The current BCS system has many downfalls. The main influences on the BCS standings are the human polls. The two polls used

In the following season, 2001, the BCS had another problem. Once again there was a unanimous, undefeated number one team, Miami. A string of late season losses created another controversy involving one or more loss teams striving for second place. Nebraska, with one loss, ended up in second place after failing to win it’s own conference. Colorado, the conference champion with two losses, finished in third. The strongest case may have been for the fourth ranked team yet again, as Oregon won their conference and finished with only one loss. This year’s title game was no different. Nebraska was slaughtered in the Rose Bowl. Would Colorado or Oregon have done better? After this travesty, Oregon’s coach Mike Bellotti was quoted as follows, “I liken the BCS to a bad disease, like cancer. Not to take anything away from Nebraska or Colorado—they’re great football teams—but one has two losses and the other didn’t win their conference championship. We’re number two in both polls, but those things don’t have a lot of merit, obviously” (Roylance).

Why does the BCS shun non-BCS conference schools and other deserving teams of BCS bowls? The bottom line is that it is all about money. When BCS bowls are choosing their at large selections, they rarely choose teams based on their performance. This makes it hard to prognosticate the BCS bowl matchups. They choose schools based on how many tickets they will sell and how high the television ratings will be. Notre Dame is one of the most popular schools in the country. If Notre Dame meets the BCS criteria for an at large selection, nine wins and a top twelve ranking in the BCS, they will almost always be assured a BCS bowl over a more deserving team, based on their economic impact. The best example of this occurred in 1998. Kansas Sate finished number three in the final BCS standings and didn’t receive an at large bid to a BCS bowl. Their only loss was in double overtime in their conference championship game to Texas A&M (“SFAA College Football Playoff Proposals”). Florida, the number eight team in the last BCS, was chosen for an at large berth over Kansas State based on their following.

by the BCS are the Associated Press Poll and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. The polls are voted on weekly by selected sportswriters (AP) and coaches (Coaches). These polls are unfair because they are released too early in the week to be able to fairly evaluate 117 teams (Roylance). Because of discrepancies in the polls, the system has not been able to rank teams accurately beyond the number one team.

The BCS has been around for four years. There has never been a moment in which there was no controversy about the BCS. So, does BCS really stand for Bowl Championship Series? Blatantly Corrupt System, Big Cheesy Series, Best College Screwed, Bowl Championship Sucks, and Big Computerized Screw are some of the alternates created by BCS haters. Many disadvantages exist in the way the Bowl Championship Series is run. Implementing a playoff system in college football would solve many problems. The playoffs would serve as a medium in which the true national champion could be determined on the playing field. The playoffs would also include the bowl games to keep college football tradition alive.

Many people argue that the playoff system would have an adverse effect on college football’s bowl tradition. This is not true because a playoff system would include the use of all bowl games. The arguments of losing revenue from bowls would no longer be valid either. Th

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