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So the rules were changed 2 years ago. Prior to that, #6 in the BCS was an automatic berth. Mizzou, of course, stands at #6 right now and will be the only team ranked in the BCS Top 10 that isn't playing in a BCS game.BCSfootball.org wrote:Starting with the 2006 college football season, there are new criteria for automatic qualification for the Bowl Championship Series.
The major change for automatic qualification dictates that one team from among the champions of Conference USA, Mid-American Conference, Mountain West Conference, Sun Belt Conference or the Western Athletic Conference earn automatic qualification if such team is ranked in the top 12 of the final BCS standings or such team is ranked in the top 16 of the final BCS standings and its ranking in the final BCS standings is higher than that of a champion of a conference that has an annual automatic berth.
In previous years, automatic qualification was earned for any team finishing sixth or higher in the final BCS standings.
If it doesn't make sense, follow the money...ThatGuy wrote:Has anyone from the BCS attempted to justify Mizzou being left out yet? I haven't been watching much ESPN lately, but I would be interested in hearing an explanation (mostly because I don't think there's a reason good enough to leave #6 out in the cold completely).
It does. But the argument is that Mizzou deserves it more than KU.M1IRONMIKE wrote:I thought I heard that BCS rules forbid 3 teams from the same conference getting BCS bowl bids.
RC21 wrote:It does. But the argument is that Mizzou deserves it more than KU.M1IRONMIKE wrote:I thought I heard that BCS rules forbid 3 teams from the same conference getting BCS bowl bids.