In the first week of December, the regular season of the 2007 NCAA Rugby Branch came to an end. Major leagues completed their respective championship battles. Next, the highest-level competition on the American stage will be held. Invitations will be issued to determine the final championship!

After the regular season, the rankings of the United States will be refreshed again, and the results of the league's respective championship games will further affect the final ranking.

Taking the Big 12 as an example, Kansas State University won the championship game, consolidating its position as No. 1 in the United States; while Oklahoma lost the game, and its year-end ranking fell to No. 8 in the United States, and even fell behind the University of Kansas. That's it.

This national ranking will directly determine the participating teams in major bowl competitions.

Among them, the BCS partition in the NCAA first-level division is undoubtedly better. The so-called four bowls are themselves four top events from BCS:

Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl and Festive Bowl. There is also a national final to decide the National Championship.

Considering the overall strength of the BCS division and its average strength are significantly higher, the champions in each division will be qualified to directly advance to the four major bowls.

The six top divisions are the top ten leagues, the Atlantic Coast Alliance, the Southeast Alliance, the Great East Alliance, the Great Twelve League, and the Pacific Twelve League.

The champions in the above divisions are directly qualified to advance to the bowl, while the runner-up will compete with other teams for wildcards. Those who are qualified to compete include other divisions and independent teams.

Champions in other divisions, if they can enter the top 14 in the U.S. rankings can be made, they can win wild cards; among independent teams, if the University of Notre Dame can enter the top 8 in the U.S. rankings, they will automatically obtain wild cards.

In short, the six major BCS division champions can win places, but the one that really determines the qualification to participate in the bowl is the national ranking list, and then the NCAA will issue invitations respectively.

First of all, the National Championship, which is the unique National Championship.

The qualification for the competition is very simple. The top two teams in the United States at the end of the year participated in the competition. However, because the ranking of the United States itself is mixed with the factors of coach voting, this also means that there are still many uncertain variables in the final team. The teams that are qualified to compete for the National Championship this year are:

Kansas State University is the number one in the United States and Ohio State University is the second in the United States.

The two teams will compete for the 2007 National Championship.

Previously, Manhattan residents were still looking forward to the Big Four Bowls, but Kansas State University took a step further and entered the National Championship with an unbeaten record!

The group is full of joy!

When the NCAA officially announced the news, the entire city of Manhattan cheered, and residents could even be seen roaring on the streets.

It was indeed a fantastic season for Kansas State; let's see how such a magical season ended!

Looking forward earnestly.

The second is the Four Bowls.

Rose Bowl, the Big Ten Championship vs. the Pacific 12 League Championship.

Festive Bowl, the Big 12th League champion vs. No. 1 wild card.

Orange Bowl, Atlantic Coast League Championship vs. No. 2 wild card.

Sugar Bowl, Southeastern League champion vs. No. 3 wild card.

Among them, the Big East League champions, which belong to the six major BCS divisions, will automatically receive a wild card. According to the rankings across the United States, whether it is the number one, number two or number three.

If a champion team among the six major leagues ranks top two in the United States and wins the national championship qualification, and the league's runner-up is still ranked top fourteen, then the runner-up will replace the championship and participate in the Big Four Bowls; if the runner-up ranking falls out of the top four, then other teams with wild card qualifications will be replaced.

At a rough look, this seems unlikely to happen. How could the top two in the United States not be the champions of the top six leagues? In fact, considering the ranking rules, this is very likely.

For example, if Kansas State University and Oklahoma competed to overtime in the Big 12 Championship, and the final passers-by were lucky enough to beat the Wildcats with a free kick, then the Big 12 Championship was the University of Oklahoma. However, in the NCAA's national ranking system, coaches can still choose Kansas State University to become the number one in the United States, considering the accidentality of the championship game.

Then, the champion of the Big 12th League will participate in the Festive Bowl, and the runner-up will rank in the top two in the United States and participate in the National Championship, which is also possible.

Of course, this exception did not happen in the 2007 season. The Big 12 champion, Kansas State University ranked first in the United States; the Big 10 champion, Ohio State University ranked second in the United States, and both champions entered the National Championship, while the runner-up in the two leagues were substituted for the four major bowls.

Therefore, the qualifications for the four major bowl competitions were determined separately.

Rose Bowl, the runner-up of the Big Ten League University of Illinois, against the Pacific 12 League champion of the University of Southern California.

Festive Bowl, the runner-up of the Big 12th League, the University of Oklahoma, against the No. 1 wild card, the fifth in the United States.

Orange Bowl, Atlantic Coast League champion Virginia Tech, plays No. 2 wild card, seventh in the United States.

Sugar Bowl, Southeastern League champion Louisiana State University, plays against the No. 3 wild card, the ninth-ranked University of West Virginia.

In addition, the top 25 teams in the United States are still getting a lot of them, and they will participate in the secondary bowl competition to end the year.

In 2007, there were more than 30 secondary bowls. Their history and status were not as good as the Big Four Bowls, but they also ranked each other.

Generally speaking, the closer the New Year's Bowl is the higher the status. The highest status in the secondary bowl is the cotton bowl and the peach bowl; other secondary bowls that can be counted include Alamo bowl, Inland bowl, Citrus bowl, Holiday bowl, New Mexico bowl, Heart of Dallas, International bowl, Sun bowl, etc.

It was mentioned earlier that Kansas State University has received invitations to bowl games for eleven consecutive years, most of which are secondary bowl games. Its status cannot be compared with the four major bowl games, but being able to receive invitations in a row is a recognition of its strength.

The non-BCS divisions in the first-level division can also be qualified for bowl games based on season results or national rankings, and all are decided by invitations; while the second-level divisions and third-level divisions also have their own bowl games, but basically no one pays attention to these bowl games.

For example, in the Big Twelve League, the University of Missouri received an invitation to participate in the Cotton Bowl, Texas Tech received an invitation to participate in the Crocodile Bowl, and even Oklahoma State University received an invitation to the Small Bowl. Instead, the higher-ranked University of Texas has been forgotten.
Chapter completed!