Good or Bad? By: Jake Baker ©

The bowl championship series (BCS) is a ranking system that ranks the top 25 college football teams based on 3 components. The 1 st component is the computer rankings. There are 6 computers that rank the teams by giving them points. The team ranked #1 gets 25 points, the team ranked #2 gets 24 points, and the team ranked #25 gets 1 point. But only 4 computers are used to rank. So you add up 4 of the computers scores and then you divide by 100. The bowl championship series (BCS) is a ranking system that ranks the top 25 college football teams based on 3 components. The 1 st component is the computer rankings. There are 6 computers that rank the teams by giving them points. The team ranked #1 gets 25 points, the team ranked #2 gets 24 points, and the team ranked #25 gets 1 point. But only 4 computers are used to rank. So you add up 4 of the computers scores and then you divide by 100.

The 2 nd component is the Harris poll. The Harris poll gives up to 2825 points. The Harris poll consist of ex-sports players, ex-media and current media members. To get the points from the Harris poll, you take the number of points the Harris poll gives one team and divide that by The 2 nd component is the Harris poll. The Harris poll gives up to 2825 points. The Harris poll consist of ex-sports players, ex-media and current media members. To get the points from the Harris poll, you take the number of points the Harris poll gives one team and divide that by The 3 rd component is the USA Today coaches poll. The coaches poll can give a team up to 1550 points for each team. The coaches poll consist of many college football coaches. Finding the points You get in the coaches poll is easy. You just take total number points the coaches poll gave a team, then divide that number by The 3 rd component is the USA Today coaches poll. The coaches poll can give a team up to 1550 points for each team. The coaches poll consist of many college football coaches. Finding the points You get in the coaches poll is easy. You just take total number points the coaches poll gave a team, then divide that number by 1550.

Pro’s- 1.Makes every game have playoff like atmosphere. 2.Incorporates coaches. 3. Incorporates many variables. Pro’s- 1.Makes every game have playoff like atmosphere. 2.Incorporates coaches. 3. Incorporates many variables. Con’s- 1. Does not incorperate “BCS Buster’s”. Con’s- 1. Does not incorperate “BCS Buster’s”.

Another way to find the NCAA division 1 football champion would be with the playoff system. The NFL uses playoff’s. Playoffs could use any amount of teams. I think playoff’s should have at least 16 teams, but no more than 64 teams. President Obama wants playoff’s. Another way to find the NCAA division 1 football champion would be with the playoff system. The NFL uses playoff’s. Playoffs could use any amount of teams. I think playoff’s should have at least 16 teams, but no more than 64 teams. President Obama wants playoff’s.

The BCS is loved and hated through out America. I took a survey to see how Cedar Park Middle School thought about the BCS. Here is what I got. I surveyed 50 students. My results are on the following slides. The BCS is loved and hated through out America. I took a survey to see how Cedar Park Middle School thought about the BCS. Here is what I got. I surveyed 50 students. My results are on the following slides.