| College football at its best, BCS Championship | | | | include the Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena, the |
| Game (Bowl Championship Series) is one of the | | | | Sugar Bowl played in New Orleans (should be a |
| pinnacles of the whole year. The Bowl | | | | exciting game this year), the Orange Bowl in |
| Championship Series (BCS) is a selection system | | | | Miami, and the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona. |
| designed to pair the top two teams in college | | | | Concerning the BCS contract, the first eight |
| football against each other in the BCS National | | | | seasons of the championship game rotated |
| Championship Game, with the winner crowned the | | | | among the four bowls. In 2007 the last game of |
| BCS national champion. This championship puts the | | | | the BCS Championship will serve as the host |
| best against the best, selecting the top ten best | | | | facility of the new stand-alone BCS National |
| teams from the year to match up to determine | | | | Championship game played on January 8 of that |
| the national champion of all college football teams | | | | year, one week following the playing of the |
| of the nation. | | | | traditional bowl game which would follow the Rose |
| Referring to the current BCS format, four bowl | | | | Bowl with the exception of the games to be |
| games and the National Championship Game are | | | | played in 2010. There are also twenty-seven |
| considered "BCS bowl games". Other bowl games | | | | non-BCS bowls. |