At-Large BCS Teams

As of last week, the number four and five teams in the BCS were California and Texas. When the final BCS poll is released today, the fourth ranked team will receive an at-large bowl bid for a BCS game. In the last poll, Cal led Texas by the smallest of margins: 0.0013 points. It will only take a few voters to catapult Texas over California. After last night's game against Southern Miss, Cal quarterback Aaron Rodgers had this to say:

"Our one loss was to the No. 1 team in the country," Rodgers said, referring to Cal's 23-17 loss to Southern California two months ago. "Texas is a very good team as well. Their one loss was to (Oklahoma), the No. 2 team in the country. We're hoping the computers stay the same and the human voters don't change their minds."

There is something very wrong with college football in general when a player cites computers staying the same in order to get his team into a good bowl game. A playoff would let head-to-head play on the field determine who is most deserving of rankings and post-season accolades.