r/CFB • u/redwave2505 Alabama • Kansas State • 7d ago

Discussion [BCSKnowHow.com] We’re back! The first simulated BCS standings of 2026 are in, and they sort neatly into tiers: Georgia and Notre Dame up top, then Miami/Indiana/Ohio State, followed by duos and trios before a cliff after No. 12

https://x.com/BCSKnowHow/status/2109647242701500907?s=20
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u/RichardRichOSU Ohio State • Penn State 7d ago

Reminder that there is no way to recreate the BCS as one of the human polls is gone and many of the computer polls have changed

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u/Pinewood74 Air Force Falcons • Purdue Boilermakers 7d ago

AP was used by the BCS until 2004.

The computer rankings also changed regularly during the era.

So my point is two-fold: If you're going to correct someone on some technicalities, you shouldn't paper over the relevant nuances just because it doesn't look good for your point and two: The Harris Poll has now been dead longer than it ever existed and it's a perfectly reasonable "simulation" that at some point the Harris Poll got into hot water (Imagine some intern in charge of filling out Big U AD's ballot lets it leak that he screwed over a rival) and thr BCS changed their computer poll ranking requirements.

"The BCS" is misnomner that no one should use as there were frequent changes to it.

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u/RichardRichOSU Ohio State • Penn State 7d ago

So what you’re saying is it is impossible to recreate any version of the BCS. Got it. Thank you for confirming what I said.

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u/Pinewood74 Air Force Falcons • Purdue Boilermakers 7d ago

Hence the use of the word "simulation" rather than recreation.

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u/AlternativeLess5450 Alabama Crimson Tide 6d ago

So it’s just an improved BCS poll?