Beyond its stated mission of bringing together college football’s two best teams to play for an undisputed national championship, the BCS also gave some of college football’s best players an elevated platform to add to their legends. The format’s 16-year run featured blowouts and nail-biting finishes in almost equal measure, but every champion had some singular performance that helped make the difference.
Not every subject within this list played for the eventual champion, but all of them made a game-changing impact. Below, we highlight the top 10 title game performances of the BCS era.
10. Kermit Whitfield, WR, Florida State (Jan.