BCS Rankings

The new BCS Rankings came out on Sunday and there were no surprises in the new rankings. The Missouri Tigers, who beat the Kansas Jayhawks 36-28 in one of the most anticipated matchups this season, is the new #1 team. The LSU Tigers, who was the #1 team last week, fell to #7 in the rankings after their loss to the unranked Arkansas Razorbacks. The win for the Razorbacks wasn't enough to get them into the top 25 in the BCS Rankings. The new #2 team in the ranking is West Virginia, who beat UConn 66-21 on Saturday. Kansas, who was the previous #2 team, fell to #5 in the rankings. Ohio State and Georgia, respectively, are #3 and #4 in the rankings to round out the top five. Ohio State, Georgia, and Kansas don't play another game until their bowl game but Missouri has to play in the Big 12 championship game against the #9 ranked Oklahoma Sooners. West Virginia has to play their last game before the bow game against the Pittsburgh Panthers. This has created a little controversy in the system because Missouri has to play an extra game, which is a conference championship game, before their bowl game. The Pac-10 Conference and the Big 10, two big conferences, don't have championship games to determine the conference winner. Their conferences are won outright by their season record in the conference. That means Ohio State, who is in the Big 10, don't have to play another game because they already won the conference by their conference record. Is this fair to Missouri? Should every conference have a conference championship game? Is this another major flaw in the BCS system? Will Missouri win and if so, will they stay #1 and make it to the national championship game?