EBS Tournament - 2008

Season recap

Oklahoma, led by Heisman trophy winner Sam Bradford, earned the top seed in the tournament after beating Missouri in the Big 12 Championship. The Sooners finished with the same record as Texas Tech and Texas in the Big 12 South (the three teams were 1-1 against each of the other two), but earned a place in the Big 12 Championship game by having the highest BCS ranking at the end of the season (the conference's fifth tiebreaking criteria).

Tim Tebow, Percy Harvin, and the Florida Gators topped Alabama in the SEC championships during Tide coach Nick Saban's second season. Utah and Boise St finished their seasons undefeated, while S. California's lone loss was to Oregon St.

EBS Tournament

Gator, Dec 20

Alamo, Dec 20

Las Vegas, Dec 23

GMAC, Dec 20

Cotton
Jan 1

Orange
Jan 2

Capital One
Jan 1

Fiesta
Jan 1

Rose
Jan 8

Sugar
Jan 9

National Title Game
Jan 15

Oklahoma

Florida

S. California

Utah

Texas

Alabama

Texas Tech

Penn St.

Boise St.

Ohio St.

Cincinnati

Virginia Tech

First in:

6 BCS Champs	Conf.
Oklahoma	Big 12
Florida	SEC
S. California	Pac-10
Penn St.	Big Ten
Cincinnati	Big East
Virginia Tech	ACC

Highest non-BCS Champ	Conf.
Utah	MWC

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

Fill Remaining:

At-large Teams	Conf.
Texas	Big 12
Alabama	SEC
Texas Tech	Big 12
Ohio St.	Big Ten

End of regular season rankings

Team	Seed	Bid	Conf	BCS Rank	BCS Avg	Harris Percent	Coaches Percent	CPU Percent	Harris Pts	CPU Pts	AH	RB	CM	KM	JS	PW
Oklahoma	1	C	*Big 12	1	.976	.955	.972	1	2699	1482	25	25	25	25	25	25
Florida	2	C	*SEC	2	.948	.983	.971	.890	2776	1481	22	24	23	21	22	22
Texas	5	L	Big 12	3	.930	.926	.923	.940	2616	1408	23	22	24	23	24	24
Alabama	6	L	SEC	4	.844	.864	.858	.810	2442	1309	20	21	21	20	20	19
S. California	3	C	*Pac-10	5	.821	.854	.858	.750	2413	1309	17	23	19	19	19	18
Utah	4	M	*MWC	6	.785	.750	.744	.860	2119	1134	24	19	22	22	21	21
Texas Tech	7	L	Big 12	7	.784	.740	.742	.870	2090	1132	21	20	20	24	23	23
Penn St.	8	C	*Big Ten	8	.739	.774	.782	.660	2186	1193	18	16	17	16	16	17
Boise St.	9	A	*WAC	9	.698	.686	.678	.730	1938	1034	19	18	18	18	18	20
Ohio St.	10	L	Big Ten	10	.635	.658	.658	.590	1858	1004	16	17	16	12	11	15
TCU			MWC	11	.585	.559	.575	.620	1580	877	15	14	12	17	17	16
Cincinnati	11	C	*Big East	12	.538	.541	.544	.530	1528	830	14	10	15	13	12	14
Oklahoma St.			Big 12	13	.487	.496	.473	.490	1402	722	9	13	8	14	15	13
Georgia Tech			ACC	14	.452	.432	.452	.470	1221	690	10	12	10	15	14	11
Georgia			SEC	15	.377	.360	.352	.420	1018	537	13	11	13	8	9	9
BYU			MWC	16	.358	.379	.355	.340	1071	541	8	15	6	7	7	12
Oregon			Pac-10	17	.340	.429	.490	.100	1211	747	0	9	4	0	0	6
Michigan St.			Big Ten	18	.287	.294	.306	.260	831	466	11	6	11	2	1	7
Virginia Tech	12	C	*ACC	19	.244	.181	.221	.330	511	337	6	1	7	10	13	10
Pittsburgh			Big East	20	.238	.226	.207	.280	638	316	12	3	14	3	5	8
Missouri			Big 12	21	.163	.135	.143	.210	382	218	7	7	3	5	4	5
Ball St.			MAC	22	.146	.216	.144	.080	609	219	1	4	9	0	0	3
Northwestern			Big Ten	23	.138	.194	.219	0	548	334	0	0	0	0	0	0
Boston College			ACC	24	.105	.061	.063	.190	172	96	4	0	5	9	8	2
Mississippi			SEC	25	.084	.146	.105	0	413	160	0	5	0	0	0	0

* - conference champion

Notes:
- Rankings determined using the current (enacted 2005) BCS formula.
- Data from: BCS Standings retrieved 7 December 2008, from ESPN.com - College Football BCS Standings.
Computer rankings
AH - Anderson & Hester | RB - Richard Billingsley | CM - Colley Matrix
KM - Kenneth Massey | JS - Jeff Sagarin | PW - Dr. Peter Wolfe