Due to their unique status as a football independent, they receive an automatic BCS bid if they finish in the top 10% of all teams in the BCS standings.
MAC teams do not receive automatic bids unless they are ranked in the top 15 of the BCS standings.
There are six conferences (ACC, Big East, Big 12, Big 10, PAC 10, and SEC) and one independent school (Notre Dame) that have automaticly qualifying status for a BCS game. Teams in these conferences would be your BCS teams. The other five conferences (MWC, C-USA, WAC, MAC, and SBC) and two independents (Army and Navy) are not automatic qualifiers and can only make it to a BCS bowl game through an "at-large" bid. These would be your non-BCS teams. Although the BCS considers ALL teams to be "BCS teams" with the division being between automatic and non-automatic qualifiers.
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In the history of the BCS era (1998-2013), there were several undefeated teams that did not make it to the BCS title game. Notably, in the 2004 season, both Auburn and Utah finished undefeated but were excluded from the championship matchup. Similarly, in 2010, TCU went undefeated and did not participate in the title game. Overall, at least five undefeated teams from various seasons did not make it to the BCS title game.
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The BCS National Championship game which is the last bowl game of the year.It pits the #1 and #2 ranked teams in the BCS poll.
This last season, Washington State and Vanderbilt had the least wins for BCS teams, each winning only two games. Four non-BCS teams won only one game. Among the FCS (formerly I-AA), two teams were winless.