Here's all you need to know about Clemson and the BCS!!!

Nov 4, 2012, 10:20 PM

First of all, don't fool yourself into thinking that if Clemson wins out and even finishes ranked as high as 7th in BCS that we're a shoe-in for the Sugar/Fiesta. Here's why:

The BCS consists of 10 teams : 2 from SEC, 1 from Pac12, 1 from Big12, 1 from Big10, 1 from BigEast, FSU, ND, and 2 at-larges!

The choices for the two At-Larges would be from the following three:
(1) - Clemson
(2) - Oklahoma or Texas
(3) - Oregon St, Stanford, USC (yes, the real one), or UCLA (this all assuming Oregon wins Pac-12 Championship)

Laugh if you want about Texas, USC, UCLA now being ranked #17, 18, 19. But those teams would not need to be ranked ahead of us, just in the top 14.

Clemson would definitely get the nod over Oregon State and UCLA. Texas, Oklahoma, or perhaps even a 9-4 USC (losers to Oregon in the Pac-12 Championship game) would each get picked in any scenario ahead of our Tigers. A 9-3 Stanford team (assuming a loss at Oregon) could sneak in there at #13 or #14 in the end but I think 11-1 Clemson would get picked ahead of 9-3 Stanford.

In summary, in addition to Clemson's wins, this is what we need:
1 - Oklahoma to lose somewhere - most important - they play @ WVa and @ TCU but do not play a conference championship
2 - Texas to lose somewhere - they play @ Kansas State on 12/1
3 - USC to lose somewhere - preferably in the regular season and in the Pac 12 Championship to Oregon
4 - Oregon to win out. If Oregon loses to Stanford or Oregon State and misses out on the Pac12 Championship at 11-1, they will get an At-Large over the Tigers.

Kansas State is irrelevant. They would have to lose 2 of their last 3 not to be the Big 12 entry and if they lose 2, we'll be picked ahead of them anyway.

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No BCS bowl is going to take a 3 loss team. There may be bias towards the BCS with SEC teams...meaning the 2 loss teams are ranked to high. But even the SEC can only have 2 teams in BCS bowls. A BCS bowl should never take a 2 loss team unless that team wins the conference championship.

In short, 2 SEC teams will go to BCS bowls. The ACC champ and the Pac12 champ and the Big East Champ. The winner of Big 10 will go to the Rose Bowl. Alabama and either K-State, Oregon or ND will most likely play in the National Championship. That leaves 2 or 3 other spots open depending on whether or not ND plays in the NC. If they don't then the Pac12 champ (Oregon) or Big12 (K-State) will play leaving those automatic bid spaces open. Thus, if Clemson wins out it will be in a BCS game.

Here's all you need to know about Clemson and the BCS!!!

all of those pac 12 teams would have 3 losses

Re: Here's all you need to know about Clemson and the BCS!!!

Re: Here's all you need to know about Clemson and the BCS!!!

Re: Here's all you need to know about Clemson and the BCS!!!

Pfft.

What?!!!?!!! Have you lost your mind?

Re: What?!!!?!!! Have you lost your mind?

I said 2 or 3 spots depending on ND didn't I?***

Re: I said 2 or 3 spots depending on ND didn't I?***

If we win out

^^^^^^^^^^ Ding Ding Ding***

If we win out I'll be happy either way

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