text: how do the new bcs rules work? it seems that there are now 5 bcs bowls: the original 4 plus one "bcs championship" bowl (jan. 8 at sun devil stadium).  does this mean that there will be 10 bcs level teams, or that of the four bcs winners between jan 1 and 3, two will then be selected to play an additional game? no, it's not a plus 1 situation. there is a bcs championship game for #1 and #2 in the bcs polls and then the 4 traditional bowl games. the championship game no longer rotates between the fiesta, rose, sugar or orange bowls.