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ERCougar · 11-07-2008, 01:33 PM

If BYU beats Utah, who wins the tiebreaker? Is it the league champion or the highest in the BCS standings who would go to a BCS game (assuming they beat out BSU)? Can two non-BCS teams go if they're both in the top 16?

As a sidenote, if BYU does beat Utah (and of course AFA), then they'd have a pretty good claim to being the best, as among the top 3, as they were 1-1 with both games on the road. It would be:
1) BYU (both road)
2) TCU (one road, one away)
3) Utah (both home games)
Kind of a funny reversal of popular opinion right now, although based on last night's performance (and an application of Bayes theorem), I'm not convinced Utah's better than TCU.

11-07-2008, 01:33 PM	#1
ERCougar Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,589	BCS questions If BYU beats Utah, who wins the tiebreaker? Is it the league champion or the highest in the BCS standings who would go to a BCS game (assuming they beat out BSU)? Can two non-BCS teams go if they're both in the top 16? As a sidenote, if BYU does beat Utah (and of course AFA), then they'd have a pretty good claim to being the best, as among the top 3, as they were 1-1 with both games on the road. It would be: 1) BYU (both road) 2) TCU (one road, one away) 3) Utah (both home games) Kind of a funny reversal of popular opinion right now, although based on last night's performance (and an application of Bayes theorem), I'm not convinced Utah's better than TCU.