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BCS considering parts of Mountain West Conference's playoff proposal

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- The BCS could decide to adopt parts of the playoff plan proposed by the Mountain West Conference, even as the group seems unlikely to scrap its current system of determining college football's champion.

It's unlikely that the MWC's proposal will bring about any major changes to the BCS's format...

Of the MWC proposal that he termed "a fundamental change," Swofford said he agreed with MWC commissioner Craig Thompson's assessment that the plan could be considered in one or two of its parts even if the playoff system is shot down by the college presidents.

"A selection committee? Yes," Swofford said, of a performance-based group replacing the computers and polls of the current formula.

The MWC's proposed changes are significant, starting with the criteria for selecting eight teams (for a playoff... or the BCS bowls with no playoff) by a 12-person committee that would discard the polls and computers used to determine the BCS standings.


So the BCS is considering a selection committee similar to the NCAA. Polls and computers will likely be factors for consideration, but not rigidly binding. If the BCS selection committe is not required to take the top 2 teams, does this make the system better or worse?