A stupid question

[Danzig]

hawaii is faced with what boise state dealt with last year, a cupcake schedule. their 'tough' opponents aren't. boise state faced one ranked opponent all year last year, and won the bowl game vs that lone ranked team on a last second play. it moved them up, but of course not enough to get a title.
so, the bcs computers run all their numbers, and strength of schedule plays a part. then the human rankings come into play.

all the colleges pad their schedule with some not so difficult teams. it gives them a breather, and smaller colleges some money to play with and pay their bills. trouble comes when they don't have top notch opponents to move them up in the rankings.