BCS Championship Game
The BCS Championship Game determines the college football national champion. In the 2008 National Championship Game, the LSU Tigers defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes 38-24.
Fast Facts
- Teams determined by the final Bowl Championship Series standings
- BCS instituted in 1999
2009 BCS Game
- Date: January 8, 2009, 8:00 p.m. EST
- Site: Dolphin Stadium, Miami, Florida
- Television coverage: FOX
2008 BCS Game
- Date: January 7, 2008, 8:15 p.m. EST
- Site: Superdome, New Orleans
- Teams: Ohio State vs. LSU
- Second year that the game has been separated from the bowl games
- 2007 champion: Florida
BCS Beginnings
In 1997, commissioners of each conference began discussing the possibility of bringing four bowl games together to determine the top two teams in the nation. The Big Ten and Pac-10 conferences were brought on board and the BCS was created.
BCS Formula
In the current BCS ranking formula, each week, the Harris Interactive College Football Poll and USA Today Coaches Poll are averaged with six computer rankings to determine the top 25 teams.
BCS Title Game
After the final BCS rankings are released at the end of the college football season, the top two teams are invited to the BCS Championship Game. The championship game is rotated between four locations each year. These include the Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl and Sugar Bowl.
The Latest in NCAA Football
Top ranked Sooners to face the fifth ranked Longhorns in the Red River Rivalry Saturday
Badgers band suspended from playing at the Ohio State Wisconsin Game, Badgers fall to the Buckeyes 20-17
USC tops Oregon 44 to 10, Vanderbilt upsets Auburn 14 to 13
Oklahoma, LSU, Missouri and Alabama stay atop the AP Poll and Coaches Poll, Ball State ranked for the first time
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