BCS conference
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The BCS conferences are the six major NCAA Division I FBS football conferences whose champions receive an automatic bid into the Bowl Championship Series every year. All of these conferences besides the Big East have strong ties to certain BCS bowls (called "affiliations"). The six conferences and their bowl affiliations are:
- Atlantic Coast Conference (Orange Bowl)
- Big 12 Conference (Fiesta Bowl)
- Big East Conference
- Big Ten Conference (Rose Bowl)
- Pacific-10 Conference (Rose Bowl)
- Southeastern Conference (Sugar Bowl)
There are other conferences and independent schools who can participate in BCS bowls, but they do not receive automatic bids for their champions. The Fiesta Bowl has twice taken such schools, and the Sugar Bowl once —no other bowl has been willing to.
These schools are often called "mid-major" schools. These conferences include[1]:
- Conference USA
- Mid-American Conference
- Mountain West Conference
- Sun Belt Conference
- Western Athletic Conference
[edit] Usage of the term
The term is generally used in college football (the sport, of course, from which it was derived), though it is often applied to all collegiate sports. In some sports, such as college basketball or college baseball, these conferences are also called the Power Conferences.
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