The system also selected match-ups for four other prestigious BCS bowl games : the Rose Bowl Game , Fiesta Bowl , Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl . The ten teams selected included the conference champion from each of the six Automatic Qualifying conferences plus four others ( two others prior to the 2006 season ) . The BCS was created by formal agreement by those six conferences ( the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) , Big East now the American Athletic Conference ( The American ) , Big Ten Conference ( Big Ten ) , Big 12 Conference ( Big 12 ) , Pac-10 now the Pac-12 Conference ( Pac-12 ) , and Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) conferences ) and the three FBS independent schools , and evolved to allow other conferences to participate to a lesser degree . For the 1998 through 2005 seasons eight teams competed in four BCS bowls
Big East
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Bowl Championship Series