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Inside The BCS Computer Ranking Black Box

Found December 17, 2008 on Sports Are 80 Percent Mental:
TEAMS: Florida Gators,  Oklahoma Sooners

The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was created to finally provide a national championship game so that at least the No. 1 and the No. 2 ranked teams could play each other at the end of the season.  Of course, working backwards, how are we sure that the two teams selected are indeed the No. 1 and No. 2 teams? Should we fall back on the pollsor should we use the other four BCS bowl games to provide an eight teamplayoff, as our next president suggests?Since the playoff system seems to be an uphill battle, let's focus on thecurrent BCS polling solution and why it has so many doubters.
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