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Ban the BCS…or Modify it? Prior to the 1998 football regular season, the FedEx Orange, Nokia, Sugar, Rose and Tostitos Fiesta bowls joined with the Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big 12, Big Ten, Pacific-10 and Southeastern Conferences and the University of Notre Dame to form the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). Notre Dame was chosen to be among these elite conferences because they were considered to be a football powerhouse despite being among an independent league. The BCS was established to determine the national champion for college football while maintaining and enhancing the bowl system, which has provided significant support to college football for nearly a century. The BCS matches the best teams over the entire season to play in the four BCS games. Conferences with automatic bids include the Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10 and the Southeastern Conferences. These six conference champions are guaranteed a spot in one of the BCS bowls. The other two BCS teams come from at-large births, which can be from any Division I-A conference. These two at-large teams are decided by the BCS poll. After the six automatic berths have been decided and placed in their selected BCS games, the next top two ranked teams w