The NFF's Role with the BCS
The preservation of the rich tradition, pageantry and excitement of amateur football is paramount to The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, which sees the game as a vital part of the development of the student-athlete. On the college level, the NFF honors the greatest of the game’s past with the College Football Hall of Fame and the brightest that carry the ball today with the National Scholar-Athlete Program.
In 2000, the NFF saw its role on the current college football landscape expand once again. The Bowl Championship Series, designed to pit the nation’s top two teams in the National Championship Game, selected The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame as tabulator and weekly standings disseminator.
The NFF has remained in its role as an impartial arbiter of the standings ever since, and will continue to release the weekly BCS Standings on Sunday afternoons into the future.
In 2000, the NFF saw its role on the current college football landscape expand once again. The Bowl Championship Series, designed to pit the nation’s top two teams in the National Championship Game, selected The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame as tabulator and weekly standings disseminator.
The NFF has remained in its role as an impartial arbiter of the standings ever since, and will continue to release the weekly BCS Standings on Sunday afternoons into the future.
2012 BCS Game: An average of 26 million fans watched the Discover BCS National Championship Game making it the second most-watched event in cable history, according to Nielsen and ESPN. The game featuring the No. 1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide drew an 8.95% increase in viewership over last year's contest. Average viewership rose an impressive 7.46% for the BCS 5-game event.
"I want to thank the college football fans who love this sport as much as I do," said Bill Hancock, Executive Director of the BCS. "With everything going on in people's lives, it's great to see how popular college football is, especially in our second-to-last year as the BCS."
All-Time High Attendance
Attendance set a stadium record with 80,120 fans for the BCS National Championship Game at Sun Life Stadium which bested previous events at the stadium including five Super Bowls and two World Series. (Due to the high level of demand for this year's game, additional seats were added to the stadium capacity.) Four out of this year's five BCS games
showed an attendance increase when compared to last year's results. Figures for attendance at the BCS National Championship Game are compared to 2009 attendance
figures, the last time the game was held in the same venue.
"I want to thank the college football fans who love this sport as much as I do," said Bill Hancock, Executive Director of the BCS. "With everything going on in people's lives, it's great to see how popular college football is, especially in our second-to-last year as the BCS."
All-Time High Attendance
Attendance set a stadium record with 80,120 fans for the BCS National Championship Game at Sun Life Stadium which bested previous events at the stadium including five Super Bowls and two World Series. (Due to the high level of demand for this year's game, additional seats were added to the stadium capacity.) Four out of this year's five BCS games
showed an attendance increase when compared to last year's results. Figures for attendance at the BCS National Championship Game are compared to 2009 attendance
figures, the last time the game was held in the same venue.
NEW COLLEGE PLAYOFF FORMAT: The new college football playoff will launch with semifinals Jan. 1, 2015, in Pasadena, Calif., and New Orleans it was announced Tuesday by college football commissioners who met in Miami, making the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl the first sites to host the newly launched four-team playoff. The Orange Bowl in Miami and a yet-to-be named-site will host the semifinal games beginning in the second year of the playoff. The hosts of the semifinal games in the third year of the playoff are yet to be named.
Each bowl will host semifinals once every three years. In addition, a Monday night in early January will become a fixed night for the national championship game, which previously floated among various weeknights.
"The new playoff is starting to take shape," said Bill Hancock, the Executive Director of the BCS and the future playoff. "This is an exciting time for college football as we take an already-popular game and make it even more exciting for student-athletes and fans."
The following is the rotation announced today by the commissioners:
Bowl Championship Series Rotation
2014-15
Wed., Dec. 31 and Thurs., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 12, 2015
2015-16
Thurs., Dec. 31 and Fri., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 11, 2016
2016-17
Sat., Dec. 30 and Mon., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 9, 2017
2017-18
Sat., Dec. 30 and Mon., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 8, 2018
2018-19
Mon., Dec. 31 and Tues., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 7, 2019
2019-20
Tues., Dec. 31 and Wed., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 13, 2020
2020-21
Thurs., Dec. 31 and Fri., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 11, 2021
2021-22
Fri., Dec. 31 and Sat., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 10, 2022
2022-23
Sat., Dec. 31 and Mon., Jan. 2
Mon., Jan. 9, 2023
2023-24
Sat., Dec. 30 and Mon., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 8, 2024
2024-25
Tues., Dec. 31 and Wed., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 13, 2025
2025-26
Wed., Dec. 31 and Thurs., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 12, 2026
Semifinals Host Rotation:
Year 1: Rose and Sugar
Year 2: Orange and Host 1
Year 3: Host 2 and Host 3
About the Bowl Championship Series
The BCS is a five-game arrangement for post-season college football that is managed by the 11 Bowl Subdivision conferences and independent institutions. Its purpose is to match the two top-ranked teams in a national championship game and to create competitive match-ups in the four other BCS bowl games. For more information,
visit http://www.bcsfootball.org.
Each bowl will host semifinals once every three years. In addition, a Monday night in early January will become a fixed night for the national championship game, which previously floated among various weeknights.
"The new playoff is starting to take shape," said Bill Hancock, the Executive Director of the BCS and the future playoff. "This is an exciting time for college football as we take an already-popular game and make it even more exciting for student-athletes and fans."
The following is the rotation announced today by the commissioners:
Bowl Championship Series Rotation
2014-15
Wed., Dec. 31 and Thurs., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 12, 2015
2015-16
Thurs., Dec. 31 and Fri., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 11, 2016
2016-17
Sat., Dec. 30 and Mon., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 9, 2017
2017-18
Sat., Dec. 30 and Mon., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 8, 2018
2018-19
Mon., Dec. 31 and Tues., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 7, 2019
2019-20
Tues., Dec. 31 and Wed., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 13, 2020
2020-21
Thurs., Dec. 31 and Fri., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 11, 2021
2021-22
Fri., Dec. 31 and Sat., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 10, 2022
2022-23
Sat., Dec. 31 and Mon., Jan. 2
Mon., Jan. 9, 2023
2023-24
Sat., Dec. 30 and Mon., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 8, 2024
2024-25
Tues., Dec. 31 and Wed., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 13, 2025
2025-26
Wed., Dec. 31 and Thurs., Jan. 1
Mon., Jan. 12, 2026
Semifinals Host Rotation:
Year 1: Rose and Sugar
Year 2: Orange and Host 1
Year 3: Host 2 and Host 3
About the Bowl Championship Series
The BCS is a five-game arrangement for post-season college football that is managed by the 11 Bowl Subdivision conferences and independent institutions. Its purpose is to match the two top-ranked teams in a national championship game and to create competitive match-ups in the four other BCS bowl games. For more information,
visit http://www.bcsfootball.org.
BCS Standings: December 4, 2011
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