NCAA Football Formulas: Putting The BS into BCS

For those not in the know, there are a few rules to the BCS system. The top two teams, no matter who they are, play in the National Championship Game.  Six out of the final 8 slots in the Fiesta, Orange, Sugar, and Rose Bowl are guaranteed to BCS Conference Champs (ACC, Big East, BIG-10, PAC-10, SEC, BIG-12).  What many people don’t know is that from the last two “At-Large” bids, one and only one Championship team from a Non-BCS Conference (MAC, WAC, Sunbelt, C-USA, Mountain West) can be selected for a BCS bowl, rankings be damned. The BCS was implemented to produce a “true champion” and provide rankings based upon every factor, this conference nepotism does anything but. These formulas are based on everything, therefore if everything is calculated then shouldn’t the rankings speak for themselves? Why the need for conference affiliations and favoritism? If the BCS ranks Boise State higher than Cincinnati, Boston College, and Ohio State based ... (link)