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MWC WINS SECOND BOWL CHALLENGE CUP IN 2007
For the second time in four years, the Mountain West Conference posted the best win percentage among the 11 conferences that make up the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision. The Mountain West claimed the 2007-08 Bowl Challenge Cup after sending a league-record five teams into postseason action and finishing with a 4-1 (.800) mark. The Mountain West earned its first Bowl Challenge Cup after registering a 2-1 record in bowl competition during the 2004 season and is the second conference (ACC) to win the trophy twice since the award's inception in 2002-03.

MWC BOWL SYNOPSIS
The Mountain West Conference currently has agreements to send four teams to bowl games in 2008. Since 1999, the MWC has posted an 18-13 bowl record and has twice captured the Bowl Challenge Cup.

Unless an MWC team qualifies for a BCS bowl game, the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl has the first selection of MWC teams, followed by the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettita Bowl with the second selection. The Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl and New Mexico Bowls have the third and fourth selections, respectively, but in no particular order.

In the last seven years, eight of the nine MWC members collectively have participated in a bowl game, led by TCU with seven appearances each. Seven of the nine members have won bowl games since 2000, led by Utah with a perfect 7-0 record.

BCS STANDINGS
Since the 2000 regular season, the BCS Standings have been compiled by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. The Standings include three components: USA Today Coaches Poll, Harris Interactive College Football Poll and an average of six computer rankings. Each component will count one-third toward a team's overall BCS score. All three components shall be added together and averaged for a team's ranking in the BCS Standings. The team with the highest average shall rank first in the BCS Standings.

MWC AND THE BCS
The Mountain West champion (along with the champions of Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Sun Belt Conference and the Western Athletic Conference) will have an automatic berth in one of the five bowls if it's a Conference Champion; and either:

It is ranked in the top 12 of the BCS Standings on Bowl Selection Sunday;
It is ranked in the top 16 of the BCS Standings on Bowl Selection Sunday, and its ranking in the BCS Standings is better than that of a champion of a Conference that has an annual automatic berth in one of the BCS bowl games.

ABOUT THE BCS
The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is a five-game arrangement for post-season college football that is designed to match the two top-rated teams in a national championship game and to create exciting and competitive matchups between eight other highly regarded teams in four other games. The bowl games participating in the BCS are the Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl. In addition, the BCS National Championship Game will be played at one of the four bowl sites.

2008-09 BOWL SCHEDULE
BOWL	LOCATION	DATE/TIME	NETWORK	2007-08 RESULTS
EagleBank Bowl Wake Forest vs. Navy	Washington, D.C. RFK Stadium	Dec. 20 11 a.m.	ESPN	First year
New Mexico Colorado State vs. Fresno State	Albuquerque, N.M. University Stadium	Dec. 20 2:30 p.m.	ESPN	New Mexico 23, Nevada 0
magicJack St. Petersburg Memphis vs. South Florida	St. Petersburg. Fla. Tropicana Field	Dec. 20 4:30 p.m.	ESPN2	First year
Pioneer Las Vegas BYU vs. Arizona	Las Vegas, Nev. Sam Boyd Stadium	Dec. 20 8 p.m.	ESPN	BYU 17, UCLA 16
R+L Carriers New Orleans Southern Miss vs. Troy	New Orleans, La. Superdome	Dec. 21 8:15 p.m.	ESPN	Florida Atlantic 44, Memphis 27
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Boise State vs. TCU	San Diego, Calif. Qualcomm Stadium	Dec. 23 8 p.m.	ESPN	Utah 35, Navy 32
Sheraton Hawaii Hawaii vs. Notre Dame	Honolulu, Hawaii Aloha Stadium	Dec. 24 8 p.m.	ESPN	East Carolina 41, Boise State 38
Motor City Florida Atlantic vs. Central Michigan	Detroit, Mich. Ford Field	Dec. 26 7:30 p.m.	ESPN	Purdue 51, Central Michigan 48
Meineke Car Care West Virginia vs. North Carolina	Charlotte, N.C. Bank of America Stadium	Dec. 27 1 p.m.	ESPN	Wake Forest 24, Connecticut 10
Champs Sports Wisconsin vs. Florida State	Orlando, Fla. Florida Citrus Bowl	Dec. 27 4:30 p.m.	ESPN	Boston College 24, Michigan State 21
Emerald Miami (Fla.) vs. California	San Francisco, Calif. AT&T Park	Dec. 27 8 p.m.	ESPN	Oregon State 21, Maryland 14
Independence Northern Illinois vs. Louisiana Tech	Shreveport, La. Independence Stadium	Dec. 28 8:15 p.m.	ESPN	Alabama 30, Colorado 24
Papajohns.com NC State vs. Rutgers	Birmingham, Ala. Legion Field	Dec. 29 3 p.m.	ESPN	Cincinatti 31, Southern Miss 21
Valero Alamo Missouri vs. Northwestern	San Antonio, Texas Alamodome	Dec. 29 8 p.m.	ESPN	Penn State 24, Texas A&M 17
Roady's Humanitarian Maryland vs. Nevada	Boise, Idaho Bronco Stadium	Dec. 30 4:30 p.m.	ESPN	Fresno State 40, Georgia Tech 28
Texas Western Michigan vs. Rice	Houston, Texas Reliant Stadium	Dec. 30 8 p.m.	NFL Network	TCU 20, Houston 13
Pacific Life Holiday Oklahoma State vs. Oregon	San Diego, Calif. Qualcomm Stadium	Dec. 30 8 p.m.	ESPN	Texas 52, Arizona State 34
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Houston vs. Air Force	Fort Worth, Texas Amon G. Carter Stadium	Dec. 31 Noon	ESPN	California 42, Air Force 36
Brut Sun Oregon State vs. Pittsburgh	El Paso, Texas Sun Bowl	Dec. 31 2 p.m.	CBS	Oregon 56, South Florida 21
Gaylord Hotels Music City Boston College vs. Vanderbilt	Nashville, Tenn. LP Field	Dec. 31 3:30 p.m.	ESPN	Kentucky 35, Florida State 28
Insight Kansas vs. Minnesota	Tempe, Ariz. Sun Devil Stadium	Dec. 31 5:30 p.m.	NFL Network	Oklahoma State 49, Indiana 33
Chick-fil-A LSU vs. Georgia Tech	Atlanta, Ga. Georgia Dome	Dec. 31 7:30 p.m.	ESPN	Auburn 23, Clemson 20 (OT)
Outback South Carolina vs. Iowa	Tampa, Fla. Raymond James Stadium	Jan. 1, 2009 11 a.m.	ESPN	Tennessee 21, Wisconsin 17
Capital One Georgia vs. Michigan State	Orlando, Fla. Florida Citrus Bowl	Jan. 1, 2009 1 p.m.	ABC	Michigan 41, Florida 35
Konica Minolta Gator Nebraska vs. Clemson	Jacksonville, Fla. Jacksonville Municipal Stadium	Jan. 1, 2009 1 p.m.	CBS	Texas Tech 31, Virgina 28
Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi Penn State vs. USC	Pasadena, Calif. Rose Bowl	Jan. 1, 2009 4:30 p.m.	ABC	USC 49, Illinois 17
FedEx Orange Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech	Miami, Fla. Dolphin Stadium	Jan. 1, 2009 8:30 p.m.	FOX	Kansas 24, Virgina Tech 21
AT&T Cotton Mississippi vs. Texas Tech	Dallas, Texas Cotton Bowl	Jan. 2, 2009 2 p.m.	FOX	Missouri 38, Arkansas 7
AutoZone Liberty Kentucky vs. East Carolina	Memphis, Tenn. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	Jan. 2, 2009 5 p.m.	ESPN	Mississippi State 10, Central Florida 3
Allstate Sugar Utah vs. Alabama	New Orleans, La. Superdome	Jan. 2, 2009 8 p.m.	FOX	Georgia 41, Hawai'i 10
International Buffalo vs. Connecticut	Toronto, Ontario Rogers Centre	Jan. 3, 2009 Noon	ESPN2	Rutgers 52, Ball State 30
Tostitos Fiesta Ohio State vs. Texas	Glendale, Ariz. University of Phoenix Stadium	Jan. 5, 2009 8 p.m.	FOX	West Virginia 48, Oklahoma 28
GMAC Ball State vs. Tulsa	Mobile, Ala. Ladd-Peebles Stadium	Jan. 6, 2009 8 p.m.	ESPN	Tulsa 63, Bowling Green 7
FedEx BCS National Championship Game Florida vs. Oklahoma	Miami, Fla. Dolphin Stadium	Jan. 8, 2009 8 p.m.	FOX	LSU 38, Ohio State 24

BCS Standings
Rk	Team	W-L	Harris			Coaches			CPU %	BCS
			Rk	Points	%	Rk	Points	%		Prev	Avg
1	Oklahoma	12-1	2	2699	.9554	1	1482	.9718	1.0000	2	.976
2	Florida	12-1	1	2776	.9827	2	1481	.9711	.8900	4	.948
3	Texas	11-1	3	2616	.9260	3	1408	.9233	.9400	3	.930
4	Alabama	12-1	4	2442	.8644	4	1309	.8584	.8100	1	.844
5	USC	11-1	5	2413	.8542	4	1309	.8584	.7500	5	.821
6	Utah	12-0	7	2119	.7501	7	1134	.7436	.8600	6	.785
7	Texas Tech	11-1	8	2090	.7398	8	1132	.7423	.8700	7	.784
8	Penn State	11-1	6	2186	.7738	6	1193	.7823	.6600	8	.739
9	Boise State	12-0	9	1938	.6860	9	1034	.6780	.7300	9	.698
10	Ohio State	10-2	10	1858	.6577	10	1004	.6584	.5900	10	.635
11	TCU	10-2	11	1580	.5593	11	877	.5751	.6200	11	.585
12	Cincinnati	11-2	12	1528	.5409	12	830	.5443	.5300	13	.538
13	Oklahoma State	9-3	13	1402	.4963	14	722	.4734	.4900	14	.487
14	Georgia Tech	9-3	14	1221	.4322	15	690	.4525	.4700	15	.452
15	Georgia	9-3	17	1018	.3604	17	537	.3521	.4200	16	.377
16	BYU	10-2	16	1071	.3791	16	541	.3548	.3400	18	.358
17	Oregon	9-3	15	1211	.4287	13	747	.4898	.1000	19	.340
18	Michigan State	9-3	18	831	.2942	18	466	.3056	.2600	21	.287
19	Virginia Tech	9-4	22	511	.1809	19	337	.2210	.3300	25	.244
20	Pittsburgh	9-3	19	638	.2258	21	316	.2072	.2800	23	.238
21	Missouri	9-4	24	382	.1352	23	218	.1430	.2100	20	.163
22	Ball State	12-1	20	609	.2156	22	219	.1436	.0800	12	.146
23	Northwestern	9-3	21	548	.1940	20	334	.2190	.0000	22	.138
24	Boston College	9-4	25	172	.0609	26	96	.0630	.1900	17	.105
25	Mississippi	8-4	23	413	.1462	24	160	.1049	.0000	0	.084

Coaches Top 25
Rk	Team	Points
1	Oklahoma (31)	1482
2	Florida (26)	1481
3	Texas (4)	1408
4	USC	1309
4	Alabama	1309
6	Penn State	1193
7	Utah	1134
8	Texas Tech	1132
9	Boise State	1034
10	Ohio State	1004
11	TCU	877
12	Cincinnati	830
13	Oregon	747
14	Oklahoma State	722
15	Georgia Tech	690
16	BYU	541
17	Georgia	537
18	Michigan State	466
19	Virginia Tech	337
20	Northwestern	334
21	Pittsburgh	316
22	Ball State	219
23	Missouri	218
24	Mississippi	160
25	Oregon State	131

Harris Top 25
Rk	Team	Points
1	Florida (90)	2776
2	Oklahoma (23)	2699
3	Texas	2616
4	Alabama	2442
5	USC	2413
6	Penn State	2186
7	Utah	2119
8	Texas Tech	2090
9	Boise State	1938
10	Ohio State	1858
11	TCU	1580
12	Cincinnati	1528
13	Oklahoma State	1402
14	Georgia Tech	1221
15	Oregon	1211
16	BYU	1071
17	Georgia	1018
18	Michigan State	831
19	Pittsburgh	638
20	Ball State	609
21	Northwestern	548
22	Virginia Tech	511
23	Mississippi	413
24	Missouri	382
25	Boston College	172

AP Top 25
Rk	Team	Points
1	Florida (50)	1602
2	Oklahoma (9)	1540
3	Texas (6)	1530
4	Alabama	1410
5	USC	1372
6	Penn State	1259
7	Utah	1225
8	Texas Tech	1193
9	Boise State	1101
10	Ohio State	1069
11	TCU	921
12	Cincinnati	863
13	Oklahoma State	853
14	Georgia Tech	761
15	Oregon	710
16	Georgia	599
17	BYU	477
18	Pittsburgh	428
19	Michigan State	423
20	Mississippi	389
21	Virginia Tech	318
22	Northwestern	262
23	Ball State	249
24	Oregon State	163
25	Missouri	150