[Spiny_Norman]

I read through the BCS Selection Process - http://www.bcsfootball.org/news/story?id=4819597

I did not find wording that a top 4 ranked team receives an automatic bid.  That may have been the case in the past, but it is not evident in the current rules.

The only way for Stanford to automatically receive a BCS bid is to win the Pac 10.

[Spiny_Norman]

I read through the BCS Selection Process - http://www.bcsfootball.org/news/story?id=4819597

I did not find wording that a top 4 ranked team receives an automatic bid.  That may have been the case in the past, but it is not evident in the current rules.

The only way for Stanford to automatically receive a BCS bid is to win the Pac 10.