BCS-ranked teams in bowl games
Once again, flipping a coin proves to be a better predictor of bowl results than BCS rankings. The higher (or only) ranked teams won only 6 of the 16 bowl games with one or two participants in the final top-25; a miserable 37.5% of such games. BCS apologists will dissemble as always, but nothing could possibly justify such outcomes.
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The winning teams’ names are blue.
| bowl | team | rank | team | rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCS NCG | Alabama | 1 | Texas | 2 | ||
| Sugar | Cincinnati | 3 | Florida | 5 | ||
| Fiesta | TCU | 4 | Boise State | 6 | ||
| Rose | Oregon | 7 | Ohio State | 8 | ||
| Orange | Georgia Tech | 9 | Iowa | 10 | ||
| Chick-fil-A | Virginia Tech | 11 | Tennessee | n/a | ||
| Capital One | LSU | 12 | Penn State | 13 | ||
| Las Vegas | BYU | 14 | Oregon State | 18 | ||
| Champs Sports | Miami (FL) | 15 | Wisconsin | 25 | ||
| Gator | West Virginia | 16 | Florida State | n/a | ||
| Meineke Car Care | Pittsburgh | 17 | North Carolina | n/a | ||
| Cotton | Oklahoma State | 19 | Mississippi | n/a | ||
| Holiday | Arizona | 20 | Nebraska | 22 | ||
| Sun | Stanford | 21 | Oklahoma | n/a | ||
| Poinsettia | Utah | 23 | California | n/a | ||
| Emerald | USC | 24 | Boston College | n/a |
