re: College Football Playoff using top 4 Conference winners: BCS era

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Boise was ranked higher and also a conference champ that year - I'd think they make it instead of Wisconsin.

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Bosie was 2nd in the MWC, they lost to TCU who was 7-0 in conference. Now if BSU had won that game they would have been 12-0 and certainly in with LSU and Ok State. So it comes down to Oregon, Stanford and Alabama. Oregon beat Stanford and won Pac 12 so I think SU is out. Does Oregon winning their conference out weigh the fact both had a common opponent in LSU which Bama played tougher and that Bama had a better record? I would think no, Bama goes over the Ducks.

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It is worth pointing out however that they were not the PAC 10 Champion in 2002. They lost heads up to a Washington State team that was also an excellent team and was also 7-1 in PAC 10 play.

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I covered that on page 1. Iowa was also 8-0 in the B1G that year and did not play OSU so legit Co-Champs