In my neverending quest to rail against the BCS, I am calculating week-by-week how many games this college football season really “count” (as in, influence the national title picture).
After one week, 36 of the 120 FBS teams cannot make the BCS championship (a refresher on my criteria):
Air Force
Akron (eliminated before Week 1; MAC team)
Alabama
Arizona
Arizona State
Arkansas
Arkansas State (1; Sun Belt team)
Army
Auburn
Ball State (1; MAC team)
Baylor
Boise State
Boston College
Bowling Green (1; MAC team)
Brigham Young
Buffalo (1; MAC team)
California
Central Michigan (1; MAC team)
Cincinnati
Clemson
Florida State
Colorado
Colorado State (2; MWC with a loss)
Connecticut
Duke
East Carolina
Eastern Michigan (1; MAC team)
Florida
Florida Atlantic (1; Sun Belt team)
Florida International (1; Sun Belt team)
Fresno State
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Hawaii (2; WAC with a loss)
Houston
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Kent State (1; MAC team)
Kentucky
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana-Lafayette (1; Sun Belt team)
Louisiana-Monroe (1; Sun Belt team)
Louisville
LSU
Marshall (2; C-USA with a loss)
Maryland
Memphis (2; C-USA with a loss)
Miami
Miami, Ohio (1; MAC team)
Michigan
Michigan State
Middle Tennessee (1; Sun Belt team)
Minnesota
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Missouri
Navy (2; non-Notre Dame independent with a loss)
NC State
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico (2; MWC with a loss)
New Mexico State
North Carolina
North Texas (1; Sun Belt team)
Northern Illinois (1; MAC team)
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Ohio (1; MAC team)
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Oregon
Oregon State
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Purdue
Rice (2; C-USA with a loss)
Rutgers
San Diego State
San Jose State (2; WAC with a loss)
SMU (2; C-USA with a loss)
South Carolina
South Florida
Southern Mississippi (2; C-USA with a loss)
Stanford
Syracuse
TCU
Temple (1; MAC team)
Tennessee
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Toledo (1; MAC team)
Troy (1; Sun Belt team)
Tulane
Tulsa (2; C-USA with a loss)
UAB (2; C-USA with a loss)
UCF
UCLA
UNLV (2; MWC with a loss)
USC
Utah
Utah State (2; WAC with a loss)
UTEP
Vanderbilt
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
Washington
Washington State
West Virginia
Western Kentucky (1; Sun Belt team)
Western Michigan (1; MAC team)
Wisconsin
Wyoming
***
And so the math for this week:
70 Week 2 Games Involving FBS Teams
15 Games Between Teams with No Chance to Make Title Game
55 Week 2 Games Count
78.6% of Week 2 Games Count
***
After one week:
78 Games Played
71 Counted
91.0% of Games in 2010 Have Counted
***
695 Games Involving FBS Teams Left in 2010 Season (including conference championships)
561 Games Left in 2010 Season Count
80.7% of Games Left in 2010 Season Count
