The TCU football team has now accomplished something that no other team not in a BCS conference has ever done. They have risen to the #4 ranking in the BCS standings. Until now, the best ranking for a non-BCS conference school was #6. The TCU Horned Frogs are also rated #4 by the Coaches poll and the Harris poll.
TCU has accomplished this by winning their recent games by huge margins and remaining undefeated. They have won their last four games by an average score of 44-8. Meanwhile, the #5 and #6 teams are also from non-BCS conferences -- Cincinnati and Boise State.
This is where the BCS gets unfair. No matter how good these teams do as they finish the rest of the season, the BCS is only required to include one of them in a BCS bowl game. Also, there is no way any of the three has a chance to play for the national championship, even though they have proven they can play with ranked teams.
It is time for major colleges to go to a playoff system for at least the top 16 teams. I realize TCU and the teams ranked below them might be considered "cinderella" teams with only an outside chance of winning, but who can say they couldn't do it? It reminds me of the excellent Utah team from last year that wasn't given a chance to prove themselves.
By the way, TCU's next game is against that Utah team. If TCU can convincingly beat them, can anyone really claim they wouldn't have a good chance to beat Florida, Texas or Alabama? Here are the top ten teams and their BCS ratings:
1. Florida----------.9842
2. Alabama----------.9516
3. Texas----------.9234
4. TCU----------.8620
5. Cincinnati----------.8580
6. Boise State----------.8126
7. Georgia Tech----------.7552
8. LSU----------.6138
9. USC----------.5922
10. Iowa----------.5745
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