What if the NFL Used the BCS?

[Marc]

An interesting post over at ArmchairGM looking at how it would play out...

http://www.armchairgm.com/mwiki/index.php?title=What_if_the_NFL_Used_the_BCS%3F_Week_6_2006_Results
The BCS is, for many, the bane of the college football season. Nevermind the fact that your school was awarded its only loss on a terrible officiating call -- that one faux pas means a trip to the Chuck's Diner and Car Wash Bowl. 'Tis a silly thing, leaving the masses clammoring for an NFL-style playoff.

But that's boring. What if NFL fans started their own uproar, and asked for -- nay, demanded a BCS-style system for the 32 pro teams? What would happen?

Well, let's find out.
TEAM ESPN CPU-1 CPU-2 CPU-3 CPU-4 CPU-5 CPU-6 CPU-A AVG.
Bears 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1.33 1.17
Chargers 3 4 1 2 3 3 1 2.33 2.67
Colts 2 5 13 4 4 2 8 6.00 4.00
Saints 7 3 10 5 16 4 7 7.50 7.25
Eagles 9 8 3 3 10 10 4 6.33 7.67
Broncos 4 14 12 15 2 5 22 11.67 7.83
Seahawks 5 6 16 8 9 6 20 10.83 7.92
Patriots 6 15 11 9 5 7 16 10.50 8.25
Ravens 10 9 7 6 13 9 5 8.17 9.08
Giants 11 2 5 10 11 8 12 8.00 9.50
Panthers 8 11 14 18 7 12 13 12.50 10.25
Jaguars 13 7 4 7 8 11 9 7.67 10.33
Bengals 12 12 15 12 12 17 17 14.17 13.08
Cowboys 15 13 6 11 15 14 10 11.50 13.25
Rams 14 17 9 19 20 16 3 14.00 14.00
Falcons 16 10 20 13 19 13 6 13.50 14.75
Steelers 17 18 8 14 6 18 18 13.67 15.33
Vikings 18 16 19 17 17 15 14 16.33 17.17
Chiefs 20 19 17 23 14 20 23 19.33 19.67
Jets 19 20 27 16 22 19 24 21.33 20.17
Redskins 21 23 18 24 18 22 15 20.00 20.50
Bills 23 22 21 21 21 21 26 22.00 22.50
Bucs 22 21 23 22 24 23 29 23.67 22.83
Lions 25 25 22 29 27 28 21 25.33 25.17
Dolphins 27 30 24 28 23 31 11 24.50 25.75
49ers 24 29 29 26 30 27 25 27.67 25.83
Cardinals 29 27 25 20 28 25 19 24.00 26.50
Browns 28 24 28 25 25 26 31 26.50 27.25
Titans 26 28 30 27 31 29 27 28.67 27.33
Packers 31 26 26 30 26 24 28 26.67 28.83
Texans 30 31 31 32 29 30 32 30.83 30.42
Raiders 32 32 32 31 32 32 30 31.50 31.75
Thoughts?

[LA sports]

This must be destroyed at once and nobody should ever know of this.:eek:

[Anthony]

Well in a sense, the NFL actually does use a crude version of the BCS in determining priority for multiple waiver claims after the third week of the season: Teams with the same record are ranked on the basis of strength of schedule, and if any ties still exist, they are broken by the division tie-breakers if the tied teams are from the same division, the wild-card tie-breakers if they're from different divisions but from the same conference, and by a coin toss if they're not in the same conference (prior to the completion of Week 3 the previous spring's first-round draft order, determined by the exact same format, is observed, except that the Super Bowl champion and runner-up are always last and next-to-last, respectively).

Indeed, I have adapted this procedure to determine the five tie-breaker games each week in the NFL Pointspread Contest.

[boston_aloha]

Time to stir the pot I guess....

This just proves how bad this ranking system is IMO. Two CPU's (3 & 6) have the Texans ranked 32nd. Now, is there a doubt in anyone's mind that Oakland is NOT the worst team in the NFL after week 6???

[Anthony]

Oakland ranks 8th in the league in total defense - maybe that has something to do with the Raiders not being last.

[boston_aloha]

thank you; exactly why these rankings are BS

[LA sports]

thank you; exactly why these rankings are BS

:lol: Exactly. Anything that has BCS attached to it is a farce.

[bama4256]

I'd call it college football.

[tobynosker]

If the NFL used the BCS...

...the Kansas City Chiefs would still be sitting at home watching other teams play in the postseason.

[#99]

:lol: Exactly. Anything that has BCS attached to it is a farce.

I'd call it college football.

What's the difference?

[LA sports]

Okay there 2005 college football pick'em champ.:lol: College football is one of my favorites, but the BCS is terrible IMO.