I was thinking about this earlier today: Is 2000-2010 the Decade of the Underdog in college football? Looking at the BCS national title game, it is starting to appear that way.

• In 2000, underdog Oklahoma beat favored Florida State.
  
• In 2001, heavily favored Miami blew out Nebraska.
  
• In 2002, underdog Ohio State beat favored Miami.
  
• In 2003, underdog LSU beat the favorite, Oklahoma, and split the national title with USC.
  
• In 2004, favored USC blew out Oklahoma.
  
• In 2005, underdog texas beat favored USC.
  
• In 2006, underdog Florida blew out favored Ohio State.
  

That means so far this decade, underdogs are 5-2 over the favorite in the BCS national title game. It begs the question of whether or not the BCS is really working; the BCS is supposed to match up the #1 and #2 teams in the nation to play for the national championship. Given that underdogs have overwhelmingly won the BCS national title game so far, you have to wonder if they are calculating who the correct favorite for these match ups is.