Bowl Championship Series - wikipedia Bowl Championship Series Bowl Championship Series BCS logo ( 2010 -- 2013 ) In operation 1998 -- 2013 Preceded by Bowl Alliance ( 1995 -- 1997 ) Bowl Coalition ( 1992 -- 1994 ) Succeeded by College Football Playoff ( 2014 -- present ) Number of BCS games 5 per season ( 4 from 1998 -- 2006 ) Championship trophy AFCA National Championship Trophy Television partner ( s ) ABC ( 1999 -- 2010 ) FOX ( 2007 -- 2010 ) ESPN ( 2011 -- 2014 ) Most BCS appearances Ohio State ( 10 ) Most BCS wins USC Trojans ( 5 ), Ohio State ( 5 ), Florida ( 5 ) Most BCS championships Alabama ( 3 ) Conference with most appearances Big Ten ( 28 ) Conference with most game wins SEC ( 17 ) Conference with most championships SEC ( 9 ) Last championship game 2014 BCS National Championship Game Executive director Bill Hancock Website bcsfootball.org BCS Championship game at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California, January 7, 2010, Alabama vs. Texas The Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ) was a selection system that created five bowl game match - ups involving ten of the top ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) of American college football, including an opportunity for the top two teams to compete in the BCS National Championship Game. The system was in place for the 1998 through 2013 seasons and in 2014 was replaced by the College Football Playoff. The BCS relied on a combination of polls and computer selection methods to determine relative team rankings, and to narrow the field to two teams to play in the BCS National Championship Game held after the other college bowl games ( the game rotated among four existing bowl games from the 1998 to 2005 season, and was a separate game from the 2006 to 2013 seasons ). The American Football Coaches Association ( AFCA ) was contractually bound to vote the winner of this game as the BCS National Champion and the contract signed by each conference required them to recognize the winner of the BCS National Championship game as the official and only champion. The BCS was created to end split championships and for the champion to win the title on the field between the two teams selected by the BCS. Despite this objective, it failed to produce a consensus champion on one occasion, as the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with a split title, with the Associated Press ( AP ) Poll selecting the USC Trojans and the Coaches ' Poll being contractually committed to select the LSU Tigers. The system also selected match - ups for four other prestigious BCS bowl games : the Rose Bowl Game, Fiesta Bowl, Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl. The ten teams selected included the conference champion from each of the six Automatic Qualifying conferences plus four others ( two others prior to the 2006 season ). The BCS was created by formal agreement by those six conferences ( the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ), Big East ( now the American Athletic Conference ( The American ) ), Big Ten Conference ( Big Ten ), Big 12 Conference ( Big 12 ), Pac - 10 ( now the Pac - 12 Conference ( Pac - 12 ) ), and Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) conferences ) and the three FBS independent schools, and evolved to allow other conferences to participate to a lesser degree. For the 1998 through 2005 seasons eight teams competed in four BCS bowls. It had been in place since the 1998 season. The BCS replaced the Bowl Alliance, in place from 1995 to 1997, which had followed the Bowl Coalition, in place from 1992 to 1994. Prior to the Bowl Coalition 's creation in 1992, the AP Poll 's number one and two teams had met in a bowl game only 8 times in 56 seasons. The AP 's top two teams met 13 out of the 16 seasons the BCS was in place. In the 2014 season, the BCS was discontinued and replaced by the College Football Playoff, which organizes a four - team playoff and national championship game. Contents 1 History leading to the creation and dissolution of the BCS 2 Succession by College Football Playoff 3 Bowl games 3.1 Television 3.2 Selection of teams 4 Rankings 4.1 1998 -- 2003 4.2 2004 -- 2013 5 History and schedule 5.1 1998 -- 99 season 5.2 1999 -- 2000 season 5.3 2000 -- 01 season 5.4 2001 -- 02 season 5.5 2002 -- 03 season 5.6 2003 -- 04 season 5.7 2004 -- 05 season 5.8 2005 -- 06 season 5.9 2006 -- 07 season 5.10 2007 -- 08 season 5.11 2008 -- 09 season 5.12 2009 -- 10 season 5.13 2010 -- 11 season 5.14 2011 -- 12 season 5.15 2012 -- 13 season 5.16 2013 -- 14 season 6 Appearances 6.1 BCS appearances by team 6.2 BCS National Championship Game appearances by team 6.3 BCS appearances by conference 6.4 BCS National Championship Game appearances by conference 7 Controversies 7.1 Criticism 7.2 Antitrust lawsuits 7.3 Allegations of corruption and financial impropriety 7.4 Vacated wins 7.5 Support 8 BCS Buster 9 Locations of all AQ conference teams 10 Former logos 11 See also 12 References 13 Further reading 14 External links History leading to the creation and dissolution of the BCS The NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) is the only NCAA - sponsored sport without an officially organized NCAA tournament to determine its champion. Instead, the postseason has historically consisted of individual bowl games. The bowl system began in 1902 with the first ever East - West game in Pasadena, California, held at Tournament Park on New Year 's Day in conjunction with the Tournament of Roses parade. This game was an exhibition game pitting a highly rated team from the west coast against a team from east of the Mississippi River. This was an ideal time for a postseason game, as fans could take off work or school during this holiday period to travel to the game. In the first game, the University of Michigan Wolverines represented the east and easily defeated the west 's representative Stanford by a score of 49 -- 0. Due to the lopsided victory the game did not resume until 1916. The game was renamed the Rose Bowl in the 1920s when play shifted to the Rose Bowl stadium, built by the city of Pasadena in conjunction with the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association. By the 1930s, the Cotton Bowl Classic, Orange Bowl, and the Sugar Bowl were also held on January 1 to showcase teams from other regions of the country. By the 1940s, college football conferences began signing contracts that tied their championship team to a particular bowl. In 1947, the Big Ten Conference and the Pacific Coast Conference, a forerunner of today 's Pac - 12 Conference, agreed to commit their champions to play in the Rose Bowl every year, an agreement that continued under the BCS. This system raised the possibility that the two top - ranked teams in the final poll would not play each other in a bowl game, even in situations when there was a clear - cut top two. Indeed, since the AP began releasing its final poll after the bowl games in 1968, the two top - ranked teams in the final regular - season AP Poll had only played each other in a bowl six times until special bowl arrangements began in 1992. Under these circumstances, it was not uncommon to have the Coaches Poll crown a different national champion than the AP Poll, resulting in a split championship. This situation arose a total of ten different seasons before BCS was formed ( 1954, 1957, 1965, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1991, 1997 ). For example, in 1991, the University of Miami Hurricanes and the University of Washington Huskies both finished the regular season undefeated and were considered the strongest teams in the nation. Since the Huskies were locked into the Rose Bowl as the Pac - 10 Conference champion against Big Ten champion Michigan, they could not play then - independent Miami, who played in the Orange Bowl. Both teams won their bowl games convincingly and shared the national championship, Miami winning the Associated Press poll and Washington earning the top spot in the Coaches Poll. A split national championship has happened on several occasions since then as well ( 1997, 2003 ). ( See : NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship for a compilation of past `` national champions '' since 1869. ) Other teams have won the national championship despite playing presumably weaker schedules than other championship contenders. The BYU Cougars ended the 1984 season as the only undefeated and untied team in the nation, and the nine - time defending champions of the Western Athletic Conference. The Cougars opened the season with a 20 -- 14 victory over No. 3 Pittsburgh, and won the Holiday Bowl against a 6 -- 5 Michigan team that had been ranked as high as No. 2 that season. As the No. 4 ranked team at the end of the regular season, Washington was offered a slot against BYU in the Holiday Bowl ; Washington declined, preferring instead to play in the more lucrative Orange Bowl where they beat No. 2 Oklahoma to complete a Pac - 10 sweep of New Year 's Day bowls ( with USC winning the Rose Bowl and UCLA winning the Fiesta Bowl ). Washington ( 11 -- 1 ) was voted No. 2 following the bowl season with their only blemish a late season loss at Pac - 10 champ USC. Coupled with winning its last 11 games in 1983, BYU finished the 1984 season with a 24 - game winning streak. Several coaches and reporters claimed that BYU had not played a legitimate schedule and should not be recognized as national champion. Not only was Pittsburgh the only ranked team the Cougars faced all season, but at the time BYU played in the mid-major WAC. Nonetheless, BYU was a near - unanimous choice as national champion in final polls. To address these problems, five conferences, six bowl games, and leading independent Notre Dame joined forces to create the Bowl Coalition, which was intended to force a de facto `` national championship game '' between the top two teams. By entirely excluding all the other conferences, the Bowl Coalition also made it impossible for a non-Bowl Coalition team to win a national championship. This system was in place from the 1992 season through the 1994 season. While traditional tie - ins between conferences and bowls remained, a team would be released to play in another bowl if it was necessary to force a championship game. However, this system did not include the Big Ten and Pac - 10 champions, as both were obligated to play in the Rose Bowl. The Coalition made several attempts to get the Tournament of Roses Association, which operates the Rose Bowl, to release the Big Ten and Pac - 10 champions if necessary to force a championship game. However, those negotiations came to nothing, in part because the Tournament of Roses Association feared jeopardizing its long - standing contract with ABC if one or both teams were needed to force a title game. In 1994 -- the last year of the Bowl Coalition -- undefeated Penn State, from the Big Ten, played Oregon in the Rose Bowl while undefeated Nebraska played Miami in the Orange Bowl. In a system that paired top - ranked teams, Penn State would have played Nebraska for the national championship. The Bowl Coalition was restructured into the Bowl Alliance for the 1995 season, involving five conferences ( reduced to four for the 1996 season ) and three bowls ( Fiesta, Sugar, and Orange ). The championship game rotated among these three bowls. It still did not, however, include the Pac - 10 or Big Ten champions, the Rose Bowl, or any non-Bowl Alliance teams. After a protracted round of negotiations, the Bowl Alliance was reformed into the Bowl Championship Series for the 1998 season ; former Southeastern Conference commissioner Roy Kramer is considered to be the `` father '' of the BCS. The Tournament of Roses Association agreed to release the Big Ten and Pac - 10 champions if it was necessary to force a national championship game. In return, the Rose Bowl was added to the yearly national championship rotation, and the game was able to keep its coveted exclusive TV time slot on the afternoon of New Year 's Day. However, beginning with the 2006 season, the BCS National Championship Game became a separate event played at the same site as a host bowl a week following New Year 's Day. The new Bowl Championship Series not only included the Big Ten and the Pac - 10 conferences but also teams from mid-major conferences, based on performance. No mid-major team, however, or team from any conference outside of the six aligned conferences ( with the exception of independent Notre Dame, who played Alabama for the 2012 title ), had ever played in the BCS Championship Game, causing increasing controversy. This controversy had become even more intense in light of the 4 -- 1 record that mid-major teams had against teams from the six automatic qualifying conferences in the BCS Bowl games they had been allowed to play in. The performances and perfect record of Texas Christian in the 2010 season and Boise State in the season prior to that also fueled the controversy surrounding the perceived inequalities that the BCS seemed to perpetuate ( see BCS Controversies below or in this more detailed separate article ). However, little headway was made to institute an alternative system like a playoffs tournament, given the entrenched vested economic interests in the various bowls, until after the 2011 season, which saw LSU and Alabama, both members of the SEC West division, play each other in the 2012 BCS Championship game, where Alabama defeated LSU in a shutout win. Thereafter, acknowledging the many game, polling, and other related controversies, fans ' complaints, and declining game viewership, among other factors, the major conferences decided to institute the College Football Playoff, which began after the 2014 regular season. As a legal entity, the holding company `` BCS Properties, LLC '' continues to control the College Football Playoff. Succession by college Football playoff Main article : College Football Playoff The College Football Playoff replaced the BCS as the system used to determine the FBS college football champion beginning in the 2014 season. The four - team playoffs consist of two semifinal games, with the winners advancing to the College Football Championship Game. The game is hosted by a different city each year, with locations selected by bids, akin to the Super Bowl or the Final Four. Cowboys Stadium hosted the first title game in 2015. The system is contracted to be in place through at least the 2025 -- 2026 season per a contract with ESPN, which owns the rights to broadcast all games. Unlike the BCS, the system does not use polls or computer rankings to select participants. A 13 - member committee chooses and seeds the teams for the two playoff games and four other top - tier bowl games, using a balloting procedure similar to the NCAA basketball tournament selection process. Bowl games Rose Sugar Orange Fiesta Locations of the BCS Bowl games In the BCS format, four regular bowl games and the National Championship Game were considered `` BCS bowl games. '' The four bowl games were the Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena, California, the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, and the Orange Bowl in Miami Gardens, Florida. In the first eight seasons of the BCS contract, the championship game was rotated among the four bowls, with each bowl game hosting the national championship once every four years. Starting with the 2007 BCS, the National Championship Games became a separate game played on January 8 at the site of the BCS bowl game that served as the final game on January 1, or January 2 if January 1 was a Sunday. The University of Oklahoma and Ohio State University are the only schools to appear in all five BCS Bowls. Oklahoma played in the 2007, 2008, and 2011 Fiesta Bowl, the 2004 ( national championship ) and 2014 Sugar Bowl, the 2001 and 2005 Orange Bowl ( both of which were national championships ), the 2003 Rose Bowl, and the 2009 BCS National Championship Game. Oklahoma 's record was 4 -- 5 with a 1 -- 3 record in National Title games. Ohio State played in the 2003 ( national championship ), 2004, 2006, and 2009 Fiesta Bowl, the 1999 and 2011 Sugar Bowl *, the 2014 Orange Bowl, the 2010 Rose Bowl, and the 2007 and 2008 BCS National Championship Game. Ohio State 's record was 6 * - 4, with a 1 - 2 record in National Title Games. The University of Miami appeared in every BCS bowl except for the standalone National Championship Game, although Miami did appear in the national championship when that designation was assigned to the original four bowls in rotation. Miami played in the 2001 Sugar Bowl, 2002 Rose Bowl ( national championship ), 2003 Fiesta Bowl ( national championship ), and 2004 Orange Bowl. Ohio State won the 2011 Sugar Bowl, but vacated their appearance and victory due to NCAA penalties and sanctions for impermissible acceptance of monetary gifts. Television Initially, ABC held the rights to all four original BCS games, picking up the Fiesta and Orange Bowls from their former homes at CBS, and continuing their lengthy relationships with the Rose and Sugar Bowls. This relationship continued through the bowl games of January 2006. From the 2006 -- 07 season through the 2009 -- 10 season, Fox Sports held the rights to the BCS games with the exception of the Rose Bowl, as the Tournament of Roses Association elected to continue its association with ABC. Under the terms of the contract, Fox aired three of the four BCS National Championship Games that were played during the time. The only exception was the 2010 contest, which aired on ABC as per its contracts with the Rose Bowl and Tournament of Roses Association. After the January 2010 bowl games, the contract to air the BCS moved exclusively to ESPN. The network carried the BCS until its dissolution following the 2013 -- 14 season ; after that, the four former BCS bowls became part of the College Football Playoff, while ESPN retained their coverage of the contests. Selection of teams A set of rules was used to determine which teams competed in the BCS bowl games. Certain teams were given automatic berths depending on their BCS ranking and conference, as follows : No more than two teams from any one conference could receive berths in BCS games, unless two non-champions from an AQ conference finished as the top two teams in the final BCS standings, in which case they met in the National Title Game while their conference champion played in their conference 's BCS bowl game. The top two teams were given automatic berths in the BCS National Championship Game. The champion of an AQ Conference ( ACC, Big 12, Big East / The American, Big Ten, Pac - 10 / Pac - 12, and SEC ) was guaranteed an automatic BCS bowl bid. Due to the `` Notre Dame rule '', independent Notre Dame received an automatic berth if it finished in the top eight. Other independents were not covered under this rule. From the 1999 season onwards, the highest ranked non-champion in an AQ conference received an automatic berth, provided it was ranked in the top 4 and its conference did not already receive two automatic berths from the above rules. If the highest ranked non-champion was in the top 2 and thus played in the championship game, this provision extended to the highest ranked non-champion outside the top 2. From the 2006 season onwards, the highest - ranked champion of a non-AQ conference ( Big West, C - USA, MAC, Mountain West, Sun Belt, and WAC ) received an automatic berth if : It was ranked in the top 12, or It was ranked in the top 16 and higher than at least one AQ conference champion. After the automatic berths were granted, the remaining berths, known as `` at - large '' berths, were filled from a pool of FBS teams who were ranked in the top 14 and had at least nine wins. The actual teams chosen for the at - large berths were determined by the individual bowl committees. Teams from both AQ and non-AQ conferences were eligible for at - large berths. If there were not enough teams eligible for at - large selection to fill the BCS bowl games, then the remaining at - large teams would have been any FBS teams that were bowl - eligible, had won at least nine regular - season games, and were among the top 18 teams in the final BCS standings. If there were still not enough teams, the pool for potential at - larges continued to increase by four teams until enough teams were available. All AQ conferences except the Big East / The American had contracts for their champions to participate in specific BCS bowl games. Unless their champion was involved in the BCS National Championship game, the conference tie - ins were : Rose Bowl -- Big Ten champion and Pac - 10 / Pac - 12 champion Fiesta Bowl -- Big 12 champion Orange Bowl -- ACC champion Sugar Bowl -- SEC champion The Big East / The American champion took one of the remaining spots. If the Pac - 10 / Pac - 12 or Big Ten champion was picked for the BCS National Championship Game, then the Rose Bowl was required to choose the highest - ranked school from a non-AQ conference if there was a non-AQ school ranked at least # 4 in the final BCS standings. This was the case in 2010, when the # 2 Oregon Ducks made it to the national championship, permitting the # 3 TCU Horned Frogs to attend, and win, the 2011 Rose Bowl. The Rose Bowl was permitted to override this provision if it had been used within the previous four seasons. As agreed by all 11 conferences, the results of the 2004 -- 07 regular seasons were evaluated to determine which conferences earned automatic qualification for the BCS games that concluded 2008 -- 11 seasons. Three criteria were used : Rank of the highest - ranked team, rank of all conference teams, and number of teams in the top 25. The six conferences which met that standard were the AQ conferences. The 2008 -- 11 seasons were used to determine if another conference achieved automatic qualification, or a conference that had AQ status lost it, for the BCS games that concluded the 2012 and 2013 seasons. Rankings For the portions of the ranking that were determined by polls and computer - generated rankings, the BCS used a series of Borda counts to arrive at its overall rankings. This was an example of using a voting system to generate a complete ordered list of winners from both human and computer - constructed votes. Obtaining a fair ranking system was a difficult mathematical problem and numerous algorithms were proposed for ranking college football teams in particular. One example was the `` random - walker rankings '' studied by applied mathematicians Thomas Callaghan, Peter Mucha, and Mason Porter that employed the science of networks. 1998 -- 2003 The BCS formula calculated the top 25 teams in poll format. After combining a number of factors, a final point total was created and the teams that received the 25 lowest scores were ranked in descending order. The factors were : Poll average : Both the AP and ESPN - USA Today coaches polls were averaged to make a number which is the poll average. Computer average : An average of the rankings of a team in three different computer polls were gathered ( Jeff Sagarin / USA Today, Anderson - Hester / Seattle Times, and New York Times ), with a 50 % adjusted maximum deviation factor. ( For instance, if the computers had ranked a team third, fifth, and twelfth, the poll which ranked the team twelfth would be adjusted to rank the team sixth. ) Strength of Schedule : This was the team 's NCAA rank in strength of schedule divided by 25. A team 's strength of schedule was calculated by win / loss record of opponents ( 66.6 % ) and cumulative win / loss record of team 's opponents ' opponents ( 33.3 % ). The team who played the toughest schedule was given. 04 points, second toughest. 08 points, and so on. Margin of victory was a key component in the decision of the computer rankings to determine the BCS standings. Losses : One point was added for every loss the team has suffered during the season. All games are counted, including Kickoff Classics and conference title games. Before the 1999 -- 2000 season, five more computer rankings were added to the system : Richard Billingsley, Richard Dunkel, Kenneth Massey, Herman Matthews / Scripps Howard, and David Rothman. The lowest ranking was dropped and the remainder averaged. Beginning in 2001, The Peter Wolfe and Wes Colley / Atlanta Journal - Constitution computer rankings were used in place of the NYT and Dunkel rankings. The change was made because the BCS wanted computer rankings that did not depend heavily on margin of victory. The highest and lowest rankings were discarded, and the remainder averaged. A team 's poll average, computer average, strength of schedule points, and losses were added to create a subtotal. Also in 2001, a quality win component was added. If a team beat a team which was in the top 15 in the BCS standings, a range of 1.5 to. 1 points was subtracted from their total. Beating the No. 1 ranked team resulted in a subtraction of 1.5 - point, beating the No. 2 team resulted in a deduction of 1.4 points, and so on. Beating the No. 15 ranked team would have resulted in a deduction of. 1 points. A team would only be awarded for a quality win once if it beat a Top 10 team more than once ( such as in the regular season and a conference championship game ), and quality wins were determined using a team 's current subtotal, not the ranking when the game was played. The subtotal ranks were used to determine quality win deductions to create a team 's final score. The BCS continued to purge ranking systems which included margin of victory, causing the removal of the Matthews and Rothman ratings before the 2002 season. Sagarin provided a BCS - specific formula that did not include margin of victory, and the New York Times index returned in a form without margin of victory considerations. In addition, a new computer ranking, the Wesley Colley Matrix, was added. The lowest ranking was dropped and the remaining six averaged. Also in 2002, the quality win component was modified such that the deduction for beating the No. 1 team in the BCS would be 1.0, declining by 0.1 increments until beating the 10th ranked team at 0.1. Teams on probation were not included in the BCS standings, but quality win points were given to teams who beat teams on probation as if they were ranked accordingly in the BCS. 2004 -- 2013 LSU vs. Ohio State in the 2008 BCS National Championship Game In response to the controversy created by the voters in the AP poll naming USC as the No. 1 ranked team at the end of 2003, when the BCS system had selected LSU and Oklahoma to play for the title, the formula was rewritten. Supporters of USC and the media in general criticized the fact that polls were not weighted more heavily than computer rankings and this criticism led to the new three part algorithm. AP Poll ( 2004 ) / Harris Interactive Poll ( 2005 -- 2013 ) : A team 's score in the poll was divided by the maximum number of points any team would have received if all voting members had ranked that team as Number 1. Coaches ' Poll : A team 's score in the Coaches ' poll was divided by the maximum number of points any team would have received if all voting members had ranked that team as Number 1. Computer Average : The BCS used six ranking systems : Jeff Sagarin, Anderson / Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, and Dr. Peter Wolfe. Points were assigned in inverse order of ranking from 1 -- 25. A team 's highest and lowest computer ranking was discarded from figuring a team 's computer poll average. The four remaining computer scores were averaged and the total was calculated as a percentage of 100. All three components -- The Harris Interactive Poll, the USA Today Coaches Poll, and the computer rankings -- were added together and averaged for a team 's ranking in the BCS standings. The team with the highest average ranked first in the BCS standings. This system placed twice as much emphasis on polls than computer rankings ( since there were two polls and an average of six computer rankings ) and made it highly unlikely that the top team in both polls would be denied a place in the title game, as it happened in the 2003 -- 04 season. The BCS formula for the 2005 -- 06 season was the same as 2004 -- 05, except that the Harris Interactive College Football Poll replaced the AP poll. The Harris Interactive College Football Poll 's maximum point value was 2,825 and for the Coaches ' Poll, it was 1,550. The Harris Interactive College Football Poll was created expressly to replace the AP Poll after the Associated Press refused the use of its poll as a component of the BCS formula following the 2004 season. Before the 2006 -- 07 season, the maximum point value of the Harris Poll was increased to 2,850 and the USA Today / Coaches ' Poll was increased to 1,575. In the week of April 20, 2009, Bowl Championship Series commissioners met for its annual spring meetings in Pasadena, California in conjunction with the Rose Bowl 's staging the 2010 BCS title game. The commissioners considered a proposal from the Mountain West Conference, which would have established an eight - team playoff and provided better accesses to the four BCS bowl games for the five conferences that did not have automatic bids. The proposal also included a motion to replace the BCS rankings with a selection and a motion to change the automatic qualifier criteria to better reflect inter-conference performance. The BCS rejected the proposal in June 2009, citing a `` lack of overall support '' among the member conferences. Additionally, the proposal was scrutinized by the U.S. Congress, which determined that the BCS was not in violation of any laws or constitutional amendments, although this has since been reconsidered and the BCS is currently under renewed federal anti-trust scrutiny from the Justice Department. In June 2012, the BCS conference commissioners made the announcement that `` we have developed a consensus behind a four - team, seeded playoff. '' This took effect in 2014, as the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee in Washington, D.C. gave its expected final approval a few days later. History and schedule The games are listed in chronological order, the rankings reflecting the final BCS standings, and the win - loss data was prior to the BCS Bowls. 1998 -- 99 season These BCS bowl games were played following the 1998 regular season : Friday, January 1, 1999 -- Rose Bowl Game presented by AT&T : No. 9 Wisconsin ( 10 -- 1, Big Ten champion ) 38, No. 5 UCLA ( 10 -- 1, Pac - 10 champion ) 31 Friday, January 1, 1999 -- Nokia Sugar Bowl : No. 4 Ohio State ( 10 -- 1, At - large ) 24, No. 6 Texas A&M ( 11 -- 2, Big 12 champion ) 14 Saturday, January 2, 1999 -- FedEx Orange Bowl : No. 8 Florida ( 9 -- 2, At - large ) 31, No. 15 Syracuse ( 8 -- 3, Big East champion ) 10 Monday, January 4, 1999 -- Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, ( National Championship ) : No. 1 Tennessee ( 12 -- 0, BCS No. 1, SEC champion ) 23, No. 2 Florida State ( 11 -- 1, BCS No. 2, ACC champion ) 16 1999 -- 2000 season These BCS bowl games were played following the 1999 regular season : Saturday, January 1, 2000 -- Rose Bowl Game presented by AT&T : No. 7 Wisconsin ( 9 -- 2, Big Ten champion ) 17, No. 22 Stanford ( 8 -- 3, Pac - 10 champion ) 9 Saturday, January 1, 2000 -- FedEx Orange Bowl : No. 8 Michigan ( 9 -- 2, At - large ) 35, No. 4 Alabama ( 10 -- 2, SEC champion ) 34 ( OT ) Sunday, January 2, 2000 -- Tostitos Fiesta Bowl : No. 3 Nebraska ( 11 -- 1, Big 12 champion ) 31, No. 5 Tennessee ( 9 -- 2, At - large ) 21 Tuesday, January 4, 2000 -- Nokia Sugar Bowl ( National Championship ) : No. 1 Florida State ( 11 -- 0, BCS No. 1, ACC champion ) 46, No. 2 Virginia Tech ( 11 -- 0, BCS No. 2, Big East champion ) 29 2000 -- 0.1 season These BCS bowl games were played following the 2000 regular season : Monday, January 1, 2001 -- Rose Bowl Game presented by AT&T : No. 4 Washington ( 10 -- 1, Pac - 10 champion ) 34, No. 17 Purdue ( 8 -- 3, Big Ten champion ) 24 Monday, January 1, 2001 -- Tostitos Fiesta Bowl : No. 6 Oregon State ( 10 -- 1, At - large ) 41, No. 11 Notre Dame ( 9 -- 2, At - large ) 9 Tuesday, January 2, 2001 -- Nokia Sugar Bowl : No. 3 Miami ( FL ) ( 10 -- 1, Big East champion ) 37, No. 7 Florida ( 10 -- 2, SEC champion ) 20 Wednesday, January 3, 2001 -- FedEx Orange Bowl ( National Championship ) : No. 1 Oklahoma ( 11 -- 0, BCS No. 1, Big 12 champion ) 13, No. 2 Florida State ( 10 -- 1, BCS No. 2, ACC champion ) 2 2001 -- 02 season See also : 2001 -- 02 NCAA football bowl games These BCS bowl games were played following the 2001 regular season : Tuesday, January 1, 2002 -- Tostitos Fiesta Bowl : No. 4 Oregon ( 10 -- 1, Pac - 10 champion ) 38, No. 3 Colorado ( 10 -- 2, Big 12 champion ) 16 Tuesday, January 1, 2002 -- Nokia Sugar Bowl : No. 13 LSU ( 9 -- 3, SEC champion ) 47, No. 8 Illinois ( 10 -- 1, Big Ten champion ) 34 Wednesday, January 2, 2002 -- FedEx Orange Bowl : No. 5 Florida ( 9 -- 2, At - large ) 56, No. 10 Maryland ( 10 -- 1, ACC champion ) 23 Thursday, January 3, 2002 -- Rose Bowl Game presented by AT&T ( National Championship ) : No. 1 Miami ( FL ) ( 11 -- 0, BCS No. 1, Big East champion ) 37, No. 2 Nebraska ( 11 -- 1, BCS No. 2, Automatic ) 14 2002 -- 03 season These BCS bowl games were played following the 2002 regular season : Wednesday, January 1, 2003 -- Rose Bowl Game presented by PlayStation 2 : No. 7 Oklahoma ( 11 -- 2, Big 12 champion ) 34, No. 6 Washington State ( 10 -- 2, Pac - 10 champion ) 14 Wednesday, January 1, 2003 -- Nokia Sugar Bowl : No. 3 Georgia ( 12 -- 1, SEC champion ) 26, No. 14 Florida State ( 9 -- 4, ACC champion ) 13 Thursday, January 2, 2003 -- FedEx Orange Bowl : No. 4 Southern California ( 10 -- 2, Automatic `` 3 -- 4 Rule '' ) 38, No. 5 Iowa ( 11 -- 1, At - large ) 17 Friday, January 3, 2003 -- Tostitos Fiesta Bowl ( National Championship ) : No. 2 Ohio State ( 13 -- 0, BCS No. 2, Big Ten champion ) 31, No. 1 Miami ( FL ) ( 12 -- 0, BCS No. 1, Big East champion ) 24 ( 2 OT ) 2003 -- 04 season See also : 2003 -- 04 NCAA football bowl games These BCS bowl games were played following the 2003 regular season : Thursday, January 1, 2004 -- Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi : No. 3 Southern California ( 11 -- 1, Pac - 10 champion ) 28, No. 4 Michigan ( 10 -- 2, Big Ten champion ) 14 Thursday, January 1, 2004 -- FedEx Orange Bowl : No. 9 Miami ( FL ) ( 10 -- 2, Big East champion ) 16, No. 7 Florida State ( 10 -- 2, ACC champion ) 14 Friday, January 2, 2004 -- Tostitos Fiesta Bowl : No. 5 Ohio State ( 10 -- 2, At - large ) 35, No. 10 Kansas State ( 11 -- 3, Big 12 champion ) 28 Sunday, January 4, 2004 -- Nokia Sugar Bowl ( National Championship ) No. 2 LSU ( 12 -- 1, BCS No. 2, SEC champion ) 21, No. 1 Oklahoma ( 12 -- 1, BCS No. 1, Automatic ) 14 ‡ ‡ Though winning the BCS National Championship, the LSU Tigers were not consensus national champions. The USC Trojans ended the regular season ranked No. 3 in the final BCS standings, with three Coaches Poll voting coaches defecting from their agreement with the BCS to vote its designated game winner as champion, instead voting for USC. USC was voted No. 1 in the Associated Press poll, and the AP awarded USC their National Championship. The 2003 Season therefore ended with split champions which is what the BCS was organized to prevent. Because of this split championship, significant changes were made to the BCS formula for the 2004 -- 05 season. 2004 -- 05 season See also : 2004 -- 05 NCAA football bowl games These BCS bowl games were played following the 2004 regular season : Saturday, January 1, 2005 -- Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi : No. 4 Texas ( 10 -- 1, Automatic `` 3 -- 4 Rule '' ) 38, No. 13 Michigan ( 9 -- 2, Big Ten champion ) 37 Saturday, January 1, 2005 -- Tostitos Fiesta Bowl : No. 6 Utah ( 11 -- 0, MWC champion, Automatic non-AQ ) 35, No. 21 Pittsburgh ( 8 -- 3, Big East champion ) 7 Monday, January 3, 2005 -- Nokia Sugar Bowl : No. 3 Auburn ( 12 -- 0, SEC champion ) 16, No. 8 Virginia Tech ( 10 -- 2, ACC champion ) 13 Tuesday, January 4, 2005 -- FedEx Orange Bowl ( National Championship ) : No. 1 Southern California ( 12 -- 0, BCS No. 1, Pac - 10 champion ) 55, No. 2 Oklahoma ( 12 -- 0, BCS No. 2, Big 12 champion ) 19 USC later vacated the win 2005 -- 06 season See also : 2005 -- 06 NCAA football bowl games These BCS bowl games were played following the 2005 regular season : Monday, January 2, 2006 -- Tostitos Fiesta Bowl : No. 4 Ohio State ( 9 -- 2, Automatic `` 3 -- 4 Rule '' ) 34, No. 6 Notre Dame ( 9 -- 2, Automatic ) 20 Monday, January 2, 2006 -- Nokia Sugar Bowl : No. 11 West Virginia ( 10 -- 1, Big East champion ) 38, No. 7 Georgia ( 10 -- 2, SEC champion ) 35 Tuesday, January 3, 2006 -- FedEx Orange Bowl : No. 3 Penn State ( 10 -- 1, Big Ten champion ) 26, No. 22 Florida State ( 8 -- 4, ACC champion ) 23 ( 3 OT ) Wednesday, January 4, 2006 -- Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi ( National Championship ) : No. 2 Texas ( 12 -- 0, BCS No. 2, Big 12 champion ) 41, No. 1 Southern California ( 12 -- 0, BCS No. 1, Pac - 10 champion ) 38 2006 -- 07 season See also : 2006 -- 07 NCAA football bowl games These BCS games were played following the 2006 regular season : Monday, January 1, 2007 -- Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi : No. 5 Southern California ( 10 -- 2, Pac - 10 champion ) 32, No. 3 Michigan ( 11 -- 1, Automatic `` 3 -- 4 Rule '' ) 18 Monday, January 1, 2007 -- Tostitos Fiesta Bowl : No. 8 Boise State ( 12 -- 0, WAC champion, Automatic non-AQ ) 43, No. 10 Oklahoma ( 11 -- 2, Big 12 champion ) 42 ( OT ) Tuesday, January 2, 2007 -- FedEx Orange Bowl : No. 6 Louisville ( 11 -- 1, Big East champion ) 24, No. 14 Wake Forest ( 11 -- 2, ACC champion ) 13 Wednesday, January 3, 2007 -- Allstate Sugar Bowl : No. 4 LSU ( 10 -- 2, At - large ) 41, No. 11 Notre Dame ( 10 -- 2, At - large ) 14 Monday, January 8, 2007 -- Tostitos BCS National Championship : No. 2 Florida ( 11 -- 1, BCS No. 2, SEC champion ) 41, No. 1 Ohio State ( 12 -- 0, BCS No. 1, Big Ten champion ) 14 2007 -- 08 season See also : 2007 -- 08 NCAA football bowl games These BCS games were played following the 2007 regular season : Tuesday, January 1, 2008 -- Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi : No. 7 Southern California ( 10 -- 2, Pac - 10 champion ) 49, No. 13 Illinois ( 9 -- 3, At - large ) 17 Tuesday, January 1, 2008 -- Allstate Sugar Bowl : No. 5 Georgia ( 10 -- 2, At - large ) 41, No. 10 Hawaii ( 12 -- 0, WAC champion, Automatic non-AQ ) 10 Wednesday, January 2, 2008 -- Tostitos Fiesta Bowl : No. 9 West Virginia ( 10 -- 2, Big East champion ) 48, No. 4 Oklahoma ( 11 -- 2, Big 12 champion ) 28 Thursday, January 3, 2008 -- FedEx Orange Bowl : No. 8 Kansas ( 11 -- 1, At - large ) 24, No. 3 Virginia Tech ( 11 -- 2, ACC champion ) 21 Monday, January 7, 2008 -- Allstate BCS National Championship : No. 2 LSU ( 11 -- 2, BCS No. 2, SEC champion ), 38, No. 1 Ohio State ( 11 -- 1, BCS No. 1, Big Ten champion ) 24 2008 -- 09 season See also : 2008 -- 09 NCAA football bowl games These BCS games were played following the 2008 regular season : Thursday, January 1, 2009 -- Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi : No. 5 Southern California ( 11 -- 1, Pac - 10 champion ) 38, No. 8 Penn State ( 11 -- 1, Big Ten champion ) 24 Thursday, January 1, 2009 -- FedEx Orange Bowl : No. 19 Virginia Tech ( 9 -- 4, ACC champion ) 20, No. 12 Cincinnati ( 11 -- 2, Big East champion ) 7 Friday, January 2, 2009 -- Allstate Sugar Bowl : No. 6 Utah ( 12 -- 0, MWC champion, Automatic non-AQ ) 31, No. 4 Alabama ( 12 -- 1, At - large ) 17 Monday, January 5, 2009 -- Tostitos Fiesta Bowl : No. 3 Texas ( 11 -- 1, Automatic `` 3 -- 4 Rule '' ) 24, No. 10 Ohio State ( 10 -- 2, At - large ) 21 Thursday, January 8, 2009 -- FedEx BCS National Championship : No. 2 Florida ( 12 -- 1, BCS No. 2, SEC champion ) 24, vs. No. 1 Oklahoma ( 12 -- 1, BCS No. 1, Big 12 champion ) 14 2009 -- 10 season See also : 2009 -- 10 NCAA football bowl games These BCS games were played following the 2009 regular season : Friday, January 1, 2010 -- Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi : No. 8 Ohio State ( 10 -- 2, Big Ten champion ) 26, No. 7 Oregon ( 10 -- 2, Pac - 10 champion ) 17 Friday January 1, 2010 -- Allstate Sugar Bowl : No. 5 Florida ( 12 -- 1, At - large ) 51, No. 3 Cincinnati ( 12 -- 0, Big East champion ) 24 Monday, January 4, 2010 -- Tostitos Fiesta Bowl : No. 6 Boise State ( 13 -- 0, WAC champion, At - large ) 17, No. 4 TCU ( 12 -- 0, MWC champion, Automatic non-AQ ) 10 Tuesday, January 5, 2010 -- FedEx Orange Bowl : No. 10 Iowa ( 10 -- 2, At - large ) 24 vs No. 9 Georgia Tech ( 10 -- 2, ACC champion ) 14 Thursday, January 7, 2010 -- Citi BCS National Championship : No. 1 Alabama ( 13 -- 0, BCS No. 1, SEC champion ) 37 vs No. 2 Texas ( 13 -- 0, BCS No. 2, Big 12 champion ) 21 2010 -- 11 season See also : 2010 -- 11 NCAA football bowl games These BCS games were played following the 2010 regular season : Saturday, January 1, 2011 -- Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio : No. 3 TCU ( 12 -- 0, MWC champion, Automatic non-AQ ) 21 vs. No. 5 Wisconsin ( 11 -- 1, Big Ten champion ) 19 Saturday, January 1, 2011 -- Tostitos Fiesta Bowl : No. 7 Oklahoma ( 11 -- 2, Big 12 champion ) 48 vs. Connecticut ( 8 -- 4, Big East champion ) 20 Monday, January 3, 2011 -- Discover Orange Bowl : No. 4 Stanford ( 11 -- 1, Automatic `` 3 -- 4 Rule '' ) 40 vs. No. 13 Virginia Tech ( 11 -- 2, ACC champion ) 12 Tuesday, January 4, 2011 -- Allstate Sugar Bowl : No. 6 Ohio State ( 11 -- 1, At - Large ) 31 vs. No. 8 Arkansas ( 10 -- 2, At - Large ) 26 Monday, January 10, 2011 -- Tostitos BCS National Championship : No. 1 Auburn ( 13 -- 0, BCS No. 1, SEC champion ) 22 vs. No. 2 Oregon ( 12 -- 0, BCS No. 2, Pac - 10 champion ) 19 Ohio State later vacated the win 2011 -- 12 season See also : 2011 -- 12 NCAA football bowl games These BCS games were played following the 2011 regular season : Monday, January 2, 2012 -- Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio : No. 5 Oregon ( 11 -- 2, Pac - 12 champion ) 45 vs. No. 10 Wisconsin ( 11 -- 2, Big Ten champion ) 38 Monday, January 2, 2012 -- Tostitos Fiesta Bowl : No. 3 Oklahoma State ( 11 -- 1, Big 12 champion ) 41 vs. No. 4 Stanford ( 11 -- 1, Automatic `` 3 -- 4 Rule '' ) 38 ( OT ) Tuesday, January 3, 2012 -- Allstate Sugar Bowl : No. 13 Michigan ( 10 -- 2, At - Large ) 23 vs. No. 11 Virginia Tech ( 11 -- 2, At - Large ) 20 ( OT ) Wednesday, January 4, 2012 -- Discover Orange Bowl : No. 23 West Virginia ( 9 -- 3, Big East champion ) 70 vs. No. 15 Clemson ( 10 -- 3, ACC champion ) 33 Monday, January 9, 2012 -- Allstate BCS National Championship : No. 2 Alabama ( 11 -- 1, BCS No. 2, Automatic ) 21 vs. No. 1 LSU ( 13 -- 0, BCS No. 1, SEC champion ) 0 2012 -- 13 season See also : 2012 -- 13 NCAA football bowl games These BCS games were played following the 2012 regular season : Tuesday, January 1, 2013 -- Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio : No. 6 Stanford ( 11 -- 2, Pac - 12 champion ) 20 vs. Wisconsin ( 8 -- 5, Big Ten champion ) 14 Tuesday, January 1, 2013 -- Discover Orange Bowl : No. 12 Florida State ( 11 -- 2, ACC champion ) 31 vs. No. 15 NIU ( 12 -- 1, MAC champion, Automatic non-AQ ) 10 Wednesday, January 2, 2013 -- Allstate Sugar Bowl : No. 21 Louisville ( 10 -- 2, Big East champion ) 33 vs. No. 3 Florida ( 11 -- 1, Automatic `` 3 -- 4 Rule '' ) 23 Thursday, January 3, 2013 -- Tostitos Fiesta Bowl : No. 4 Oregon ( 11 -- 1, At - Large ) 35 vs. No. 5 Kansas State ( 11 -- 1, Big 12 champion ) 17 Monday, January 7, 2013 -- Discover BCS National Championship : No. 2 Alabama ( 12 -- 1, BCS No. 2, SEC champion ) 42 vs. No. 1 Notre Dame ( 12 -- 0, BCS No. 1, Automatic ) 14 2013 -- 14 season See also : 2013 -- 14 NCAA football bowl games These BCS games were played following the 2013 regular season : Wednesday, January 1, 2014 -- Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio ( Pasadena, California ) : No. 4 Michigan State ( 12 - 1, Big Ten champion ) 24 vs. No. 5 Stanford ( 11 - 2, Pac - 12 champion ) 20 Wednesday, January 1, 2014 -- Tostitos Fiesta Bowl ( Glendale, Arizona ) : No. 15 UCF ( 11 -- 1, American Athletic Conference champion ) 52 vs. No. 6 Baylor ( 11 - 1, Big 12 champion ) 42 Thursday, January 2, 2014 -- Allstate Sugar Bowl ( New Orleans ) : No. 11 Oklahoma ( 10 -- 2, At - Large ) 45 vs. No. 3 Alabama ( 11 -- 1, Automatic `` 3 -- 4 Rule '' ) 31 Friday, January 3, 2014 -- Discover Orange Bowl ( Miami Gardens, Florida ) : No. 12 Clemson ( 10 -- 2, At - Large ) 40 vs. No. 7 Ohio State ( 12 -- 1, At - Large ) 35 Monday, January 6, 2014 -- Vizio BCS National Championship ( Pasadena, California ) : No. 1 Florida State ( 13 -- 0, ACC champion ) 34 vs. No. 2 Auburn ( 12 -- 1, SEC champion ) 31 Appearances BCS appearances by team Appearances School Pct Games 10 Ohio State 6 *. 556 Won 1999 Sugar Bowl Won 2003 Fiesta Bowl + Won 2004 Fiesta Bowl Won 2006 Fiesta Bowl Lost 2007 BCS National Championship Game Lost 2008 BCS National Championship Game Lost 2009 Fiesta Bowl Won 2010 Rose Bowl Won * 2011 Sugar Bowl ( vacated ) Lost 2014 Orange Bowl 9 Oklahoma 5 5. 444 Won 2001 Orange Bowl + Won 2003 Rose Bowl Lost 2004 Sugar Bowl + Lost 2005 Orange Bowl + Lost 2007 Fiesta Bowl Lost 2008 Fiesta Bowl Lost 2009 BCS National Championship Game Won 2011 Fiesta Bowl Won 2014 Sugar Bowl / > won sugar bowl 8 Florida State 5. 375 Lost 1999 Fiesta Bowl + Won 2000 Sugar Bowl + Lost 2001 Orange Bowl + Lost 2003 Sugar Bowl Lost 2004 Orange Bowl Lost 2006 Orange Bowl Won 2013 Orange Bowl Won 2014 BCS National Championship Game 7 USC 6 *. 833 Won 2003 Orange Bowl Won 2004 Rose Bowl Won * 2005 Orange Bowl + ( vacated ) Lost 2006 Rose Bowl + Won 2007 Rose Bowl Won 2008 Rose Bowl Won 2009 Rose Bowl 7 Florida 5. 714 Won 1999 Orange Bowl Lost 2001 Sugar Bowl Won 2002 Orange Bowl Won 2007 BCS National Championship Game Won 2009 BCS National Championship Game Won 2010 Sugar Bowl Lost 2013 Sugar Bowl 6 Alabama. 500 Lost 2000 Orange Bowl Lost 2009 Sugar Bowl Won 2010 BCS National Championship Game Won 2012 BCS National Championship Game Won 2013 BCS National Championship Game Lost 2014 Sugar Bowl 6 Virginia Tech 5. 167 Lost 2000 Sugar Bowl + Lost 2005 Sugar Bowl Lost 2008 Orange Bowl Won 2009 Orange Bowl Lost 2011 Orange Bowl Lost 2012 Sugar Bowl 5 LSU. 800 Won 2002 Sugar Bowl Won 2004 BCS National Championship Game + Won 2007 Sugar Bowl Won 2008 BCS National Championship Game Lost 2012 BCS National Championship Game 5 Oregon. 600 Won 2002 Fiesta Bowl Lost 2010 Rose Bowl Lost 2011 BCS National Championship Game Won 2012 Rose Bowl Won 2013 Fiesta Bowl 5 Michigan. 400 Won 2000 Orange Bowl Lost 2004 Rose Bowl Lost 2005 Rose Bowl Lost 2007 Rose Bowl Won 2012 Sugar Bowl 5 Stanford. 400 Lost 2000 Rose Bowl Won 2011 Orange Bowl Lost 2012 Fiesta Bowl Won 2013 Rose Bowl Lost 2014 Rose Bowl 5 Wisconsin. 400 Won 1999 Rose Bowl Won 2000 Rose Bowl Lost 2011 Rose Bowl Lost 2012 Rose Bowl Lost 2013 Rose Bowl Miami ( FL ). 750 Won 2001 Sugar Bowl Won 2002 Rose Bowl + Lost 2003 Fiesta Bowl + Won 2004 Orange Bowl Texas. 750 Won 2005 Rose Bowl Won 2006 Rose Bowl + Won 2009 Fiesta Bowl Lost 2010 BCS National Championship Game Notre Dame 0. 000 Lost 2001 Fiesta Bowl Lost 2006 Fiesta Bowl Lost 2007 Sugar Bowl Lost 2013 BCS National Championship Game West Virginia 0 1.000 Won 2006 Sugar Bowl Won 2008 Fiesta Bowl Won 2012 Orange Bowl Auburn. 667 Won 2005 Sugar Bowl Won 2011 BCS National Championship Game Lost 2014 BCS National Championship Game Georgia. 667 Won 2003 Sugar Bowl Lost 2006 Sugar Bowl Won 2008 Sugar Bowl Boise State 0 1.000 Won 2007 Fiesta Bowl Won 2010 Fiesta Bowl Louisville 0 1.000 Won 2007 Orange Bowl Won 2013 Sugar Bowl Utah 0 1.000 Won 2005 Fiesta Bowl Won 2009 Sugar Bowl Clemson. 500 Lost 2012 Orange Bowl Won 2014 Orange Bowl Iowa. 500 Lost 2003 Orange Bowl Won 2010 Orange Bowl Nebraska. 500 Won 2000 Fiesta Bowl Lost 2002 Rose Bowl + Penn State. 500 Won 2006 Orange Bowl Lost 2009 Rose Bowl Tennessee. 500 Won 1999 Fiesta Bowl + Lost 2000 Fiesta Bowl TCU. 500 Lost 2010 Fiesta Bowl Won 2011 Rose Bowl Cincinnati 0. 000 Lost 2009 Orange Bowl Lost 2010 Sugar Bowl Illinois 0. 000 Lost 2002 Sugar Bowl Lost 2008 Rose Bowl Kansas State 0. 000 Lost 2004 Fiesta Bowl Lost 2013 Fiesta Bowl Kansas 0 1.000 Won 2008 Orange Bowl Michigan State 0 1.000 Won 2014 Rose Bowl Oklahoma State 0 1.000 Won 2012 Fiesta Bowl Oregon State 0 1.000 Won 2001 Fiesta Bowl Washington 0 1.000 Won 2001 Rose Bowl UCF 0 1.000 Won 2014 Fiesta Bowl Arkansas 0. 000 Lost 2011 Sugar Bowl Baylor 0. 000 Lost 2014 Fiesta Bowl Colorado 0. 000 Lost 2002 Fiesta Bowl Connecticut 0. 000 Lost 2011 Fiesta Bowl Georgia Tech 0. 000 Lost 2010 Orange Bowl Hawaii 0. 000 Lost 2008 Sugar Bowl Maryland 0. 000 Lost 2002 Orange Bowl NIU 0. 000 Lost 2013 Orange Bowl Pittsburgh 0. 000 Lost 2005 Fiesta Bowl Purdue 0. 000 Lost 2001 Rose Bowl Syracuse 0. 000 Lost 1999 Orange Bowl Texas A&M 0. 000 Lost 1999 Sugar Bowl UCLA 0. 000 Lost 1999 Rose Bowl Wake Forest 0. 000 Lost 2007 Orange Bowl Washington State 0. 000 Lost 2003 Rose Bowl + Denotes BCS National Championship Game prior to the 2006 season * Win ( s ) vacated BCS National Championship Game appearances by team Appearances School Pct Games Florida State. 500 Lost 1999 Fiesta Bowl Won 2000 Sugar Bowl Lost 2001 Orange Bowl Won 2014 BCS National Championship Game Oklahoma. 250 Won 2001 Orange Bowl Lost 2004 Sugar Bowl Lost 2005 Orange Bowl Lost 2009 BCS National Championship Game Alabama 0 1.000 Won 2010 BCS National Championship Game Won 2012 BCS National Championship Game Won 2013 BCS National Championship Game LSU. 667 Won 2004 Sugar Bowl Won 2008 BCS National Championship Game Lost 2012 BCS National Championship Game Ohio State. 333 Won 2003 Fiesta Bowl Lost 2007 BCS National Championship Game Lost 2008 BCS National Championship Game Florida 0 1.000 Won 2007 BCS National Championship Game Won 2009 BCS National Championship Game Auburn. 500 Won 2011 BCS National Championship Game Lost 2014 BCS National Championship Game Miami ( FL ). 500 Won 2002 Rose Bowl Lost 2003 Fiesta Bowl Texas. 500 Won 2006 Rose Bowl Lost 2010 BCS National Championship Game USC 1 *. 500 Won * 2005 Orange Bowl Lost 2006 Rose Bowl Tennessee 0 1.000 Won 1999 Fiesta Bowl Nebraska 0. 000 Lost 2002 Rose Bowl Notre Dame 0. 000 Lost 2013 BCS National Championship Game Oregon 0. 000 Lost 2011 BCS National Championship Game Virginia Tech 0. 000 Lost 2000 Sugar Bowl * Win ( s ) vacated BCS appearances by conference Conference Appearances Pct # Schools School ( s ) Big Ten 28 13 * 15. 464 8 Ohio State ( 6 * -- 4 ) Michigan ( 2 -- 3 ) Wisconsin ( 2 -- 3 ) Penn State ( 1 -- 1 ) Iowa ( 1 -- 1 ) Illinois ( 0 -- 2 ) Michigan State ( 1 -- 0 ) Purdue ( 0 -- 1 ) SEC 27 17 10. 630 7 Florida ( 5 -- 2 ) LSU ( 4 -- 1 ) Alabama ( 3 -- 3 ) Auburn ( 2 -- 1 ) Georgia ( 2 -- 1 ) Tennessee ( 1 -- 1 ) Arkansas ( 0 -- 1 ) Big 12 22 10 12. 455 9 Oklahoma ( 4 -- 5 ) Texas ( 3 -- 1 ) Nebraska ( 1 -- 1 ) Kansas State ( 0 -- 2 ) Kansas ( 1 -- 0 ) Oklahoma State ( 1 -- 0 ) Baylor ( 0 -- 1 ) Colorado ( 0 -- 1 ) Texas A&M ( 0 -- 1 ) Pac - 12 21 13 * 8. 600 7 USC ( 6 * -- 1 ) Oregon ( 3 -- 2 ) Stanford ( 2 -- 3 ) Oregon State ( 1 -- 0 ) Washington ( 1 -- 0 ) UCLA ( 0 -- 1 ) Washington State ( 0 -- 1 ) ACC 18 5 13. 278 6 Florida State ( 3 -- 5 ) Virginia Tech ( 1 -- 4 ) Clemson ( 1 -- 1 ) Georgia Tech ( 0 -- 1 ) Maryland ( 0 -- 1 ) Wake Forest ( 0 -- 1 ) Big East / The American 16 9 7. 563 9 Miami ( FL ) ( 3 -- 1 ) West Virginia ( 3 -- 0 ) Louisville ( 2 -- 0 ) Cincinnati ( 0 -- 2 ) UCF ( 1 - 0 ) Connecticut ( 0 -- 1 ) Pittsburgh ( 0 -- 1 ) Syracuse ( 0 -- 1 ) Virginia Tech ( 0 -- 1 ) MWC. 750 Utah ( 2 -- 0 ) TCU ( 1 -- 1 ) Independent 0. 000 Notre Dame ( 0 -- 4 ) WAC. 667 Boise State ( 2 -- 0 ) Hawaii ( 0 -- 1 ) MAC 0. 000 NIU ( 0 -- 1 ) * USC 's victory in the 2005 Orange Bowl was vacated * Ohio State 's victory in the 2011 Sugar Bowl was vacated BCS National Championship Game appearances by conference Conference Appearances Pct # Schools School ( s ) SEC 11 9. 818 5 Alabama ( 3 -- 0 ) LSU ( 2 -- 1 ) Florida ( 2 -- 0 ) Auburn ( 1 -- 1 ) Tennessee ( 1 -- 0 ) Big 12 7 5. 286 Oklahoma ( 1 -- 3 ) Texas ( 1 -- 1 ) Nebraska ( 0 -- 1 ) ACC. 500 Florida State ( 2 -- 2 ) Big East. 333 Miami ( 1 -- 1 ) Virginia Tech ( 0 -- 1 ) Big Ten. 333 Ohio State ( 1 -- 2 ) Pac - 12 1 *. 333 USC ( 1 * -- 1 ) Oregon ( 0 -- 1 ) Independent 0. 000 Notre Dame ( 0 -- 1 ) † Both teams in the 2012 BCS National Championship Game were from the SEC * USC 's victory in the 2005 Orange Bowl was vacated Controversies Main article : BCS controversies Criticism The primary criticism of the BCS centered around the validity of the annual BCS national championship pairings and its designated National Champions. Many critics focused on the BCS methodology itself, which employed subjective voting assessments, while others noted the ability for undefeated teams to finish seasons without an opportunity to play in the national championship game. In fact, in the last 6 seasons of Division I FBS football, there had been more undefeated non-BCS champions than undefeated BCS champions. Other criticisms involved discrepancies in the allocation of monetary resources from BCS games, as well as the determination of non-championship BCS game participants, which did not have to comply with the BCS rankings themselves. In the 2010 -- 2011 bowl season, for example, the six automatic - qualifier ( AQ ) conferences were given $145.2 million in revenue from the BCS while the five non-AQ conferences received only $24.7 million. A recent survey conducted at the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute found that 63 % of individuals interested in college football preferred a playoff system to the BCS, while only 26 % favored the status quo. President Barack Obama had been vocal about his opposition to the BCS. During an appearance on Monday Night Football during the 2008 presidential campaign season, ESPN 's Chris Berman asked Obama to name one thing about sports he would like to change. Obama responded that he did not like using computer rankings to determine bowl games, and he supported having a college football playoffs for the top eight teams. When Steve Kroft asked then - President - elect Obama about the subject during an interview on 60 Minutes, Obama reiterated his support of eight - team playoffs ; although he has said it is not a legislative priority. Longtime college football announcer Brent Musburger also voiced his support for playoffs in college football in an interview with the Chicago Sun - Times. `` My dream scenario -- and it 's not going to happen -- would be to take eight conference champions, and only conference champions, and play the quarterfinals of a tournament on campuses in mid-December '', Musburger said. `` The four losers would remain bowl - eligible. The four winners would advance to semifinals on New Year 's Day with exclusive TV windows. Then, like now, one week later, there would be the national championship game. '' Antitrust lawsuits In 2008, a lawsuit was threatened due to the exclusion of teams from the non-automatic qualifying conferences in the BCS system. Following Utah 's win over Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff announced an inquiry into whether the BCS system violates federal anti-trust laws. In 2009, senior Utah senator Orrin Hatch announced that he was exploring the possibility of a lawsuit against the BCS as an anti-competitive trust under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. On November 27, 2009 the Fort Worth Star - Telegram ran a story that said that Rep. Joe Barton ( R - TX ), ranking member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, announced that he would hold anti-trust hearings on the BCS, again based on the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and its provisions outlawing non-competitive trusts, beginning in May 2010. Meanwhile, various organizations, including the BCS, spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to lobby the federal government both in support and in opposition to a college football playoffs system. According to CBSSports.com wire reports and information obtained by the Associated Press, Senator Orin Hatch received a letter from the Justice Department concerning the possibility of a legal review of the BCS. The letter, received on January 29, 2010, stated that the Obama administration would explore options to establish a college football playoffs including ( a ) an anti-trust lawsuit against the BCS, ( b ) legal action under Federal Trade Commission consumer protection laws, ( c ) encouragement of the NCAA to take control of the college football postseason, ( d ) the establishment of an agency to review the costs and benefits of adopting a playoff system, and ( e ) continued legislation in favor of a playoff system. Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich wrote, `` The administration shares your belief that the lack of a college football national championship playoff... raises important questions affecting millions... '' BCS Executive Director Bill Hancock responded to the letter that the BCS complied with all laws and was supported by the participating Division I universities. In April 2011, Utah attorney general Mark Shurtleff announced he would file an antitrust lawsuit against the BCS for, `` serious antitrust violations that are harming taxpayer - funded institutions to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. '' The announcement followed the April 12, 2011 delivery of a letter to the US Department of Justice signed by 21 `` high - profile '' economists and antitrust experts asking for an investigation into the BCS ' anticompetitive practices. Allegations of corruption and financial impropriety The BCS bowls had been accused of promoting the BCS system because they and their executive officers greatly benefited financially from the system. Bowl executives, such as John Junker of the Fiesta Bowl, were often paid unusually high salaries for employees of non-profit organizations. To promote support for their bowls and the BCS system, these highly - paid executives allegedly gave lavish gifts to politicians, collegiate sports executives, and university athletic directors. In response, a pro-playoff organization, called Playoff PAC, in September 2010 filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service. The complaint alleged that the top BCS bowls, with the exception of the Rose Bowl, routinely abused favorable tax status by using charitable donations to give gifts and compensation to college athletic officials. In one example detailed in the complaint, the Orange Bowl treated its executive staff and invited college athletic directors to a four - day Royal Caribbean cruise in which no business meetings were held. Vacated wins There were several occasions where a team 's victory in a BCS bowl game was subsequently vacated by NCAA sanctions. USC 's final appeals were exhausted in the Reggie Bush situation, with all penalties standing, including a two - year bowl ban and vacation of 14 wins, including a national championship in the Orange Bowl and the entire 2005 season. As a result, the BCS, in a first - time action, vacated the participation of USC in their 2004 -- 2005 National Championship Game win and the 2005 -- 2006 National Championship Game loss to Texas. The 2004 -- 2005 BCS National Championship will remain permanently vacant. This issue was further compounded by the Associated Press, whose writers vote on their own National Championship. That title was retained, with the AP staying consistent with similar policies with teams on postseason bans. ( Teams being penalized with postseason bans are still eligible for the AP National Championship title. ) In December 2010, five Ohio State University players were implicated in an illegal - benefits scandal preceding the 2011 Sugar Bowl. Though the five players were suspended for five games apiece, they were allowed to play in the Sugar Bowl. After defeating Arkansas, the scandal grew, including open deception by Ohio State coach Jim Tressel. As a result, the school fined Tressel $250,000 and then forced him out as coach on July 11, 2011, Ohio State vacated all of its wins in an effort to reduce their penalties. The NCAA gave Ohio State 3 years probation and reduced their football scholarships by 3 per year for three years. The BCS banned Ohio State from participating in any post season games for the 2012 season. Support While there was substantial criticism aimed at the BCS system from coaches, media, and fans alike, there was is also support for the system. Tim Cowlishaw of The Dallas Morning News cited several advantages that the BCS has over a playoff system. Under the BCS, a single defeat was extremely detrimental to a team 's prospects for a national championship, although critics pointed out regularly that history shows non-AQ conference teams were hurt far more than AQ conference teams when they lost a game. Supporters contended that this created a substantial incentive for teams to do their best to win every game. Under a proposed playoffs system, front - running teams could be in a position of safety at the end of the regular season and could pull or greatly reduce their use of top players in order to protect them from injuries or give them recovery time ( this happens frequently in the NFL ). This may have been less likely to happen under the BCS system where a team in the running for a No. 1 or No. 2 ranking at the end of the year would likely have been punished in the polls for a loss, potentially eliminating them from contention. While the BCS routinely involved controversy about which two teams are the top teams, in rare instances there was a clear - cut top two ; the BCS ensured these top two would play each other for the championship. For example, USC and Texas in 2005 were the only undefeated teams ; both teams were only tested a couple of times all season and mauled every other opponent they faced by large margins. Had this scenario occurred before the inception of the BCS, the teams would have been unable to play each other due to contractual obligations with the major bowls and there would have been dual national champions. Under the BCS system however, these two teams got to play for the championship. The NCAA, the governing organization of most collegiate sports, had no official process for determining its FBS ( Div. 1 - A ) champion. Instead, FBS champions were chosen by what the NCAA called in its official list of champions `` selecting organizations ''. According to its website, the BCS : ``... ( wa ) s managed by the commissioners of the 11 NCAA Division I-A conferences, the director of athletics at the University of Notre Dame, and representatives of the bowl organizations. ``... ( wa ) sa five - game arrangement for post-season college football that ( wa ) s designed to match the two top - rated teams in a national championship game and to create exciting and competitive match - ups between eight other highly regarded teams in four other games ''. BCS Buster Utah Utes fans rush the field and carry the goalpost after defeating rival BYU in November 2004, completing a perfect regular season, and becoming the first BCS Buster by clinching a spot in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl ( hence the sombrero ). The term `` BCS Buster '' referred to any team other than Notre Dame not from an AQ conference that managed to earn a spot in a BCS bowl game. These teams were often referred to as non-BCS when discussed outside of the post-season structure. Three teams had been BCS Busters twice : the University of Utah, Boise State University, and Texas Christian University. As of the 2013 season two had joined Conferences with an automatic bid to a BCS Bowl ( Utah to the Pac - 12 Conference and Texas Christian to the Big 12 Conference ). The record of non-Automatic Qualifying conference teams in BCS Bowls was one primary statistic used by those who challenged the assumption that BCS conference teams were inherently superior to non-AQ teams, as non-AQ teams had only lost two BCS Bowl games to a BCS AQ team ( Hawaii lost the 2008 Sugar Bowl 41 -- 10 to the University of Georgia and NIU lost the 2013 Orange Bowl to Florida State University ) while winning four. Boise State defeated TCU 17 -- 10 in the highly controversial 2010 Fiesta Bowl which was the only BCS Bowl pitting two non-AQ teams against each other rather than against a team from a BCS AQ Conference, making the complete record 5 -- 3. This pairing was cited by critics as the BCS ' attempt to prevent a loss ( or potentially even two losses ) to non-AQ teams in the same year, and as TCU defeated Wisconsin 21 -- 19 in the 2011 Rose Bowl the next year those fears seemed to have been at least partly justified. The experience and results of the non-AQ teams in BCS bowl games had been cited as a strong objective example of a much closer parity between the AQ and non-AQ teams than most AQ teams and fans would have admitted. With the exception of Notre Dame, it was generally extremely difficult for a non-AQ conference team to reach a BCS bowl, while it was much easier for an AQ conference team ( see rules above ) to do so due to the inherent bias built into the rules of the BCS system which guaranteed a spot to the winner of each of the AQ Conferences. All AQ Conference teams had to do was simply win their respective conference title and they were automatically invited to a BCS Bowl. This made becoming a BCS Buster very noteworthy. Despite the fact that there had been a number of eligible non-AQ conference teams, only eight teams ( from only five schools -- Utah, TCU, Boise State, Hawaii, and NIU ) had succeeded in becoming BCS Busters. No team from a non-AQ conference had ever been in the BCS Championship, while a team from the SEC had been in -- and won -- the Championship game every year from 2006 to 2012. This consistent selection of one conference 's teams ( despite their success ) had been one area of intense criticism of the BCS system and its exclusionary tendencies. The University of Utah became the first BCS Buster in 2004 after an undefeated season, despite stricter limits in place before the addition of a 5th bowl in 2006 made BCS Busters more commonplace. The Utes played in the 2005 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, and beat their opponent, the Pittsburgh Panthers, 35 -- 7. Utah also became the first non-AQ program to make a second BCS appearance. During the 2008 season, the Utes finished their regular season schedule undefeated ( 8 -- 0 in the Mountain West Conference and 12 -- 0 overall ) and earned a berth in the Sugar Bowl against Alabama, winning 31 -- 17. The Utes finished 2nd in the AP Poll and received 16 first place votes. In the 2011 season, the Utes began competing as members of the Pac - 12 Conference, one of the six conferences with an automatic BCS tie in. In 2006, Boise State became the second BCS Buster after a 12 -- 0 regular season and subsequent Fiesta Bowl berth against the Oklahoma Sooners. The Broncos won 43 -- 42 in overtime in what many fans, pundits, and others consider to be one of the best Bowl games in history. In 2007, Hawaii also finished the regular season at 12 -- 0, but were defeated by the Georgia Bulldogs 41 -- 10 in the Sugar Bowl. This was the first loss by a BCS Buster. The 2009 season was the first in which two teams from non -- AQ conferences earned BCS bowl berths. TCU, which finished the regular season 12 -- 0 as champions of the Mountain West, earned the automatic BCS berth with a No. 4 finish in the final BCS rankings. Two slots behind the Horned Frogs were WAC champions Boise State, which finished at 13 -- 0 for its second consecutive unbeaten regular season and fourth in six years. Boise State became the first and ( so far ) only BCS Buster to reach a BCS bowl game with an at - large selection. The Broncos defeated the Frogs 17 -- 10 in the 2010 Fiesta Bowl, which marked the first BCS matchup between non-AQ schools, and the first time in BCS history that two unbeaten teams met in a BCS game other than the title match. This pairing created considerable controversy as the AQ conferences and the selection committees were accused of cowardice, pairing the two BCS Busters against each other so that the risk of AQ conference teams losing was eliminated. In 2010, TCU was the only non -- AQ conference team to get a BCS bowl berth. Boise State was ranked in the top five for most of the season, but a late - season overtime loss to Nevada knocked the Broncos out of serious contention for a BCS bowl bid, despite their continuing eligibility. TCU would defeat Wisconsin 21 -- 19 in the 2011 Rose Bowl, once again calling into question the claim of AQ conference superiority. There was a movement to lobby those voting in the AP poll, which is not bound to vote for the BCS Championship winner as the Coaches Poll is, to vote TCU first and split the National Championship. While TCU got a few first place votes, this effort did not change the outcome of the AP poll, and TCU ended up in the No. 2 spot in all of the final major polls. As Utah had already done, TCU soon joined a conference with an automatic BCS tie, namely the Big 12 Conference ( home of several other former members of the Southwest Conference, which TCU competed in for over 70 years ) beginning with the 2012 season. In 2012, NIU became the first BCS Buster with a regular - season loss. NIU was also the first BCS Buster to qualify automatically with a ranking between 13 and 16 ( and higher ranked than at least one AQ - Conference Champion ) ; NIU was ranked higher than two AQ - Conference Champions ( Big Ten and Big East ). They were selected for the 2013 Orange Bowl, where they were defeated by the Florida State Seminoles, 31 - 10. NIU is the first BCS Buster team from a conference other than the Mountain West or Western Athletic Conferences to play in a BCS Bowl game. BCS Busters were 5 -- 3 in BCS bowls, and 4 -- 2 in BCS bowls against opponents from AQ conferences. Utah and TCU joined AQ conferences after their repeated appearances as BCS Busters ; Boise State, Hawaii, and NIU had not ( as of January 2014 ). The following table shows all 18 teams that were eligible to become BCS Busters, including the eight that succeeded. ( The entries are ordered by year and sorted according to the BCS Rank within each year. ) Key BCS Buster qualified automatically as a highly ranked non-AQ Conference Champion BCS Buster team earned at - large selection * Team eligible for at - large selection. Would have qualified automatically as a highly ranked non-AQ Conference Champion under the post-2005 criterion * * Team eligible for at - large selection Season Team Conference Regular Season Record BCS Rank BCS Bowl Result Final Ranking AP Coaches 1998 Tulane * C - USA 11 -- 0 10 not chosen for a BCS bowl game 7 7 1999 Marshall * MAC 12 -- 0 12 not chosen for a BCS bowl game 10 10 2003 Miami ( OH ) * MAC 11 -- 1 11 not chosen for a BCS bowl game 10 12 Utah MWC 11 -- 0 6 Fiesta Bowl Utah 35 Pittsburgh 7 5 Boise State * * WAC 11 -- 0 9 not chosen for a BCS bowl game 12 13 Louisville * * C - USA 10 -- 1 10 not chosen for a BCS bowl game 6 7 2006 Boise State WAC 12 -- 0 8 Fiesta Bowl Boise State 43 Oklahoma 42 5 6 2007 Hawai'i WAC 12 -- 0 10 Sugar Bowl Hawai'i 10 Georgia 41 19 17 2008 Utah MWC 12 -- 0 6 Sugar Bowl Utah 31 Alabama 17 2008 Boise State * * WAC 12 -- 0 9 not chosen for a BCS bowl game 11 13 2008 TCU * * MWC 10 -- 2 11 not chosen for a BCS bowl game 7 7 2009 TCU MWC 12 -- 0 Fiesta Bowl TCU 10 Boise State 17 6 6 2009 Boise State WAC 13 -- 0 6 Fiesta Bowl Boise State 17 TCU 10 2009 BYU * * MWC 10 -- 2 14 not chosen for a BCS bowl game 12 12 TCU MWC 12 -- 0 Rose Bowl TCU 21 Wisconsin 19 Boise State * * WAC 11 -- 1 10 not chosen for a BCS bowl game 9 7 2011 Boise State * * MWC 11 -- 1 7 not chosen for a BCS bowl game 8 6 2012 NIU MAC 12 -- 1 15 Orange Bowl NIU 10 Florida State 31 22 24 Locations of all AQ conference teams A map of every university in the AQ Conferences in 2013. Former logos Original BCS Logo 1998 -- 2005. An alternate version of this logo ( used more often on television ) had the ABC logo in lieu of the middle star. BCS Logo 2006 -- 2009. An alternate version of this logo ( used more often on television ) had the Fox logo in lieu of the stars. See also College football portal College Football Playoff BCS controversies NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship Mythical national championship AP Poll Coaches Poll Harris Interactive College Football Poll Grantland Rice Award Dickinson System Bowl Championship Series on television and radio College football playoff debate References ^ Jump up to : Michael McCarthy, BCS cable connection complete as ESPN lands Rose Bowl, USA Today, June 13, 2009 ^ Jump up to : Dinich, Heather ( June 26, 2012 ). `` Playoff plan to run through 2025 ''. Retrieved June 27, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Sports : NCAA Football Tournament : An Imagined Solution to a Real Problem ''. Meridian Magazine. 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Question: what are the four major bowls in college football
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