2014 marked the year the decade-plus BCS system went defunct in favor of the College Football Playoff, which will finish off its own 10-year run as a four-team invitational as it moves to 12 teams in 2024. But what would the BCS rankings look like if they still existed today?
Unlike the College Football Playoff rankings, which is decided by a selection committee, the BCS rankings used a combination of the AP Top 25 poll as well as a computer ranking assigned to each team.
Now that we’re eight weeks into the 2023 season, there’s much debate about who the best team in college football is, but the BCS makes it quite clear. Below you can find the simulated rankings if the BCS existed today.