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Final BCS Rankings of 2012: Notre Dame and Alabama Finish On Top But Northern Illinois Steals The Show

Final BCS Rankings of 2012: Notre Dame and Alabama Finish On Top But Northern Illinois Steals The Show

The drama had seemingly been sucked out of the final weekend of the college football season until we figured out that a borderline non-AQ BCS buster was still...

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BCS implications and strength of schedule worksheet for Week 14

BCS implications and strength of schedule worksheet for Week 14

So, what has your team accomplished in 2012? With the season coming to a close on Saturday, now’s the time to take stock of what 2012 will be remembered...

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Seventh BCS Rankings of 2012: BCS Busters Make The Story While Notre Dame Holds No. 1 Into Season’s Final Weekend

Seventh BCS Rankings of 2012: BCS Busters Make The Story While Notre Dame Holds No. 1 Into Season’s Final Weekend

With the drama seemingly run dry in the previous two weeks, the next to last BCS rankings of the season holds few surprises — but there’s plenty to be...

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BCS implications and strength of schedule worksheet for Week 13

BCS implications and strength of schedule worksheet for Week 13

  With a tendency to surprise in November, the BCS has certainly dealt its fair share of drama in the last few seasons. You can never really tell what a team...

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Sixth BCS Rankings of 2012: No. 1 Notre Dame, No. 2 Alabama Ride High As Season Chaotically Winds Down

Sixth BCS Rankings of 2012: No. 1 Notre Dame, No. 2 Alabama Ride High As Season Chaotically Winds Down

Let it never be said the BCS didn’t give us drama. Official BCS Rankings Rank Team 1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2 Alabama Crimson Tide 3 Georgia...

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BCS implications and strength of schedule worksheet for Week 12

BCS implications and strength of schedule worksheet for Week 12

When favorites fall, like Alabama did to Texas A&M last weekend, storylines emerge. This time, it was the potential end of the SEC’s run of dominance,...

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Fifth BCS Rankings of 2012: Kansas State Replaces Alabama As No. 1 With Oregon At No. 2

Fifth BCS Rankings of 2012: Kansas State Replaces Alabama As No. 1 With Oregon At No. 2

The streak is officially on life support. For the first time in seven years, we could have a team from outside the SEC win the BCS national championship game....

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BCS implications and strength of schedule worksheet for Week 11

BCS implications and strength of schedule worksheet for Week 11

Just look what one opponent can do. Alabama, languishing somewhat surprisingly behind Notre Dame and Kansas State in the computer polls for weeks, beats LSU and...

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Fourth BCS Rankings of 2012: Oregon Passes Notre Dame, Sets Sights on No. 2 Kansas State

Fourth BCS Rankings of 2012: Oregon Passes Notre Dame, Sets Sights on No. 2 Kansas State

Winning finally paid for Oregon this week, as the Ducks finally make an upward move in the fourth BCS standings of the season, rising one spot, from No. 4 to...

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BCS implications and strength of schedule worksheet for Week 10

BCS implications and strength of schedule worksheet for Week 10

Once again, we’ve seen just how schedule strength and computer profile can impact the national title race. In three weeks, Oregon has seen teams pass it...

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Third BCS Rankings of 2012: Notre Dame Grabs Slight Edge Over Oregon, Claims No. 3 Spot

Third BCS Rankings of 2012: Notre Dame Grabs Slight Edge Over Oregon, Claims No. 3 Spot

Three weeks into the BCS standings and we’re set up for the kind of controversial finish the BCS is accustomed to creating. In the waning years of the system,...

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BCS implications and strength of schedule worksheet for week nine

BCS implications and strength of schedule worksheet for week nine

Just two weeks into the BCS standings and we’ve already seen the impact schedule strength and perception can have on the BCS standings. With Kansas State...

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Second BCS Rankings of 2012: Kansas State leaps past Oregon for No. 3 slot

Second BCS Rankings of 2012: Kansas State leaps past Oregon for No. 3 slot

Try as it might, Oregon can’t seem to catch a break. Undefeated and taking care of business so far in 2012, Oregon slips a spot again in this week’s...

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BCS implications and strength of schedule worksheet for week eight

BCS implications and strength of schedule worksheet for week eight

Down the stretch of the college football season, a team’s opponents — and opponent’s opponents — begin to hold an important role in determining...

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First BCS Rankings of 2012: Alabama and Florida pace the field

First BCS Rankings of 2012: Alabama and Florida pace the field

While you might not agree, you at least have to marvel. Once again, the BCS rankings are ruled by two SEC teams, as No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Florida lead the way...

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