re: BCS Champion should be # 1

RBDallas
I've been trying to make the same point as you. I even called into the radio yesterday, but left field Bobby Hebert cut in and they hung up on me before I could explain. In a contraversy filled system, the worst case scenario, the biggest travesty of all that would greatly eclipse Auburn '04, is that a "defending" national champion goes undefeated the following year, but doesn't get a chance to "defend" because they are dependant on the losses of 5 of the 6 teams ahead of them in preseason rankings, for them to be in the game. Where's the crime in making the previous years champion #1 in preseason and the title theirs to lose if they don't measure up to last years team? Make last years accomplishment count for something. Why does the reign have to expire the day after the championship game? If they don't measure up to the team that won it last year, they will lose and as soon as they do, they fall and everybody behind is back to where they were. It's an easy way to eliminate the worst case scenario at no expense. What am I missing?

Edit: I think after the automatic # 1 as described above, the remaining top 25 should be picked as they currently are. The only intent in my comment is to totally eliminate the worse case scenario-that being an undefeated, previous years champion being left out. Do I think it will play out that way. No way, but you could easily eliminate that possibility.