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  • BCS simplifies standings formula(college football returns to its figure skating roots)

    07/17/2004 11:33:55 AM PDT · by Diddle E. Squat · 3 replies · 639+ views
    espn.com ^ | 7/15/04 | Ivan Maisel
    The new BCS formula isn't quite as simple as advertised, but it is simpler, and for that the Division I-A commissioners should be congratulated. The simplest solution would have been to use the ranking of the teams in each poll. Instead, the commissioners chose precision over simplicity. The percentage of votes that a team receives in each poll, and not simply its ranking, will be that team's score in the BCS standings. Here's how it works: in The Associated Press media poll there are 1625 possible points. The percentage of that amount will be a team's AP score in the...