Bowl Championship Series- 2007 Season

Opening Round Dec. 15th

(1) (16) (9) (8) (5) (12) (13) (4) (3) (14) (11) (6)

Quarterfinals Dec. 22rd

Semifinals Dec. 29th

Finals Jan. 7th

Ohio State Florida Atlantic Peach Bowl Hawaii West Virginia Orange Bowl Georgia Boston College Fiesta Bowl Brigham Young Oklahoma Rose Bowl Virginia Tech Central Florida Capital One Bowl Illinois Missouri Sugar Bowl National Champion 2007

(7) Southern California (10)

Arizona State Cotton Bowl

(15) Central Michigan (2)

LSU

Conference ACC Big 12 Big East Big Ten CUSA MAC MWC Pac 10 SEC Sun Belt WAC

Champion Virginia Tech Oklahoma West Virginia Ohio State UCF Central Mich. BYU USC LSU Fla. Atlantic Hawaii

Record BCS 11-2 3 11-2 4 10-2 9 11-1 1 10-3 NR 8-5 NR 10-2 17 10-2 7 11-2 2 7-5 NR 12-0 10

At Large Bid Georgia Missouri Arizona State Illinois Boston College

Record 10-2 11-2 10-2 9-3 10-3

BCS 5 6 11 13 14

Bowl Championship Series Guidelines

The Bowl Championship Series playoff system seeds sixteen teams into a tournament to determine a true national champion. The tournament will last four weeks with games being played on Saturdays, except for the Championship game, which will be played on the Monday Night. Teams will play a 12-game season plus one conference championship game may be played for conferences with 12 teams. On the Sunday after Championship Saturday, all teams will have completed the regular season and the selected teams will be seeded in the NCAA tournament.

Automatic Berths
Each of the 12 conferences will receive one automatic berth to the conference champion. The conference presidents and athletic directors will decide the rules that determine who is the conference champion. Any conference with 12 or more teams will have a championship game and the winner will receive the automatic berth. Any team that is named the conference champion will automatically entered into the pool of teams to be seeded into the tournament.

At-Large Bids
After the 12 automatic berths have been determined, the final five spots will be given to the best teams remaining from the field. The top five teams that were not conference champions will be entered into the pool. Exceptions: 1. Each conference will only receive two bids. 2. An independent team must be ranked in the Top 10 of the BCS.

Seeding the Tournament

As with any tournament, the #1 seed will play the #16 seed, the #2 seed will play the #15, and so on. The teams will be seeded according to their ranking in the BCS Standings. An automatic birth does not automatically receive the higher seed. Any conference champions that are not ranked in the BCS standings will be ranked according to overall record, head-to-head, conference record, etc. The seeds of the tournament will be published on the Sunday after the Conference Championship Games. Note: Any teams that are not entered into the NCAA Tournament will be allowed to participate in a Non-BCS bowl. A team must have at least 6 wins to be bowl eligible.

Playing the Games

First Round (8 games)

The 8 first-round games will be played on the home field of the higher seed. This round will take place on the second Saturday after the end of the regular season.

Quarterfinal Round (4 Games)

The quarterfinal games will be played at the sites of four different bowl games. The sites will be the Peach Bowl (Atlanta), Fiesta Bowl (Tempe), Capital One Bowl (Orlando), and the Cotton Bowl (Dallas). The high seed will be the home team and wear their dark jerseys. This round will be played the week after the first round.

Semifinal Round (2 Games)

The semifinal games will be played at the sites of two bowl games. The Orange Bowl (Miami) will the be site of the #1 side of the bracket and the Sugar Bowl (New Orleans) will be the site of the #2 side of the bracket. The higher seed will be the home team and wear the dark jerseys. This round will be played the following week.

Championship Round (1 Game)

The Rose Bowl (Pasadena) will be the permanent site of the BCS National Championship Game. The game will be played on the Monday night of the next week after the semifinal games. The higher seed will be the home team and wear the dark jerseys. The winner of this game will be named the National Champion and receive the NCAA Football Championship Trophy.