SEC RULZ the college football world - Gators 2009-2010 National Champs - mark it down   See 1 other reply

Both Oklahoma and Florida played non-BCS teams in Chattanooga and TCU and against Hawaii and Citadel, respectively.
The point you're missing is that the BCS schedules the bowls right after the conference championships. As of that point, Utah really hadnt beat anyone to prove that they were better than Florida or Oklahoma. As a matter of fact, the highest ranked team that Utah played had been TCU at number 11 and they played them at home, winning by 13-10. Oklahoma also hosted TCU winning 35-10. And during the regular season, Boise State, who played a schedule relatively comparable to Utah, won their games by 27 pts on average, versus Utah who won their games by 20 pts on average. The only reason Utah is mentioned is because of Alabama who was only ranked number 1, going into the SEC Championship, by default. Boise St, on the other hand, lost to TCU 17-16 in their bowl game.   See 7 other replies