How will the final Bowl Championship Series standings look?
If Florida wins the SEC Championship Game, the endgame of the 2006 season would be a textbook example for the proposed plus-one format for the BCS bowls. The idea would be that the top two teams after the Rose, Sugar, Orange and Fiesta bowls would face each other the next week for the national title. The system instituted this year, which includes the four BCS bowls on Jan. 1-3 and the BCS Championship Game on Jan. 8, would seem to be a precursor to that system. If high-profile programs like Michigan and Florida are squeezed out of the title game, don’t be surprised if the plus-one gets a hard look. A potential problem, however, would be the increased access non-BCS teams like Boise State received to the big-money bowls this year. Those conferences probably won’t want to give up their opportunities to play in a BCS bowl game.
