What is the limit for teams in one conference to be in BCS bowls?

Question

How many teams from one conference can be in BCS bowls?

Answer 1

There is no limitation on the number of teams from each conference. There are 4 BCS bowl games, plus the national championship game, so 10 slots. Each of the 6 BCS conferences automatically sends their conference champion. #1 and #2 goes to the national championship game.
Bowl Championship Series Selection Policies and Procedures, 2007-2010 Games:

Automatic Qualification

1. The top two teams in the final BCS Standings shall play in the National Championship Game.

2. The champions of the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10, and Southeastern conferences will have automatic berths in one of the participating bowls after the 2006 and 2007 regular seasons.

3. The champion of Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference, the Sun Belt Conference, or the Western Athletic Conference will earn an automatic berth in a BCS bowl game if either:


A. Such team is ranked in the top 12 of the final BCS Standings, or,
B. Such team is ranked in the top 16 of the final BCS Standings and its ranking in the final BCS Standings is higher than that of a champion of a conference that has an annual automatic berth in one of the BCS bowls.

No more than one such team from Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference, the Sun Belt Conference, and the Western Athletic Conference shall earn an automatic berth in any year. If two or more teams from those conferences satisfy the provisions for an automatic berth, then the team with the highest finish in the final BCS Standings will receive the automatic berth, and the remaining team or teams will be in the pool of teams eligible for selection by the bowls as at-large teams.

4. Notre Dame will have an automatic berth if it is in the top eight of the final BCS Standings.

5. If any of the 10 slots remain open after application of provisions 1 through 4, and an at-large team from a conference with an annual automatic berth for its champion is ranked No. 3 in the final BCS Standings, that team will become an automatic qualifier, provided that no at-large team from the same conference qualifies for the national championship game.

6. If any of the 10 slots remain open after application of provisions 1 through 5, and if no team qualifies under paragraph No. 5 and an at-large team from a conference with an annual automatic berth for its champion is ranked No. 4 in the final BCS Standings, that team will become an automatic qualifier provided that no at-large team from the same conference qualifies for the national championship game.



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At-Large Teams


If there are fewer than 10 automatic qualifiers, then the bowls will select at-large participants to fill the remaining berths. At at-large team is any Division I-A team that is bowl-eligible and meets the following requirements:


A. Has won at least nine regular-season games, and
B. Is among the top 14 teams in the final BCS Standings.
Note: in order to participate in a BCS Bowl game, a team (i) must be eligible for post-season play under the rules of the NCAA and, if it not an independent, under the rules of its Conference and (ii) must not have imposed sanctions upon itself prohibiting participation in a post-season game for infractions of the rules of the NCAA or the rules of its Conference.



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Team-Selection Procedures


The bowls will select their participants from two pools: (1) automatic qualifiers, all of which must be selected, and, (2) at-large teams, if fewer than 10 teams qualify automatically. The following sequence will be used when establishing pairings:

1. The top two teams in the final BCS Standings will be placed in the National Championship Game ("NCG").

2. Unless they qualify to play in the NCG, the champions of selected conferences are contractually committed to host selected games:


Atlantic Coast Conference-Orange Bowl
Big Ten Conference-Rose Bowl
Big 12 Conference-Fiesta Bowl
Pac-10 Conference-Rose Bowl
Southeastern Conference-Sugar Bowl

3. If a bowl loses a host team to the NCG, then such bowl shall select a replacement team from among the automatic-qualifying teams and the at-large teams before any other selections are made. If two bowls lose host teams to the NCG, each bowl will get a replacement pick before any other selections are made. In such case, the bowl losing the No. 1 team gets the first replacement pick, and the bowl losing the No. 2 team gets the second replacement pick. If the Rose Bowl loses both the Big Ten and Pac-10 champions to the NCG, it will receive two replacement picks.

A bowl choosing a replacement team may not select any of the following:


A. A team in the NCG;
B. The host team for another BCS Bowl;
C. When two bowls lose host teams, then the bowl losing the number one team may not select a replacement team from the same Conference as the number two team, unless the bowl losing the number two team consents.

4. Any bowl with an unfilled slot shall select a team from the automatic qualifiers and/or at-large teams in the following order:


A. The bowl played on the date nearest to the National Championship Game in will pick first-in 2007, Sugar Bowl January 3;
B. The bowl played on the date second-nearest to the National Championship Game will pick second-in 2007, Orange Bowl January 2;
C. The bowl hosting the game that is played in the time slot immediately after the Rose Bowl game will pick third-in 2007, Fiesta Bowl.

The rotation noted in paragraphs A, B and C will be as follows:
January 2007 games: Sugar, Orange, Fiesta
January 2008 games: Orange, Fiesta, Sugar
January 2009 games: Fiesta, Sugar, Orange
January 2010 games: Orange, Fiesta, Sugar

All teams earning automatic berths must be selected. No more than two teams from any single Conference may play in BCS games in a single year, regardless of whether they are automatic qualifiers or at-large picks.

5. After completion of the selection process as described in Paragraph Nos. 1-4, the Conferences and Notre Dame may, but are not required to, adjust the pairings taking into consideration the following:


A. whether the same team will be playing in the same bowl game for two consecutive years;
B. whether two teams that played against one another in the regular season will be paired against one another in a bowl game;
C. whether the same two teams will play against each other in a bowl game for two consecutive years; and
D. whether alternative pairings may have greater or lesser appeal to college football fans as measured by expected ticket sales for the bowls and by expected television interest, and the consequent financial impact on Fox and the bowls.



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Conference Automatic Qualification in Future


Mathematical standards of performance will be applied to determine the number of conferences whose champions will automatically qualify for a BCS game after the 2008 and 2009 regular seasons. The champions of no fewer than five conferences and no more than seven conferences will have annual automatic berths in the BCS bowl games.



The standards will be based on results from the 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 regular seasons, using institutions that are members of the conferences during the 2007 season.



The data will include the following for each conference (1) the ranking of the highest-ranked team in the final BCS standings each year, (2) the final regular-season rankings of all conference teams in the computer rankings used by the BCS each year and (3) the number of teams in the top 25 of the final BCS standings each year.



Conference agreements with bowls will continue. The Pac-10 and Big Ten champions will host the Rose Bowl if their teams are not in the BCS national championship game. Likewise, the Southeastern Conference champion will host the Sugar Bowl, ACC champion will host the Orange Bowl and Big 12 champion will host the Fiesta Bowl.

Answer 2

Only two teams from any conference are allowed in the BCS bowl games no matter how many are automatic qualifiers. We have that possibility here in Wisconsin. Both OSU and MICHIGAN will qualify for BCS games however it is possible for WISCONSIN to move up the BCS, we are currently 8th, if teams ahead of us lose. But it is in vain since OSU and MICHIGAN are already in. According to the rules of the BCS as posted above

No more than two teams from any single Conference may play in BCS games in a single year, regardless of whether they are automatic qualifiers or at-large picks.

Answer 3

i do no longer accept as true with Tom Cable, a minimum of no longer utilising this to OSU with 2 huge Ten losses this season. They already have one. dropping to Iowa would get rid of any threat for a BCS bowl except Michigan State and/or Wisconsin additionally drop yet another interest. in the event that they lose to a diverse huge Ten team and MSU and Wisconsin win out, they won't win any proportion of the huge Ten. which ability no Rose Bowl, for specific. MSU wins and is going to the Rose Bowl. That leaves one BCS bowl spot left. If Wisconsin wins out, they are going to be ranked extremely plenty larger than OSU (i.e. yet another loss drops OSU to in all threat #18 or so whilst Wisconsin can arise to approximately #5 or so) and that they might have a head-to-head matchup benefit against OSU on their component. no longer in effortless terms that, yet one CFB analyst suggested Wisconsin would be very proper to the Sugar Bowl because of the fact Wisconsin has never been to the Sugar Bowl. And that's unlike Wisconsin travels badly, plus they have a cutting-edge historic past of prevailing the time-honored public of the bowls they pass to. And Wisconsin would be 11-a million, OSU 10-2. i'd desire to ascertain possibly MSU someway getting screwed vs OSU, yet i do no longer see how those human beings would justify choosing OSU over Wisconsin this 3 hundred and sixty 5 days. One loss, nonetheless, i will see it--OSU being OSU would rely greater in that situation. i think of OSU performs in the Sugar Bowl in the event that they win out against Alabama. the only shot they have for enjoying Boise, i think of, is that if Boise someway gets back up previous TCU and gets in the Rose Bowl, and OSU manages to win the huge Ten for the Rose Bowl. that would desire to be an incredible matchup, nonetheless, Boise State-OSU. Alabama-OSU...i think of I communicate for something of massive Ten followers once I say, "no longer back." I recommend, i'm bored with listening to appropriate to the SEC being greater proper than the huge Ten.

Answer 4

There is no limit as long as the teams are good and have a good fan base

Answer 5

Two, I believe