What would today’s college football rankings look like under old BCS formula?
There is a lot of football left to be played but there sits a possible nightmare scenario for the College Football Playoff.
As we enter Week 9 of the season, Michigan, Ohio State, Florida State, Georgia, Washington, and Oklahoma are all undefeated from Power Five conferences. Michigan and Ohio State meeting at the end of the regular season will guarantee one loss for the two, but what if each other team runs the table?
Can you imagine the justified outrage if one of those teams ran the table and spent the College Football Playoff on the outside looking in?
Now imagine how things would look under the old BCS system.
Forget missing out at a chance at No. 5, you’d have No. 3 and No. 4 missing out on a championship chance as well.
But what would the BCS formula say about today’s rankings? Who would it have graded as the nation’s top few teams and who would have been left on the outside?
The people at BCSKnowhow put together what the BCS rankings would like today.
Who is in the all-important No. 1 and No. 2 spots and which unbeaten is it simply just not buying into?
Let’s take a look from No. 25 to No. 1:
UCLA
Record: 5-2
BCS Score: 0.1294
Next up: vs. Colorado
Tulane
Record: 6-1
BCS Score: 0.1372
Next up: at Rice
USC
Record: 6-2
BCS Score: 0.1502
Next up: vs. California
Duke
Record: 5-2
BCS Score: 0.1621
Next up: vs. Louisville
Tennessee
Record: 5-2
BCS Score: 0.2056
Next up: at Kentucky
James Madison
Record: 7-0
BCS Score: 0.2111
Next up: vs. Old Dominion
Louisville
Record: 6-1
BCS Score: 0.2282
Next up: vs. Duke
Air Force
Record: 7-0
BCS Score: 0.2522
Next up: at Colorado State
North Carolina
Record: 6-1
BCS Score: 0.2773
Next up: at Georgia Tech
Missouri
Record: 7-1
BCS Score: 0.3555
Next up: vs. Bye Week
LSU
Record: 6-2
BCS Score: 0.4278
Next up: vs. Bye Week
Notre Dame
Record: 6-2
BCS Score: 0.4340
Next up: vs. Pittsburgh
Oregon State
Record: 6-1
BCS Score: 0.5303
Next up: at Arizona
Utah
Record: 6-1
BCS Score: 0.5508
Next up: vs. Oregon
Ole Miss
Record: 6-1
BCS Score: 0.5794
Next up: vs. Vanderbilt
Oregon
Record: 6-1
BCS Score: 0.6178
Next up: at Utah
Penn State
Record: 6-1
BCS Score: 0.6581
Next up: vs. Indiana
Texas
Record: 6-1
BCS Score: 0.7283
Next up: vs. BYU
Alabama
Record: 7-1
BCS Score: 0.7390
Next up: vs. Bye Week
Washington
Record: 7-0
BCS Score: 0.8088
Next up: vs. at Stanford
Oklahoma
Record: 7-0
BCS Score: 0.8154
Next up: at Kansas
Florida State
Record: 7-0
BCS Score: 0.8831
Next up: at Wake Forest
Georgia
Record: 7-0
BCS Score: 0.9062
Next up: vs. Florida
Ohio State
Record: 7-0
BCS Score: 0.8831
Next up: at Wisconsin
Michigan
Record: 7-0
BCS Score: 0.9394
Next up: Bye Week
