re: BCS Champion should be # 1

The term defending national champions means the school. No one will claim it is the same team. And winning he NCG does mean something, it means you won the NCG that year.

It doesn't imply anything towards the next year.

And if you guys complain that it is an unfair system because you guys start out at 7 and are basically counting on teams above you to lose so you can move up, you are right. It is a stupid system. But guess what, life isn't fair, and certainly the bcs isn't fair.

If you want to make the polls count for less and success on the field count for more, than support a college football playoff system.

Otherwise, preseason polls, postseason polls, human bias, and the mystery that is the "computer bcs system" will continue to make college football what it is.