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The BCS system rewards undefeated teams, especially undefeated BCS teams, discounting their strength of schedule. An undefeated BCS team (regardless of its strength of schedule) will receive an automatic BCS berth (and its attendant $18 million payout per team) and most likely play in the BCS National Championship Game. BCS conferences and teams understand this biased system and arrange their schedules to take maximum advantage of it. BCS teams, with the approval of BCS conferences, schedule 7 or 8 home games each year (out of a 12 home game schedule) and play weak non – conference opponents (e.g., Division 1 – AA / FCS teams, etc.), thus significantly increasing their chances of going undefeated and receiving a BCS bowl berth and playing in the BCS National Championship Game.
Only 11 different teams (9% of all Division 1 – A / FBS teams) have had the incredible opportunity to play in the 10 BCS National Championship Games – Florida State (3 appearances), Oklahoma (3 appearances), Ohio State (3 appearances), USC (2 appearances), Miami (Florida) (2 appearances), LSU (2 appearances), and single appearances by Texas, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Florida, and Nebraska. It is interesting to review their following 2008 regular season schedules (i.e., quality of non – conference opponents and number of home games):
1) LSU – 8 home games with non – conference opponents, Appalachian State (D – 1AA / FCS), Troy, North Texas, and Tulane;
2) Florida State – 8 home games with non – conference opponents, Western Carolina (D – 1AA / FCS), Chattanooga (D – 1AA / FCS), Colorado, and Florida;
3) Nebraska – 8 home games with non – conference opponents, Western Michigan, San Jose State, New Mexico State, and Virginia Tech;
4) Texas - 8 home games (including 1 game in “neutral site” in Dallas, Texas) with non – conference opponents, Florida Atlantic, UTEP, Rice, and Arkansas;
5) Ohio State - 7 home games with non – conference opponents, Youngstown State (D – 1AA / FCS), Ohio, Troy, and USC;
6) Florida - 7 home games with non – conference opponents, Citadel (D – 1AA / FCS), Hawaii, Miami (Florida), and Florida State;
7) Tennessee - 7 home games with non – conference opponents, UAB, Wyoming, UCLA, and Florida;
8) Oklahoma – 6 home games (and 1 game in “neutral site” in Dallas, Texas) with non – conference opponents, Chattanooga (D – 1AA / FCS), Cincinnati, Washington, and TCU;
9) Virginia Tech - 6 home games with non – conference opponents, Furman (D – 1AA / FCS), Western Kentucky (formerly D – 1AA / FCS until 2008 when it became D – 1A / FBS), East Carolina, and Nebraska;
10) Miami (Florida) - 6 home games with non – conference opponents, Charleston Southern (D – 1AA / FCS), University of Central Florida, Texas A & M, and Florida; and
11) USC - 6 home games with non – conference opponents, Virginia, Notre Dame, and Ohio State.
Additionally, Alabama in 2008 played 7 home games with non – conference opponents, Arkansas State (D – 1AA / FCS), Western Kentucky (former D – 1AA / FCS team that joined D - 1A / FBS in 2008), and Clemson. Penn State in 2008 played 7 home games with non – conference opponents, Coastal Carolina (D – 1AA / FCS), Temple, Syracuse, and Oregon State. In 2008, Texas Tech played 7 home games with non – conference opponents, Eastern Washington (D – 1AA / FCS), University of Massachusetts (D – 1AA / FCS), SMU, and Nevada.
Many other BCS and non – BCS teams would have improved records and could qualify for a BCS game berth if they had 7 or 8 home games playing weak non – conference opponents. Having extra home games each year is a huge advantage over the BCS / non – BCS teams that only play 6 home games. Winning college football games on the road is difficult to do! Playing weak non – conference schedules is also a big advantage for these BCS teams since non – BCS teams must schedule challenging non – conference games with BCS foes to increase their strength of schedule and gain national respect.
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