Rank the top 10 teams in the BCS era

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appearances School W L Pct Games----------------------------------------------------------------------------1. 6 USC 5-1 .833 Won 2003 Orange Bowl Won 2004 Rose Bowl Won 2005 Orange Bowl Lost 2006 Rose Bowl
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Won 2007 Rose Bowl Won 2008 Rose Bowl
*hard to argue here. two championships and In a BCS game every year it seems

2. 4 LSU 4-0 1.000 Won 2002 Sugar Bowl
Won 2004 Sugar Bowl
Won 2007 Sugar Bowl
Won 2008 BCS NCG

* see above. Great BCS record and only two time winner

3. 6 Ohio State 4-2 .667 Won 1999 Sugar Bowl
Won 2003 Fiesta Bowl
Won 2004 Fiesta Bowl
Won 2006 Fiesta Bowl
Lost 2007 BCS NCG
Lost 2008 BCS NCG

* only one championship but they got there 3 times

4. 6 Oklahoma 2-4 .333 Won 2001 Orange Bowl
Won 2003 Rose Bowl
Lost 2004 Sugar Bow
Lost 2005 Orange Bowl
Lost 2007 Fiesta Bowl
Lost 2008 Fiesta Bowl

* See above. Worse BCS record than Ohio State puts them 4th.

5. 4 Miami (FL) 3-1 .750 Won 2001 Sugar Bowl
Won 2002 Rose Bowl
Lost 2003 Fiesta Bowl
Won 2004 Orange Bowl

*played for it all twice. some consider 2001 team the best ever.

6. 4 Florida 3-1 .750 Won 1999 Orange Bowl
Lost 2001 Sugar Bowl
Won 2002 Orange Bowl
Won 2007 BCS NCG

* good BCS record and one championship

7. 2 Texas 2-0 1.000 Won 2005 Rose Bowl
Won 2006 Rose Bowl

got there only twice but got a championship. Can they get to a BCS game without Vince continues to be the main question surrounding the program and Mack Brown.

8. 6 Florida State 1-5 .167 Lost 1999 Fiesta Bowl
Won 2000 Sugar Bowl
Lost 2001 Orange Bowl
Lost 2003 Sugar Bowl
. Lost 2004 Orange Bowl
Lost 2006 Orange Bowl

brutal BCS record puts FSU this low

9. 4 Michigan 1-3 .250 Won 2000 Orange Bowl
Lost 2004 Rose Bowl
Lost 2005 Rose Bowl
Lost 2007 Rose Bowl


10. 3 Georgia 2-1 .667 Won 2003 Sugar Bowl
Lost 2006 Sugar Bowl
Won 2008 Sugar Bowl
 
pretty cool stats...but we all know the SEC has never lost a BCS game...or regular season game for that matter...
 
Should mention the home advantage. All 4 LSU wins were in New Orleans. Three of the USC wins were in LA. Of course the one USC loss was a home loss as well and the one Georgia loss was in Atlanta (b/c of Katrina damage).
 
I think tOSU should get the nod over LSU. They each have won one NC, four wins in total - so that would be a push. But, the fact tOSU appeared in two others, even though they lost, is better than not going at all.
 
The Vols obviously haven't been hot lately, but do you think Michigan or Georgia's BCS resume is more impressive than Tennessee's?

Won 1998 Fiesta Bowl (BCS Champ.)
Lost 1999 Fiesta Bowl

Only 2 appearances, but one of them was a BCS title, something neither UGA nor Michigan have been close to since the BCS began. I'm just askin'.
 
The Vols' BCS Championship was against one of the weakest opponents in championship history. Wasn't Florida State on something like their 3rd-string QB going into that game?

And, didn't TN get blasted in '99 to Nebraska or am I thinking of another bowl game?
 
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I do not deny that UTenn belongs above UMich and UGA. I pointed out that, of the MNC games played to date, the FlaSt team that the Vols played was not only marred by an ***-kicking suffered at the hands of a mediocre team (not just a loss, but a 24-7 or so mauling) but also a squad hopelessly depleted by the loss of their top two QBs. How many meaningful PRACTICE snaps do you think Marcus Outzen got before the MNC game? Granted, the Vols get credit for taking a vet team with a first year starting QB (Tee 'Whatever Happened To' Martin) to the big show, but you can't ignore that they got to play a #2 who was not really the second best team, and not even as good as they might have been if they had only lost their first string QB. FlaSt was sporting a Peter Warrick that was running routes for a QB that couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. He never got any better. He was third string going on property management. It isn't even necessary to talk about the fortuitous route that the Vols took (I'm not talking about close games muscled away from dogged opponents, I am talking about people literally falling over themselves, dropping footballs, and then rolling away from the play like a vaudeville act). All I was saying was that the FlaSt team that the Vols played was crippled late in the season in a way that made them the lamest MNC game opponent, something which dulls the shine of the Vol win, however slightly (the Vols did take a first year starter and finish undefeated, winning it all, and claiming it with the only caveat being they didn't play the second best team).

I cannot say that the Vols would not have beaten tOSU had they played for all the marbles, but I can say that tOSU was better than a Marcus Outzen led FlaSt team. That is not saying much. That, and you get my drift.
 
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