BCS Rankings 2011: Why BCS Won't Let the 2 Best Teams Play for National Title

The BCS system has, some of the time, had the best teams in football square off in the National Championship game—yet this season may be one of those times the system fails to meet expectations.

There are at least four teams that arguably are good enough to be playing in the national title game, with LSU, Alabama, Oklahoma and Wisconsin all playing the best football of any team in the nation.

No matter what, though, only two of these teams will be playing for a chance to be BCS champions.

This year it may be technically impossible to have the two best teams playing for a national title due to simple logistics; the scheduling may not allow it.

Currently it is safe to say that of the four teams noted, LSU and Alabama are easily the top two teams. Yet since these two teams meet Saturday November 5, one team will suffer a loss that will likely keep it out of BCS contention.

An unfortunate matter for the team that loses in this early November thriller, and also a great loss for college football.

How could it be that simply because of the way a season is scheduled, two of the best teams will not be playing in the BCS title game? The BCS has a responsibility to give the nation's two greatest teams a chance to take home a national championship, even if they are in the same conference.

A team like Wisconsin has almost no chance to play in this BCS title game as long as the season's top-ranked teams going into the season run the table. LSU, Oklahoma and Alabama were all top-ranked teams headed into the season, and the Badgers were not.

Based on the schedule the Badgers have ahead of them, there is little chance that they can pull ahead of the Sooners, Tigers or Crimson Tide by the end of the season.

If they want a chance at climbing into the top two, they will need more than just a loss by either LSU or Alabama in their head-to-head matchup. They'll need Oklahoma to stumble too.

For these reasons the BCS is simply going to fail the nation's expectations—again—when it comes time to name the opponents for the national championship in early 2012.