BCS Bowl Predictions: If the Season Ended After Week Six

Oklahoma and Alabama find themselves in the middle of BCS conversations and predictions.  Other teams are in the mix as well.

This article lists the BCS teams and bowl matchups if the season ended today.  It is based on the AP poll since the BCS rankings are not released until Oct. 19.  There are some changes from last week.

BCS Eligible Teams

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

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 are Brigham Young and Boise State.
8.	Sugar Bowl selects auto-bid Brigham Young with second pick in bowl rotation.
	Only other available team left is Boise State.
9.	Orange Bowl selects auto-bid Boise State 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 and South Florida).

Bowl Matchups

BCS National Championship

Oklahoma vs. Alabama

Fiesta Bowl

Missouri vs. South Florida

Sugar Bowl

LSU vs. Brigham Young

Orange Bowl

Virginia Tech vs. Boise State

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: 1

Penn State (Conference Champion)

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: 2

Brigham Young (Auto-Bid)
Boise State (Auto-Bid)