EBS Tournament - 2004

Season recap

Five Division I-A teams finished the 2004 regular season undefeated. S. California and Oklahoma, led by Heisman winners Matt Leinart (2004) and Jason White (2003), started the season as #1 and #2 and finished in those same spots. Auburn was preseason #17, but climbed to #3 after winning the SEC. Urban Meyer's Utah squad won the MWC and beat 3 BCS opponents along the way. Boise St. finished undefeated as WAC champion.

Texas, whose lone loss was to #2 Oklahoma, finished just ahead of QB Aaron Rodgers's California team, who also had 1 loss (to #1 S. California). Louisville, under coach Bobby Petrino, was C-USA champion and lost only to then-#3 Miami (FL).

EBS Tournament

Champs Sports, Dec 23

New Mexico, Dec 22

PapaJohns.com, Dec 21

Emerald, Dec 23

Fiesta
Jan 1

Orange
Jan 3

Cotton
Jan 1

Capital One
Jan 1

Rose
Jan 9

Sugar
Jan 10

National Title Game
Jan 16

S. California

Oklahoma

Auburn

Utah

Texas

California

Georgia

Virginia Tech

Boise St.

Louisville

Michigan

Pittsburgh

First in:

6 BCS Champs	Conf.
S. California	Pac-10
Oklahoma	Big 12
Auburn	SEC
Virginia Tech	ACC
Michigan	Big 10
Pittsburgh	Big East

Highest non-BCS Champ	Conf.
Utah	MWC

Non-BCS Champs or Indep. in Top 12	Conf.
Boise St.	WAC
Louisville	C-USA

Fill Remaining:

At-large Teams	Conf.
Texas
California
Georgia

End of regular season rankings

Team	Seed	Bid	Conf	BCS Rank	BCS Avg	AP Percent	Coaches Percent	CPU Percent	AP Pts	CPU Pts	AH	RB	CM	KM	JS	PW
S. California	1	C	*Pac-10	1	.977	.984	.977	.970	1599	1490
Oklahoma	2	C	*Big 12	2	.968	.958	.957	.990	1556	1459
Auburn	3	C	*SEC	3	.933	.938	.941	.920	1525	1435
Texas	5	L	Big 12	4	.848	.823	.840	.880	1337	1281
California	6	L	Pac-10	5	.835	.861	.843	.800	1399	1286
Utah	4	M	*MWC	6	.818	.828	.797	.830	1345	1215
Georgia	7	L	SEC	7	.697	.687	.732	.670	1117	1117
Virginia Tech	8	C	*ACC	8	.671	.684	.680	.650	1111	1037
Boise St.	9	A	*WAC	9	.656	.591	.618	.760	960	943
Louisville	10	A	*C-USA	10	.649	.728	.699	.520	1183	1066
LSU			SEC	11	.611	.572	.611	.650	929	932
Iowa			Big Ten	12	.555	.583	.532	.550	948	812
Michigan	11	C	*Big Ten	13	.506	.564	.573	.380	917	874
Miami (FL)			ACC	14	.470	.478	.484	.450	776	738
Tennessee			SEC	15	.406	.401	.367	.450	651	559
Florida St.			ACC	16	.347	.398	.422	.220	647	643
Wisconsin			Big Ten	17	.344	.399	.393	.240	648	599
Virginia			ACC	18	.298	.297	.298	.300	482	455
Arizona St.			Pac-10	19	.270	.137	.113	.560	222	173
Texas A&M			Big 12	20	.222	.131	.096	.440	213	147
Pittsburgh	12	C	*Big East	21	.155	.255	.209	0	415	318
Texas Tech			Big 12	22	.149	.103	.153	.190	168	234
Florida			SEC	23	.137	.200	.212	0	325	324
Oklahoma St.			Big 12	24	.094	.010	.023	.250	16	35
Ohio St.			Big Ten	25	.085	.095	.119	.040	155	181

* - conference champion

Notes:
- Rankings determined using the current (enacted 2005) BCS formula with the following exceptions:
- The AP Poll was substituted for the Harris Poll.
- Individual computer rankings were unvailable; however, the listed computer average was calulated using correct method.
- Data from: 2004 Final Bowl Championship Series Standings (2004, December 5). Retrieved 11 November 2006, from Fox Sports - BCSFootball - BCS Standings Archive. Web site: http://msn.foxsports.com/id/7894699_37_1.pdf