| the Blue-Gray
Sky: Bowlin' for the BCS |
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| Conf. |
Team |
BCS
Rank |
Record,
Conf. |
Games
Remaining |
BCS
Status |
Most
Likely BCS
Bowl |
Best
Case Scenario |
How
to make
the Best Case |
| Big
10 |
Penn
State |
3 |
10-1,
7-1 |
Done |
In,
as Big 10 Champ |
Orange |
Rose | Need
a USC or Texas loss |
| Big
10 |
Ohio
State |
6 |
9-2,
7-1 |
Done |
Needs
some lobbying help |
Fiesta |
Fiesta |
stick
around as an at-large, hope BCS likes them better than Oregon |
| Big
12 South |
Texas |
2 |
10-0,
7-0 |
vs
Texas A&M, Big 12 game (guaranteed) |
Probably
in; two losses would knock them out |
Rose |
Rose | beat A&M and win Big 12 Champ game |
| Big
12 North |
Colorado |
NR |
7-3,
5-2 |
vs
Nebraska, possible Big 12 game |
Wing
and a Prayer |
None |
Fiesta |
beat
Texas in the Big 12 game |
| Big
12 North |
Iowa
State |
NR |
7-3,
4-3 |
vs
Kansas, possible Big 12 game |
a
longer Wing and a graver Prayer |
None | Fiesta |
beat
Kansas; Colorado loses to Nebraska; beat Texas in Big 12 game |
| Big
East |
West
Virginia |
11 |
8-1,
5-0 |
vs
Pitt, at USF |
Controls
own destiny |
Sugar | Sugar |
beat
Pitt & beat USF, and they win the Big East berth |
| Big East | South
Florida |
NR |
6-3,
4-1 |
at
UConn, vs WVU |
Also
controls own destiny |
None | Sugar |
must
beat UConn and WVU, win Big East berth |
| Big East | Pittsburgh |
NR |
5-5,
4-2 |
at
WVU |
Needs
a lot of help |
None | Sugar |
must
beat WVU. Needs UConn to beat USF, and USF to beat WVU.
Also need a Louisville loss in one of their last two. |
| ACC Coastal |
Miami |
9 |
8-2,
5-2 |
vs
UVA, possible ACC game |
Would
have been better without the loss to GT |
None | Orange |
beat
UVA, need a VaTech loss to UNC to get to the ACC game; win that, and
they bowl |
| ACC Coastal |
Virginia
Tech |
5 |
9-1,
6-1 |
vs
UNC, possible ACC game |
Looking
good |
Orange | Rose | Yeah,
Rose is possible. LSU loses 2, Texas loses 2, SoCal loses
1...that
would leave three teams at 10-1 (PSU, USC, VaTech). I'll go with
Orange. |
| ACC Atlantic |
Florida
State |
24 |
8-3,
5-3 |
vs
Florida, ACC game |
one
game is all they need |
None | Orange |
Even
if they lose to Florida, they're still in the ACC game. Win that,
and they're bowling. |
| SEC West |
LSU |
4 |
9-1,
6-1 |
vs
Arkansas, possible SEC game |
in
control in the SEC |
Sugar |
Rose | win
out; hope Texas loses two; hope BCS nudges them past PSU |
| SEC West |
Auburn |
10 |
9-2,
7-1 |
Done |
watching
the ticker |
None | Sugar |
Needs
Arkansas to beat LSU, then win the SEC game |
| SEC East |
Georgia |
15 |
8-2,
6-2 |
vs
Georgia Tech, possible SEC game |
tougher
road than LSU |
None | Sugar |
beat
GT, win the SEC game. |
| Pac
10 |
Southern
Cal |
1 |
11-0,
7-0 |
vs
UCLA |
In,
as Pac-10 Champ (even with a loss to UCLA - see below) |
Rose | Rose | They're
in the BCS, even with a loss to the Bruins. A win ices a Rose
Bowl appearance. |
| Pac
10 |
UCLA |
12 |
9-1,
6-1 |
vs
USC |
Bubblin' |
None | Fiesta |
Beat
USC and they might get a BCS bid...perhaps Fiesta |
| Pac
10 |
Oregon |
7 |
10-1,
7-1 |
Done |
possible
at-large |
None | Fiesta |
Need
to lobby to be picked ahead of Ohio State |
| Ind |
Notre
Dame |
8 |
8-2 |
vs
Stanford |
probable
at-large |
Fiesta | Fiesta |
Beat
Stanford and ND will be the darling pick of the Fiesta Bowl. |