... evaluation period, the Mountain West is playing well enough to earn an automatic bid to BCS bowl games in two of the three evaluated categories.

They are razor-close to passing the third hurdle on their own, but with the addition of Boise State to their conference starting in 2011, they have the numbers to even answer that challenge.

The basics of the BCS evaluation process have been published on the BCS website, but there specifics are not entirely clear.

They say: “The evaluation data includes the following for each conference: (1) The ranking of the highest-ranked team in the final BCS standings each year, (2) T...

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