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Find the scheduled 2008-2009 BCS Bowl Games at Big Ten Football Online. We have the updated BCS Bowl Schedule and TV broadcast information for Illinois Football, Indiana Football, Iowa Football, Michigan Football, Michigan State Football, Minnesota Football, Northwestern Football, Ohio State Football, Penn State Football, Purdue Football, and Wisconsin Football at Big Ten Football Online. Below is a list of the 2008-09 BCS Bowl Schedule. The NCAA has approved 34 bowl games for this season, with the debut of the Congressional Bowl and the St. Petersburg Bowl. The #1 and #2 teams in the final BCS football rankings will meet in the BCS National Title in Miami on January 8, 2009. All BCS Bowl Scores will be updated daily.
2008-2009 BCS Bowl Scores and TV Schedule
A complicated set of rules is used to determine which teams compete in the BCS bowl games. Certain teams are given automatic berths depending on their BCS ranking and conference, as follows:
- The top two teams are given automatic berths in the BCS National Championship Game.
- The champion of a BCS conference (ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-10, and SEC) is guaranteed an automatic BCS bowl bid unless two other teams from their own conference finish #1 and #2 in the final BCS rankings.
- The highest ranked champion of a non-BCS conference will receive an automatic berth if:
- It is ranked in the top twelve, or
- Ranked in the top sixteen and higher than another BCS Conference champion.
- A special case is made for independent Notre Dame, which receives an automatic berth if it finishes in the top eight.
- No more than two teams from any one conference may receive berths in BCS games.
- The third-ranked team will receive an automatic berth if it has not already received one, and if it is a member of a BCS Conference.
- If the third-ranked team did not require an at-large berth, then the fourth-ranked team will receive an automatic berth if it has not already received one, and if it is a member of a BCS Conference.
After the automatic berths have been granted, the remaining berths, known as "at-large" berths, are filled from a pool of teams who are ranked in the top fourteen and have at least nine wins. The actual teams that are chosen for the at-large berths are determined by the individual bowl committees.
If fewer than 10 teams are eligible for selection, then an at-large team will be any Football Bowl Subdivision team that is bowl-eligible, has won at least nine regular-season games and is among the top 18 teams in the final BCS Standings. If fewer than 10 teams are eligible after expanding the at-large pool to 18 teams, then the at-large pool will continue to be expanded by four additional positions in the BCS Standings until 10 or more teams are eligible.
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