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Simple guide to BCS
By Jim Caple
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College football's first Bowl Championship Series standings of the season were due to come out Monday, but that has been pushed back a week. The BCS says the delay is because teams haven't played enough games, owing to the Sept. 11 postponements. At least, that's what they say. I suspect they just can't figure out the formula, either.

Calculating the BCS formula is a mathematical challenge so difficult it lies somewhere between proving Fermat's Theorem and correctly programming your VCR for a midnight showing of "Animal House." But fear not, for the Page 2 chalkboard explains the formula in terms simple enough for an actual scholarship football player to understand.

BCS chalkboard

Jim Caple is a senior writer for ESPN.com.

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