COLUMBUS, Ohio — Only six years ago, the undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes could have been left out of this national title race. As one of three power conference undefeated teams this season, I think that would have been entirely possible if we were still living in the antiquated BCS era. Just because the Buckeyes are No. 2 in the current playoff rankings doesn’t mean they would have been No. 2 in the BCS, which leaned heavily on stubborn, reactionary voters who stuck with teams until they lost. Ohio State, Clemson and LSU never lost this season. In the BCS, the coaches poll counted for a third of the ranking, the now-defunct Harris poll counted for a third and six computers combined for the other third. But the humans ruled the day. The Twitter account @BCSknowhow keeps alive the computer portion of the BCS, tracking and calculating the six computer sites…
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