BCS bowl histories have gotten better, sort of.
The tables that hold historical information about title games, the BCS NCG, the Fiesta Bowl, the Orange Bowl, the Rose Bowl, and the Sugar Bowl are now sortable.
Find an optical mouse customized for your favorite college football team.
54 FBS teams have never made the top-25 …
in a season’s final BCS rankings, as shown on this new page. Sixteen of these teams have at least one quality win, but only four have won at least half of their games against BCS out-of-conference opponents.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is available for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Order and you will receive a $20 credit toward a future video game purchase.
They’re called “mid-major” conferences for a reason.
The records of the non-BCS conferences against teams from the six AQ conferences have been added to the table on this page.
HBO shows, including Big Love, True Blood, and The Sopranos, are now part of the Disc + On Demand program at amazon.com.
Congratulations to the Ohio State Buckeyes.
With its first Rose Bowl victory in the BCS era, Ohio State is now 5-3 in BCS bowls and has scored 3 more points than it has allowed. The Buckeyes and the Florida Gators are tied for second, behind the USC Trojans, who have 6 BCS bowl victories. The state of Oregon lost its claim to fame as home to 2 teams undefeated in BCS bowls. The Oregon Ducks drop to 1-1 in BCS bowls.
Commemorative merchandise for sale includes a Rose Bowl DVD, commemorative coins: bronze, gold, (in an acrylic holder), a photo (matted), an autograph football, a ticket frame, a hoodie for youths, a mounted newspaper, and a large selection of T-shirts
In the BCS era, OOC scheduling ain’t what it used to be, but …
four new columns in the table on the “aggregate BSC rankings …” page show how teams – those have placed in at least one season’s final BCS rankings – have done in out-of-conference games against BCS opponents.
NOTE: Win-loss records are based strictly on the final scores of games – if a team is forced to vacate/forfeit any contests, this has no effect on the team’s OOC standings, or that of its opponents.
You can browse through nearly 200 Blu-ray movies priced at less than $10 at amazon.com.
The top-ranked team has lost 16 games in the BCS era.
As can be seen on this new page in the history section, of the 16 games in which the top-ranked team was upset, Oklahoma was the victim five times. Incredible as it may appear, and it has happened two times, a single team ranked #1 by the BCS has lost twice in one season. Another interesting tidbit is that the #1 teams did not lose primarily because of a lack of offense. Only once did a top-ranked team fail to score less than 10 points in these games.
The Beatles: Rock Band is on sale in three editions for two systems.
software only: PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
Special Value Edition: PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
Limited Edition Premium Bundle: PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
AQ conferences in games against BCS OOC opponents, or …
why is the SEC in room 222? The answer to that question will not be found in the table on this new page, but you will see win-loss records, totals and percentages. The amount of data that needed to be captured and tabulated to get these numbers was staggering. To give you an idea of the complexity of correctly identifying and recording applicable game results, a spreadsheet row for South Florida is below. As can be seen on another page recently added to BCS Central, the Bulls started FBS play as an independent in 2001, moved to Conference USA in 2003, and switched to the Big East Conference in 2005.
| team | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | % | ||
| South Florida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 38.9 | |
What team played in which conference when?
This is the question that the new page titled “teams with multiple affiliations in the BCS era” can answer. It is interesting to note, that of the six BCS or AQ conferences, only two of them – the Atlantic Coast and Big East Conferences – have welcomed new teams in the BCS era. Conversely, the rosters of all of the mid-major conferences – including the Big West Conference, which no longer exists – have seen changes. Utah State has had four distinct FBS affiliations. Temple is the only team that has moved from a BCS conference to non-AQ afffilation.
The failure of Internet Explorer to correctly display the table is not surprising – PC users are urged to use Firefox.
Whether you were rooting for the Baltimore Colts or the New Orleans Saints to win the Super Bowl, amazon.com has a huge selection of your team’s fan gear.
Regular Season Out-Of-Conference BCS Win-Loss Records
The table below contains data for a number of teams that have appeared in seasons’ final BCS rankings several times. It is not meant to be comprehensive or to imply that these teams have had the best regular season records against out-of-conference BCS opponents. The table may be sorted by clicking on column headers.
Amazon.com’s Tax Central store is now open.
| team | W | L | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| USC | 23 | 5 | 82.1 |
| Nebraska | 13 | 4 | 76.5 |
| Georgia | 12 | 4 | 75.0 |
| LSU | 6 | 2 | 75.0 |
| Ohio State | 14 | 5 | 73.7 |
| Virginia Tech | 13 | 5 | 72.2 |
| Tennessee | 9 | 4 | 69.2 |
| TCU | 15 | 7 | 68.2 |
| Miami (FL) | 17 | 8 | 68.0 |
| Penn State | 13 | 7 | 65.0 |
| Oklahoma | 9 | 5 | 64.3 |
| Florida State | 18 | 12 | 60.0 |
| Georgia Tech | 14 | 10 | 58.3 |
| Texas | 7 | 5 | 58.3 |
| Utah | 14 | 11 | 56.0 |
| Notre Dame | 65 | 53 | 55.1 |
| Florida | 8 | 7 | 53.3 |
| Michigan | 8 | 9 | 47.1 |
| Boise State | 4 | 11 | 26.7 |
Congratulations to the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Alabama’s first BCS bowl win in three tries earns the Crimson Tide the BCS title and puts it on the positive side of point differences. A team from the SEC has won all four of the BCS NCGs played. The #1 ranked team breaks a streak of the #2 team winning the past four title games. Nick Saban becomes the only coach to lead two teams to BCS championships.
The SEC goes to 14-5 in BCS bowls and is 3-1 versus the Big 12 in BCS bowl matchups; 3-0 in title games. This is the sixth time a team from the SEC has won the BCS title.
Texas, which drops to the negative side of BCS bowls point differences, falls to 3-1 in BCS bowls, joining Miami, which also has captured the BCS crown once.
BCS national championship items include photos: #1 & #2, several polo shirts, flip flops, a great selection of hats, a football, watches: men’s: #1, #2, #3, & #4, and women’s: #1, #2, & #3, a switch plate, a variety of sweatshirts, a wallet, car window clings: #1 & #2, water bottles: silver & red, cuff links, a ticket frame (smaller), several jackets, an auto tag, display cases for a mini-helmet, full-sized helmet, and football (#1 & #2), a large selection of [travel] mugs & glasses, commemorative coins: #1 & #2 (in acrylic), decals, three distinct signs, a throw blanket, mats: #1, #2, #3, & #4, a charm (with chain or on a bracelet), earrings, car flags: #1 & #2, a license plate frame, a number of flags & banners, a money clip, a magnet, wall clocks: #1 & #2, car mats, and many choices in t-shirts.
A DVD of the title game is for sale. Also available is an SEC championship game DVD.
When the BCS’s Ministry of Truth was caught …
BCS Central uncovered the attempt to rewrite history in December of 2007, but the tactic was straight out of 1984. See how the section titled 2003 Regular Season mentions “a split national championship”, then notice how that information was erased from the section as the BCS now presents it.
You can try out more than 1,000 downloadable games free at amazon.com.
So, what has your team really accomplished in the BCS era?
Hours of painstaking research have resulted in the new “Quality Wins” column on the aggregate BCS rankings page. A “quality win” means a victory over a team that appeared in the final BCS rankings, whether it occurred in the regular season, a conference championship game, or a bowl game. It is thus possible that a team can be credited for 2 quality wins over a single opponent in a given season.
It must be noted that quality wins are not now listed for teams which have not appeared in any season’s final BCS rankings on this new page. One such team actually has more quality wins than the majority of the teams present in the aggregate rankings table.
major upgrade completed; very interesting numbers to come
The tables on the rankings pages for 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 are now sortable and have new “W”, “L” , “OOC BCS W-L” and “best [road] wins” columns. The research to produce this last bit of information will soon enable BCS Central to add a column to the “aggregate BCS rankings” page’s table. These numbers will tell how many “Quality Wins” the listed teams have had in the BCS era.
Amazon.com has a number of online game codes available: for Playstation 3: Uno, Braid, Tank Battles, Critter Crunch, and Burn Zombie Burn; for PSP: Kurulin Fusion.
Three more years’ worth of improvements are here.
The 2005 strength of schedule page now has the “BCS OOC W-L” and “best [road] wins” columns. In addition to that data, the tables on the rankings pages for 2003 and 2004 are now sortable and have new “W” and “L” columns.
Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection is available for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, and is eligible for free Super Saver Shipping.
