You are right, but they reversed the 'automatic' order this year... 1. #1 and #2 get automatic bids. 2. The remaining BCS conference champions (it's conceivable but highly unlikely that - if everyone loses 1 game - that #1 or #2 could be a non-champion). 3. One champion of a lesser conference that finishes in the Top 12, or Top 16 and ahead of a BCS conference champion. 4. Notre Dame if they are in the Top 8. 5. The #3 team, if they are not a conference champion. 6. The #4 team, if they are not a conference champion and #3 was a conference champion. Then the remaining slots would be filled by any team in the Top 14 with nine wins. So Boise State and Notre Dame would still get their "At Large" Bids before a #3/#4 Big East non-champion (Louisville is the only team that could get this). So then we want ND ranked #9 and to still get an at large spot, just after #4 UofL gets theirs? There are four at large spots this year. Lets hope UofL can get one of them and Rutgers takes an automatic qualifier spot. Not only does that possibly mean a better bowl for us, but it means more money to us also. Probably another 400k or so from the revenue sharing.