[NU Sports] What if.............. (fwd)

[Jonathan Hodges]

The Big Ten BCS representative is determined using the following order
(see this page:
http://bigten.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/102204aad.html
for more information):

1. conference record
2. head-to-head victory
3. overall record
4. team that has not had the BCS/Rose Bowl bid in the longest

PSU holds all tiebreakers as long as it beats MSU to finish the
season.  If they lose that game, the winner of the Ohio State/Michigan
game would go (assuming OSU beats NU and Michigan beats Indiana). 
Those are the only teams that have the possibility of grabbing the BCS
bid right now.  Other teams could still tie PSU in the standings (NU,
Wisconsin) but do not hold the tiebreaker.

About the bowl picking order, as far as I know they can pick any
eligible team.  I have heard about a rule that they cannot pick anyone
with greater than one loss (overall) than the next team in the Big Ten
standings, but I have never been able to verify this rule.  It is
probably in the contracts with the bowls if it does exist, and
probably not widely publicized.

Jonathan

On 11/6/05, SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > I know its very improbable, but does anyone know
> > what would the tie-breaker
> > > be if Penn State, Ohio State, Wisconsin and NU
> > tied for first place with 6-2
> > > records?
> >
> > I think the tie-breaks for the BCS slot are based on
> > the BCS standings.
>
> I think the Big Ten still goes by the old rules ...
>
> 1) Head to head
> 2) Overall mark
>
> In this case, head to head wouldn't work equally, so
> by #2, OSU and NU would be eliminated (Texas and ASU
> losses) and we'd go back to head to head PSU-UW. Ditto
> for if Michigan beats OSU and gets in the tiebreak.
>
> Pretty much, PSU has all the tiebreaks here unless
> they somehow wind up in a tie with only Michigan ...
> plus Lloyd Carr's :02. :)
>
> > If past experience is any indication, the bowls will
> > ignore any tiebreaks
> > in the conference standings and take who they want.
> > That tends to favor
>
> I believe there is a clause in there somewhere about
> being no more than 2 conference losses apart to jump
> order (i.e. you can't take a 4-4 OSU over a 7-1 NU for
> the Citrus), but yeah - pretty much it's up to the
> bowls after that.
>
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
>
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> sjtruog at yahoo.com
> GO CATS!!!
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