selection provided they meet both of the following requirements:
  1. Have won at least nine regular season games.
  2. Are among the top 12 teams in the final BCS Standings.
If a team chooses to count a game played against a IAA opponent for BCS selection eligibility, such game must be declared as a countable game to meet post-season requirements per NCAA regulations.

Automatic Qualification for At-Large Selection
  1. If both the number one and number two teams in the BCS standings are from independent institutions, Conference USA, the Mid-American, Mountain West, Sun Belt, or Western Athletic Conferences, those two teams shall play in the national championship game regardless of conference affiliation, and will fill both at-large slots. If one of the top two ranked teams is from an independent institution, Conference USA, the Mid-American, Mountain West, Sun Belt, or Western Athletic Conference, that team shall play in the national championship game and fill one of the at-large slots and one at-large slot will remain available.
  2. Any team from an independent institution Conference, USA, the Mid-American, Mountain West, Sun Belt, or Western Athletic Conference that is ranked three through six shall qualify for automatic selection.
    • If one or more teams other than Notre Dame qualify for automatic selection under this provision, Notre Dame shall also qualify provided it is ranked in the top ten or has won at least nine games.
    • If more than one at-large team qualifies for automatic selection under this provision and there are insufficient at-large slots available to accommodate all of them, the BCS bowls will select from those that qualify.
  3. After application of the previous provisions, if any at-large slots remain unfilled and the team ranked either three or four is from the Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pacific-10, or Southeastern Conference but is not its representative, that team shall automatically fill one at-large slot and shall be selected to play in one of the BCS bowls. If both the third and fourth ranked teams meet these criteria, then only the third ranked team shall qualify automatically. The third and fourth ranked teams cannot both qualify automatically under this provision.
  4. If any at-large slots remain unfilled after application of all previous provisions, then the BCS bowls shall fill such slot(s) by selecting from among the pool of all eligible at-large teams.
 
Last edited:
Upvote 0
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top