The Mountain West Conference's New BCS Trick

The Mountain West has issued their proposed changes to the BCS. Here they are:

The Pledge

1) 10 Teams make it to the BCS games.

2) Conferences earning automatic qualification (AQ) for the next cycle of games must have a 40 percent winning record against teams from current AQ conferences.

3) Notre Dame and a mid-major conference champion are eligible for BCS berths by the same current rules.

4) Computers and polls are scrapped in favor of a 12 member committee, which will rank teams at the end of the year.

5) This committee will choose which teams earn any remaining at-large berths.

6) The two lowest ranked of the 10 BCS teams play in a fifth BCS Bowl (Cotton, Gator, Outback, Peach).

7) The top eight teams are placed in their traditional bowls with the committee overseeing all pairings.

8) The semifinals and final are played approximately one week after each previous round.

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