BCS Standings: Houston's Lack of Respect Proves Playoff System Is Needed

The Houston Cougars' lack of respect in the BCS proves that the system is totally flawed and a playoff system is badly needed.

Only in college football can a team go undefeated and not have the right to play for the championship. For this reason is it important that the sport finally consider using a playoff system to decide the national champion.

Houston is 11-0 this season and has dominated Conference USA. The Cougars' two best wins are a conference victory against a talented Southern Miss team and UCLA, who will play Oregon in the Pac-12 championship game this weekend.

Currently at No. 6 in the BCS standings, it is unlikely they will move any further up the rankings unless Virginia Tech loses to Clemson in the ACC championship game Saturday, which is unlikely.

Only LSU and Houston are the only undefeated teams, and while the Tigers will earn a spot to compete for the BCS title in January, the Cougars will not get that opportunity.

There are some people who think Houston is not even deserving of a BCS bowl berth, let alone a title shot, and that is insane.

The Big East conference gets an automatic bid into a BCS bowl game, and no team from that pathetic conference deserves anything close to a BCS bowl berth. Houston would obliterate any team from the Big East. 

Houston destroyed a good Tulsa team last week and dominated an SMU team that beat TCU earlier this season. Every time a good team tries to knock Houston off its perch, the Cougars have responded. They have clearly proven they can handle the pressure of being undefeated.

How is Houston supposed to prove it can beat the nation's top teams from the best conferences if it cannot play them?

This is why a playoff system is badly needed.

You can't ask the Cougars or any other non-BCS school to schedule the best BCS teams because that is not possible for many reasons.

A playoff system would allow the non-BCS schools to play the best teams and actually prove if they are real title contenders.

TCU beat Wisconsin last year in the Rose Bowl and finished 13-0, and there's no question in my mind that their incredible defense of a year ago would have created massive problems for either Auburn or Oregon, the two teams who played for the BCS title.

The Cougars have the best offense in college football. Not only do they have the nation's best passing offense led by quarterback Case Keenum, they are averaging 163.6 rushing yards per game. They are a balanced team capable of beating anyone.

I would love to see LSU's or Alabama's vaunted defense go up against the Houston offense that scores 52.7 points per game, but we will never see it.

It is absurd that you can go undefeated and still not even be considered for a national championship appearance, but thus is the state of college football right now.

Something has to change, because the status quo is completely unfair.

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