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Originally Posted by ColossalCanadian
i have another question ive always wondered aboot...how do they determine the "playoffs" in college fooball? like the who gets to play for the national championship and who gets to play for what bowl...etc?
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There is a system for the Bowl Championship Series which ranks all the 120-something college teams playing Division I-A NCAA football on many factors such as strength of schedule, record, etc. Based on your ranking, you get slotted in any one of the top four bowls. The championship is the Rose Bowl, where #1 plays #2. A lot of people criticize this system, but I prefer an algorithim over a coaches poll of the top 25 teams.
Other bowls send out invitations to other teams be they in the top 25 or not. Which is how Rutgers got to go to the Insight Bowl and get thowmped by Arizona State's huge receivers.