One day away from Selection Sunday, we're still hanging onto the same championship game. But the weekend's already given us some BCS shakeup.
College football's championship weekend is only two games old, and it's already given us a new morsel of drama. Thanks to Bowling Green's upset of Northern Illinois in the MAC Championship, a BCS at-large bid has opened up.
What had looked to be a BCS selection process with only one bowl (the Orange) actually having any choices to make has now become much more interesting.
Now Clemson, Oregon, and the runners-up in the Big 12 and Pac-12 all have a chance at the spot the Huskies have vacated. Well, technically, the spot UCF vacated, since the Knights (who've clinched a spot) will slide down to the Fiesta. Let's walk through the scenarios below, but for now, this is your bowl picture:
| Bowl | Matchup (Not always tied to conference standings) | Team | Team | |
| 1/6/2014 | BCS National Championship (Pasadena) | BCS 1 vs. BCS 2 | Florida State | Ohio State |
| 1/3/2014 | Orange (Miami) | Florida State replacement vs. At-large 1 | Alabama | Clemson |
| 1/2/2014 | Sugar (New Orleans) | SEC 1 vs. At-large 2 | Missouri | Baylor |
| 1/1/2014 | Rose (Pasadena) | Ohio State replacement vs. Pac-12 1 | Michigan State | Stanford |
| 1/1/2014 | Fiesta (Glendale, AZ) | Big 12 1 vs. At-large 4 | Oklahoma State | UCF |
| 1/5/2014 | GoDaddy (Mobile, AL) | MAC 2 vs. Sun Belt 2 | Northern Illinois | Arkansas State |
| 1/4/2014 | BBVA Compass (B'ham) | SEC 9 vs. AAC 5 | Mississippi State | Rutgers |
| 1/3/2014 | Cotton (Arlington) | Big 12 2 vs. SEC 3 | Baylor | LSU |
| 1/1/2014 | Capital One (Orlando) | Big Ten 2 vs. SEC 2 | Wisconsin | Auburn |
| 1/1/2014 | Gator (Jacksonville) | Big Ten 5 vs. SEC 6 | Minnesota | Georgia |
| 1/1/2014 | Heart of Dallas | Big Ten 7 vs. C-USA | Pitt* | Rice |
| 1/1/2014 | Outback (Tampa) | Big Ten 3 vs. SEC 4 | Iowa | South Carolina |
| 12/31/2013 | Chick-fil-A (Atlanta) | ACC 2 vs. SEC 5 | Duke | Texas A&M |
| 12/31/2013 | Independence (Shreveport) | SEC 10 vs. ACC 7 | Washington State* | Georgia Tech |
| 12/31/2013 | Liberty (Memphis) | C-USA 1 vs. SEC 8 | Marshall | Vanderbilt |
| 12/31/2013 | Sun (El Paso) | ACC 4 vs. Pac-12 4 | Virginia Tech | UCLA |
| 12/30/2013 | Alamo (San Antonio) | Big 12 3 vs. Pac-12 2 | Oklahoma | Oregon |
| 12/30/2013 | Armed Forces (Ft. Worth) | MWC 3 vs. C-USA/Navy | San Diego State | Navy |
| 12/30/2013 | Holiday (San Diego) | Pac-12 3 vs. Big 12 5 | Arizona State | Kansas State |
| 12/30/2013 | Music City (Nashville) | ACC 6 vs. SEC 7 | Boston College | Ole Miss |
| 12/28/2013 | Belk (Charlotte) | AAC 3 vs. ACC 5 | Cincinnati | North Carolina |
| 12/28/2013 | Buffalo Wild Wings (PHX) | Big 12 4 vs. Big Ten 4 | Texas | Michigan |
| 12/28/2013 | Pinstripe (New York) | Big 12 7 vs. AAC 4 | Notre Dame | Houston |
| 12/28/2013 | Russell Athletic (Orlando) | AAC 2 vs. ACC 3 | Louisville | Miami |
| 12/27/2013 | Fight Hunger (San Francisco) | Pac-12 6 vs. BYU/ACC 9 | Washington | BYU |
| 12/27/2013 | Military (Annapolis) | ACC 8 vs. C-USA | Maryland | Middle Tennessee |
| 12/27/2013 | Texas (Houston) | Big 12 6 vs. Big Ten 5 | Texas Tech | Nebraska |
| 12/26/2013 | Little Caesars (Detroit) | MAC 1 vs. Big Ten 8 | Bowling Green | Syracuse* |
| 12/26/2013 | Poinsettia (San Diego) | MWC 2 vs. Army | Fresno State | Ohio* |
| 12/24/2013 | Hawaii | MWC 5 vs. C-USA | San Jose State | North Texas |
| 12/23/2013 | Beef O'Brady's (St. Pete.) | AAC 6 vs. C-USA | Western Kentucky* | East Carolina |
| 12/21/2013 | Idaho Potato (Boise) | MAC 3 vs. MWC 6 | Buffalo | Colorado State |
| 12/21/2013 | Las Vegas | MWC 1 vs. Pac-12 5 | Utah State | USC |
| 12/21/2013 | New Mexico (Albuquerque) | MWC 4 vs. Pac-12 7 | Boise State | Arizona |
| 12/21/2013 | New Orleans | Sun Belt 1 vs. C-USA | UL Lafayette | Tulane |
* Taking another conference's unfilled spot.
Bold: Already accepted bid.
BCS bowls
If Florida State and Ohio State win their conferences on Saturday, they'll advance to the BCS National Championship, whether SEC fans like it or not. There will be yelling.
If they go, the Orange will have the first pick, since it will get to replace No. 1 FSU. Since Bama will likely rank in the top four, thereby giving it an automatic bid, it's the obvious choice. The Rose would get to go second, to replace No. 2 Ohio State, and since Michigan State's unlikely to fall out of the top 14, you can pretty much write in the Spartans no matter what.
The Orange goes next, by virtue of having the first pick in the non-replacement rotation. This is where it gets tricky, since one of about four teams will be picked here. We're still assuming the Orange's traditional (and ever-increasing) ties to the ACC mean Clemson's the pick, giving us Dabo Swinney against his alma mater.
The Sugar gets to pick the SEC champion's opponent next -- I'm picking Mizzou to beat Auburn, by the way. If the choices boil down to Baylor and Oregon, assuming Oklahoma State wins the Big 12 and takes the Fiesta Bowl's spot, I think the Bears are the more attractive choice. They have only one loss, they have an exciting offense, and the bulk of their fans are just a few hours away in East Texas.
That leaves the Fiesta with Oklahoma State vs. UCF and no choice in the matter at all. A good game. Not a great BCS bowl. But a good game.
About eight teams will be left out
There are 78 bowl-eligible teams right now. That number should hold through Saturday night, but there are still only 70 spots to go around. There will be many justifiably disappointed fan bases around the country, and quite a few of them will likely be in the Sun Belt, sorry to say.
Your turn
What's horrifically wrong here? What are you angry about? Any of these games look extra appealing?
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