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The season didn't end after week 4. If it did end after Week Five, however, these would be your BCS bowl eligible teams and possible bowl match-ups. This is based on the AP Top 25 since the BCS poll isn't available yet...

BCS Bowl Predictions: If The Season Ended After Week 5

by Dan Boss (Analyst)

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September 30, 2008


The season didn't end after week 4.  If it did end after Week Five, however, these would be your BCS bowl eligible teams and possible bowl match-ups.  This is based on the AP Top 25 since the BCS poll isn't available yet.

BCS Eligible Teams

1. Oklahoma
2. Alabama
3. LSU
4. Missouri
5. Texas
6. Penn State
7. Texas Tech
8. Brigham Young
9. USC
10. South Florida
11. Georgia
12. Florida
13. Auburn
14. Ohio State
15. Utah
16. Kansas
17. Boise State
18. Wisconsin
19. Vanderbilt
20. Virginia Tech

 

BCS Bowl Picture

1. BCS National Championship selects No.1 Oklahoma and No.2 Alabama.
2. Orange Bowl selects ACC conference champion Virginia Tech as tie-in.
3. Rose Bowl selects Pac-10 conference champion USC as tie-in.
4. Rose Bowl selects Big Ten conference champion Penn State as tie-in.
5. Fiesta Bowl selects Missouri to keep Big 12 conference tie-in after losing
  conference champion Oklahoma to national championship game.
6. Sugar Bowl selects LSU to keep SEC conference tie-in after losing conference  
  champion Alabama to national championship game.
7. Fiesta Bowl selects Big East conference champion South Florida with first pick
  in bowl rotation. Only other available teams left are Ohio State and Brigham
  Young.
8. Sugar Bowl selects at-large Ohio State with second pick in bowl rotation. Only
  other available team left is Brigham Young.
9. Orange Bowl selects auto-bid Brigham Young with third and final pick in bowl
  rotation. Obligation to choose team because they were an auto-bid by being
  ranked ahead of a conference champion (Virginia Tech).

 

Bowl Match-Ups

BCS National Championship
Oklahoma vs. Alabama

Fiesta Bowl
Missouri vs. South Florida

Sugar Bowl
LSU vs. Ohio State

Orange Bowl
Virginia Tech vs. Brigham Young

Rose Bowl
USC vs. Penn State

BCS Teams By Conference

ACC: 1
Virginia Tech (Conference Champion)

Big East: 1
South Florida (Conference Champion)

Big Ten: 2
Penn State (Conference Champion)
Ohio State (At-Large)

Big 12: 2
Oklahoma (Conference Champion)
Missouri (At-Large)

Pac-10: 1
USC (Conference Champion)

SEC: 2
Alabama (Conference Champion)
LSU (At-Large)

Non-BCS: 1
Brigham Young (Auto-Bid)

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