BCS National Championship
The BCS National Championship Game or BCS title game is the final game of the annual Bowl Championship Series intended by Series organizers to determine the NCAA Division I-A national football championship. The game was first played at the conclusion of the 1998 College Football season after the Big Ten and Pac 10 conferences and the Rose Bowl Game joined the members of the former "Bowl Alliance" to form the Bowl Championship Series. The Bowl Alliance and its predecessor, the Bowl Coalition, featured championship games from 1992 through 1997. During the Bowl Coalition and Bowl Alliance era, without the participation of the Big Ten and Pac 10 conferences, scheduling a definitive championship game was somewhat "hit or miss." For instance, 1994 #2 Penn State and 1997#1 Michigan were obligated to play in the Rose Bowl pursuant to the Big Ten's contractual commitment and were therefore unable to participate in the championship game. Since the formation of the Bowl Championship Series, there have also been several controversies regarding the formula used for selecting the participating teams. Most notably, following the 2003 season, the BCS ranking system excluded consensus No. 1 University of Southern California from the BCS Championship Game. See Bowl Championship Series#BCS controversies for a further discussion of these controversies. Despite their respective problems, the Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, and Bowl Championship Series championship games have succeeded in producing winners that have captured or shared the National Championship in every season since 1992.
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