How To Win a BCS Championship Game For Dummies

For some, winning a BCS Championship game is very difficult.  For most, just getting to the championship game is impossible.  Here are some very simple steps to improve your chances at doing both.

Getting to the Game

Just getting to the BCS Championship game is half the battle.  There are five basic steps that teams and coaches must follow in order to make it to the big game:

1) Win the SEC Championship—Winning the SEC Championship is a key requirement for reaching the BCS Championship game.  The SEC Champion has won the BCS Championship game each of the last three years.  SEC teams are 5-0 in BCS Championship matchups since the inception of the BCS. 

The SEC has more BCS bowl wins than any other conference.  Even if the SEC Champion has one or two losses during the season, winning the SEC virtually assures that team of a spot in the BCS Championship game.

2) Complete an undefeated season and win your conference championship game—If your team is unfortunate enough not to be a member of the SEC, then the second most important step is for your team to go undefeated AND win your conference championship game.  By doing this, your team will most likely be allowed to compete against the SEC champion for the BCS crown.

3) Complete an undefeated season and have quality, blow-out non-conference wins—Some of the weaker conferences do not have a conference championship game, which puts teams in such conferences at a disadvantage. 

In order for such a team to reach the BCS Championship game, it will need to schedule quality opponents from other BCS conferences and beat them convincingly.  Without an undefeated season and without at least one blow-out win against a non-conference BCS opponent, teams will find it very difficult proving that they deserve a shot at the title.

4) By the end of the regular season, have your only loss come from an early matchup against a top-ranked BCS team—Losing to the No. 1 ranked team near or at the end of the season does you no good. 

Note: This rule only applies to teams in one of the major BCS conferences.  Also, the key is to lose early but only once, preferable due to a controversial call or because your star player was injured or at less than 90 percent.

5) Lose only one game, reside in the eastern part of the country, score lots and lots of points, hail from a historically significant program, and have a huge fan base—Even if you fail to go undefeated and do not win your own conference, you might have a chance of reaching the BCS championship if there are no other undefeated teams or if the SEC Champion has two or more losses. 

While the chances are slim, certain teams from the states of Ohio, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama, Florida, and others stand to reach the BCS Championship game even if they don't really deserve to be there.

Winning the Game

Now that your team has reached to BCS Championship game, it is time to actually win something.  Many teams and coaches are just happy to make it to the BCS Championship game. 

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