What do you guys think TCU's chances are of getting into a BCS bowl this season? They are done with their season as of 11/11. But moved up a spot in the BCS bowl rankings. They are now #13 in BCS rankings. One more spot to move up....please. No. 15 TCU (10-1) reeled off nine straight victories, the last seven by an average of 25 points. 1. USC 2. Texas 3. Penn State 4. LSU 5. Virginia Tech 6. Ohio State 7. Oregon 8. Notre Dame 9. Miami 10. Auburn 11. West Virginia 12. UCLA 13. TCU http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex
Hopefully that will help. I hadn't looked at next weeks schedules yet so didn't know they were playing each other. I got one of the upsets I wanted this weekend (Alabama game). Now looking for a few other games. This really reminds me of 2 years ago, when they were #6 in the BCS polls and then lost their final game and dropped to 14 or 16. Couldn't remember. But that screwed up everything.
I am a proud TCU Alum, and I don't think a team that lost to SMU deserve BCS bowl. I hope they can land a good bowl such as Houston Bowl and beat a qulality opponents (NU or ISU). I am not too happy about that our Future non conference schedule: 2006 September 2 at Baylor September 9 at Army September 16 Texas Tech 2007 September 1 Baylor September 8 Stanford September 22 SMU 2008 September 13 at Stanford September 20 at SMU September 27 Arkansas What's the point to play Army? To become a respectable/elite program, we need to schedule some elite teams. OU is good start this year, but....
There's only 2 at-large spots available, and those will go to Notre Dame (ND rule) and Ohio State (top-6 BCS rule).
The BCS already have to suck it up with West Virginia. I don't think they want to take another midmajor.
So do you have to be in the top 10 then? Damn. So much for hoping. Oh well. I don't understand that rules that much. I know there are some gurranteed spots to certain conferences, like the east. 2 years ago they were #6 and then lost their final game to screw that up. Sucks they lost that one game, where their starter was injured and decided to play and threw like 3 interceptions I think. Wish TCU could get into a better conference. They did ditch Conf USA, but M.West isn't much better. It was their first season in that conference and they destroyed everyone in the conference. Oh well, guess there's always next year.
Teams need to be in BCS top 12 to be considered at large. Mid Major team need to be in Top 6 to get automatic BCS bid.
Whoever posted Ohio State is in is wrong. If a BCS-conference is top 4 (Texas last year), they are in. If a non-BCS-conference is top 6 (Utah last year), they are in. Top 12 is required to be considered. But no one will pick TCU over Notre Dame, Ohio State, or Oregon. Most likely, you're looking at the following teams in the BCS: USC Texas Penn State VaTech (or FSU if they pull an upset) LSU or Georgia West Virginia or South Florida (Big East winner) Notre Dame Ohio State or Oregon, depending on who gets to pick If the Fiesta Bowl gets to pick, they may take Oregon over Ohio State. If it's an eastern bowl, it would likely be Ohio State. I guess Miami or someone like that could be in the mix as well.
You're right. The top-6 rule is for mid-majors to prevent any lawsuits against the BCS. Last year, Utah was #6 and got the Fiesta invite.
Harris Poll USA Today Computer Rankings BCS TEAM RK PTS % RK PTS % A&H RB CM KM JS PW % COMP AVG BCS AVG PRVS 1 USC 1 2800 .9912 1 1536 .9910 24 25 24 24 24 24 .960 2 .9807 1 2 Texas 2 2737 .9688 2 1501 .9684 25 24 25 25 25 25 1.000 1 .9791 2 3 Penn State 4 2494 .8828 4 1344 .8671 23 22 23 23 23 23 .920 3 .8900 4 4 LSU 3 2539 .8988 3 1415 .9129 17 21 18 15 17 18 .700 8 .8372 5 5 Virginia Tech 6 2244 .7943 5 1277 .8239 22 23 22 21 21 22 .870 4 .8294 6 6 Ohio State 7 2172 .7688 7 1137 .7335 21 19 21 22 22 21 .850 5 .7841 7 7 Oregon 8 1980 .7009 8 1102 .7110 20 17 20 19 20 20 .790 6 .7340 10 8 Notre Dame 5 2254 .7979 6 1185 .7645 13 8 13 12 14 13 .510 12 .6908 9 9 Miami 10 1799 .6368 10 990 .6387 18 18 17 20 19 19 .740 7 .6718 3 10 Auburn 9 1945 .6885 9 1025 .6613 14 20 14 11 9 16 .550 10 .6333 13 11 West Virginia 13 1428 .5055 12 881 .5684 16 15 16 18 18 17 .670 9 .5813 12 12 UCLA 11 1611 .5703 11 970 .6258 19 12 19 5 8 15 .540 11 .5787 11 13 TCU 15 1243 .4400 15 704 .4542 15 14 15 0 4 14 .470 14 .4547 14 14 Alabama 14 1343 .4754 14 727 .4690 7 13 10 3 3 9 .290 19 .4115 8 15 Georgia 12 1582 .5600 13 797 .5142 6 16 7 0 0 2 .150 23 .4081 16 16 Texas Tech 17 1009 .3572 17 525 .3387 8 9 12 14 11 12 .440 15 .3786 19 17 Wisconsin 23 383 .1356 22 218 .1406 12 1 11 16 16 11 .500 13 .2587 20 18 Boston College 20 648 .2294 20 345 .2226 10 6 9 9 7 7 .320 18 .2573 24 19 Fresno State 16 1051 .3720 16 543 .3503 0 10 0 0 0 3 .030 NR .2508 17 20 Louisville 18 908 .3214 18 520 .3355 1 7 4 2 0 0 .070 NR .2423 18 21 Georgia Tech 22 384 .1359 24 149 .0961 11 11 6 13 13 8 .430 16 .2207 NR 22 Michigan 24 332 .1175 23 158 .1019 9 4 8 17 15 10 .420 17 .2132 15 23 Florida 19 660 .2336 19 383 .2471 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 NR .1602 22 24 Florida State 21 518 .1834 21 341 .2200 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 NR .1345 NR 25 Northwestern T-35 10 .0035 T-32 9 .0058 3 0 5 10 12 6 .240 20 .0831 NR We are in No.13 this week and given UCLA lose to USC on 12/3, we may sneak into Top 12 after Dec3, but OSU and ND will get the at large bid.
TCU has ZERO chance of getting into a BCS bowl. I mean, I'm suprised that you even think there is a remote chance. I would bet anything I own that TCU won't make it into a BCS bowl. They haven't beaten a single ranked opponent and lost to Southern Methodist University.
TCU was shown for what they are... a decent team with a weak schedule, just like BYU a few years back.
Can you imagine if TCU would have beaten SMU (still can't believe they lost that game) and Fresno State would have beaten USC? Not too far fetched. We might be talking about 2 Texas teams playing for the National Championship.
That SMU game really really hurt. The way it goes for TCU, because of SOS if they lose one game. That's the season. It was really harsh though. Considering they beat OU the week before. It was the turning point for the team though. They lost their starting QB, again just like every season. Tye Gunn has never been healthy for this team. the backup guy came in and had a good season. They dominated their conference. Only problem, their confernce is so weak. Atleast it is better than the C-USA. I'd love to see them finally make it into a decent conference.
Like Longhorn fan posted, UCLA will most likely lose and TCU has a chance of moving up, but I don't see a BCS bowl this year. ND, Ohio State, Miami are all big name schools that deserve the bid. Not saying TCU doesn't, but that lost to SMU was really hurtful.
