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Bruce Feldman is a senior writer at ESPN The Magazine. He joined ESPN in July 1994 as a writer for ESPNET (now ESPN.com) and in May 1998 came to ESPN The Magazine. In 2003, Feldman had a story featured in the 2003 edition of The Best American Sports Writing, marking the third consecutive year his work had been cited by BASW. He has also won first place in the Football Writers Association of America contests in 2003 and 2004.

His first book, "Cane Mutiny: How the Miami Hurricanes Overturned the Football Establishment" made it to No. 1 among sports titles in the fall of 2004.

Easiest road to the BCSposted: Wednesday, August 23, 2006  |  Feedback  |  Print Entry

I got a bunch of responses off the list of teams with the toughest road to the BCS a few weeks back. Most people asked about the inverse -- and this week's list is just that: Easiest road to the BCS. I know I could've included the entire Big East, but I'm trying to be a bit more balanced. There are also a few teams on this list with essentially no shot of making a New Year's Day bowl, much less the title game, but I am just looking at their schedules. So humor me!

1. West Virginia: This isn't the only reason why I think the Mountaineers are the best bet to make it to the title game, but it is certainly one of the biggest. WVU should be at least two-touchdown favorites in its first seven games, with the possible exception of a visit from Maryland. Overall, there really is only one game that figures to be against a Top 25 team (at Louisville), and if the Cards lose early at home to Miami and stumble someplace else along the way, WVU might not play any opponents in the Top 25. Oh, and Mountaineers do have two weeks to prepare for the Louisville game.

2. NC State: OK, so having a defense stacked with three first-rounders couldn't get Chuck Amato off the hot seat, but maybe this schedule can. The Pack doesn't have to face Miami or Virginia Tech, and they get Florida State in Raleigh. The nonconference slate of Appalachian State, Akron, ECU and Southern Miss is putrid. The lone downside is they don't get Duk

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