Clay Seal - Cincinnati

TCU and Cincy are comparable. They are both undefeated, disrespected, they've played in close games, they've played in blowouts, and both are new to this level of success.

Cincinnati does not have an extremely tough schedule, but they haven't had it easy either.

Coach Brian Kelly showed confidence in his team by scheduling games against Oregon State and Fresno State. Cincy's win on the west coast against Oregon State looks even better now that the Beavers could very well end up winning the Pac-10 with a season-finale showdown against Oregon.

TCU's two best non-conference opponents were Clemson and Virginia, both coming out of the unstable ACC. Virginia is 3-7, while Clemson will most likely play in the ACC Championship coming out of the less-than-stellar Atlantic Division.

Switching over to conference play, Cincinnati has handled their Big East schedule very well. A lot of people think that the Big East shouldn't even be a BCS conference, but I disagree. West Virginia, South Florida, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati have all made appearances in the top 25 polls this year, and have only fallen out due to losses to each other.

TCU's only competition in the Mountain West was BYU and Utah. While the Horned Frogs absolutely dominated both teams, those wins don't mean as much to the BCS committee considering neither has done much outside of the conference (BYU had a one-point win over a Bradford-less Oklahoma in the first game of the season).

Besides the schedules and results, this Bearcats have the makings of an incredible team that has overcome adversity.

The Bearcats defense lost 10 of 11 starters to graduation, but they didn't lose any of their prowess, as they have only allowed more than 21 points once this season (and picked off 14 passes).

For almost every team in the country, the loss of a Heisman candidate quarterback would ruin the season, but when starting senior Tony Pike, who started last season fifth on the depth chart, injured his arm against No. 21 South Florida, Coach Brian Kelly inserted sophomore phenom Zach Collaros to run the no-huddle spread offense. Collaros is now 4-0 as a starter, and has already accumulated 1434 passing yards, and had 559 all-purpose yards against Connecticut.

The breakout-success of the team can be directly attributed to Brian Kelly. Coming to Cincinnati in 2006, Kelly immediately turned the program around by simply recruiting winners, mostly from no-name high schools. Unlike coaches who insert great recruits into their schemes, Kelly adjusts his system every year based on key players, as well as team personality. He has revitalized the program, and brought an unprecedented culture of winning to Cincinnati.

If the Bearcats win at top-10 Pitt in the last game of the season to remain undefeated and win the Big East, I don't see how TCU has anything on their schedule to justify remaining ranked above the Bearcats.

Wesley Mills - TCU

Gary Patterson is earning his paycheck at TCU. 

During his last six years as head coach, Patterson has had much success - including four 11-win seasons. Ranked as high as fourth in the BCS standings, TCU looks to be sitting pretty good in the standings, and here a few reasons why I would take TCU over any other non-BCS school:

They play good teams. They started by going to Charlottesville, Virginia and playing an ACC team in the Virginia Cavaliers. They then went to Clemson and beat the Tigers 14-10; Clemson is in the running for the ACC Championship. It says something when you are willing to go into an out-of-conference stadium and play them. It says something else when you can beat them. They also played BYU and Utah, both in the WAC, both ranked #16 when the Horned Frogs played them.

Style points. Whether it's human polls or computer polls, the Horned Frogs have definitely impressed the masses as they are ranked #4 when it comes to the most important poll - the BCS. They have outscored their opponents this season 337-101 and are averaging 37 points per game while holding their opponents to a measly 11 points per game.

Even though TCU plays in non-BCS conference, them not playing in a BCS bowl would be a cry and shame and once again you would hear the uproar from the public for a playoff system - something the BCS and NCAA don't want to hear.