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The Bowl Championship Series is a five-game bowl series that serves as a showcase for the top 10 teams in college football, including a BCS National Championship Game. The BCS has its own system that determines rankings and matchups that place the to...

As part of Insider's "20 teams that can win it all" series, Carter Strickland of HornsNation evaluates the Texas Longhorns' chances of advancing to and winning the BCS title game this season.

Story | Conversation | May 20, 2012

Texas head coach Mack Brown discusses his thoughts on the announcement of the Big 12 and SEC meeting in a postseason bowl matchup....

With the news that the Big 12 and SEC have agreed to have its conference champions -- or it's No. 2 teams should the champions be in the mix for any revamped BCS system starting in the 2014 season -- in a bowl game, you can bet the Cotton Bowl will d...

Happy Friday. This is where you follow me on Twitter. To the notes. Dave from Birmingham writes: Not sure I get you. Why would you not want the four best teams to play in a playoff? That's what a playoff is about. I know there's a subjective...

Mark Schlabach's post-spring way-too-early Top 25 rankings are out and the Longhorns check in at No. 19. 19. Texas Longhorns Previous rank: 22 Is Texas finally headed back to national prominence? The Longhorns fixed their problems on defense l...

Our Friday offering of lunch links: Jeff Schultz of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes that bowls and the BCS need to be kept away from a college football playoff. LSU doesn't want to forget its loss to Alabama in last season's BCS Nationa...

The champions of the Big 12 and SEC conferences will meet in a bowl game annually, sources have told ESPN.com. The agreement will begin with the 2014 season, with the champions of each conference meeting provided that neither team is in the BCS na...

The University of Alabama will begin its title defense with yet another target on its back. The Crimson Tide, who beat LSU for the BCS national championship on Jan. 9, will have to contend with lofty aspirations again in 2012, coming in at No. 3 in M...

After being ranked No. 1 in Mark Schlabach's last version of his way-too-early preseason top 25, the Trojans fell a spot to No. 2 in the version that was released on Friday. That version, which can be read here, dropped the Trojans behind BCS champio...

The champions of the Big 12 and SEC conferences will meet in a New Year's Day bowl game annually beginning with the 2014 season, the conferences said Friday in a news release.

The stock on Kansas State seems to be slipping. The secret's out, and the close wins in 2011 -- eight of them, to be exact -- are under the microscope. A top-10 team? Cue the laughs. A Big 12 title contender? Newcomer West Virginia is earning more...

An Alabama fan has been charged with sexual battery after authorities say he was captured on video performing a simulated sex act on an unconscious LSU fan after the BCS championship game.

UNLV, Houston and Memphis highlight the teams from non-BCS conferences, writes Adam Finkelstein.

Story | Conversation | May 17, 2012

ESPN's RecruitingNation breaks down the 2012 classes for each team in the BCS conferences, as well as a few of the non-BCS contenders.

Story | May 17, 2012

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. -- ACC commissioner John Swofford weighed in Wednesday on the two hottest topics confronting his league during its annual spring meetings. Florida State and the BCS. Swofford said he has had positive talks with Florida State...