The BCS Championship Game determines the college football national champion. After the final BCS standings are released at the end of the college football season, the top two teams are invited to the BCS Championship Game. The championship game is rotated between four locations each year. These include the Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl and Sugar Bowl. In the current BCS ranking formula, each week, the Harris Interactive College Football Poll and USA Today Coaches Poll are averaged with six computer rankings to determine the top 25 teams.http://www.bcsfootball.org/news/story?id=4819597
On December 5, 2010, the teams that were selected to play in all 35 college bowl games, including the BCS Championship Game and the other four Bowl Championship Series gameswere announced on the Bowl Selection Show. For the 2010-11 season, the top-ranked Auburn Tigers defeated the Oregon Ducks 22-19 to become the national champion. The 2011 BCS Championship Game took place on January 10, 2011, at 8:30 p.m. EST. Airing live on ESPN and ESPN3D, the game was hosted at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=310102483
Previous BCS Championship Games
The title game for the 2009-10 season was held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on January 7. The Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Texas Longhorns 37-21.http://www.bcsfootball.org/news/story?id=4809942
On January 8, 2009, the Florida Gators defeated the Oklahoma Sooners 24-14 in the 2009 BCS Championship Game in Miami, Florida.http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=290080201&confId=80
In the 2008 title game, the LSU Tigers defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes 38-24.http://www.bcsfootball.org/news/story?id=4809942
2011 BCS Championship Game Preview
The Uncut Sports Show recaps many of the college football conference championship games as well as previews the 2011 BCS Championship Game between the Oregon Ducks and the Auburn Tigers. The analysts project that it will be a high-scoring game, expecting in excess of 80 points between the two teams. They also note that as there is a gap of several weeks between the end of the regular season and the title game, teams may be a bit "rusty" in the first quarter.
