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The NFL BCS

by Chris Menn - 01/04/2007 4:09 PM

The NFL is in the playoffs and the NCAA is in the BCS, so I thought hey why not merge the two and make my own version of the BCS featuring NFL teams. I wanted to do my own version of this because I though it would be fun to try to figure it out by using the flawed system. I’ll go one step closer with my BCS in that I’ll have a listing of Bowl Games as the BCS would dictate. This is the only one I’ll do for this season as the regular season is finished.

The poll system will be familiar to the BCS but the percentage points won’t be used since there is no voting system to derive the percentage from. Eight polls will be used overall as two polls will account for 2/3 combined and the other six to be counted at 1/3. The two ‘human’ polls will come from ESPN.com and Fox Sports.com. The six ‘computer’ polls will consist of other regular polls I’ve seen: Sagarin’s poll from USA Today, Dr. Z from SI, NBC Sports, CBS Sportsline’s Pete Prisco, Football Outsiders for an independent ranking, and Pro Football Weekly will finish out the 6 ‘computer’ polls.

Just like the BCS the top and lowest ranking in the ‘computer’ polls will be dropped in figuring out the NFL BCS. BCS rules will apply when it comes to selecting the bowls at least the rule with no more than 2 teams from a division can get a BCS bowl.

 
The Rankings:
 
Team ESPN Fox USA SI NBC CBS FO.com PFW BCS avg.
San Diego 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1.000
Baltimore 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 2.000
New England 3 4 3 4 3 4 2 5 3.500
Indianapolis 4 3 5 5 5 3 4 6 3.917
Chicago 5 6 4 2 4 5 6 3 5.000
New Orleans 6 5 9 6 7 6 7 4 5.833
Philadelphia 7 7 8 7 6 7 5 7 6.917
NY Jets 8 8 7 8 8 8 11 8 8.000
Kansas City 10 9 15 11 10 9 10 11 9.833
Seattle 9 12 19 9 11 10 12 10 10.583
Denver 12 10 11 12 16 13 22 13 11.833
Dallas 11 16 13 10 9 11 8 9 12.250
Tennessee 15 11 14 15 14 16 18 15 13.667
Cincinnati 14 13 10 13 15 14 15 14 13.667
NY Giants 16 14 17 17 12 12 9 12 14.417
Pittsburgh 13 15 16 16 17 17 14 17 14.833
Jacksonville 17 19 6 14 13 15 13 16 16.583
St. Louis 18 18 22 18 20 18 24 19 18.583
Green Bay 19 17 21 22 19 22 17 18 18.667
Carolina 20 20 20 23 18 20 16 20 19.833
Buffalo 21 21 12 19 22 21 20 21 20.750
San Francisco 23 23 26 21 21 24 29 23 23.167
Atlanta 22 25 25 20 24 19 25 22 23.250
Miami 24 27 18 24 23 23 19 24 24.417
Houston 25 24 24 28 27 26 26 28 25.250
Arizona 28 22 28 25 25 27 21 27 25.333
Minnesota 25 28 23 27 26 25 23 25 25.917
Washington 26 26 27 26 28 29 27 26 26.333
Tampa Bay 29 29 31 29 30 28 30 29 29.167
Cleveland 30 30 29 30 31 31 31 30 30.167
Detroit 31 31 30 31 29 30 28 31 30.667
Oakland 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32.000
 
 
The Bowl Games:

To reflect the NFL instead of the NCAA the Bowls shall reflect the location of the NFL stadiums near their bowl counterpart if it isn't the same stadium.

 
BCS Bowls

National Championship Game at the University of Phoenix stadium

San Diego Chargers vs. Baltimore Ravens (BCS 1 vs. 2)

 

Rose Bowl at the Oakland Coliseum

Chicago Bears vs. New England Patriots (BCS 3 vs. 4)


Sugar Bowl at the Superdome

New Orleans Saints vs. New York Jets (BCS 6 vs. 8)


Orange Bowl at Dolphins Stadium

Indianapolis Colts vs. Seattle Seahawks (BCS 5 vs. 10)


Fiesta Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium

Philadelphia Eagles vs. Kansas City Chiefs (BCS 7 vs. 9)

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