The Cardinal won its first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation title since 1997 to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship , which Stanford was serendipitously scheduled to host. … The men’s team had its best season in recent memory, earning its first NCAA bid since 2002, advancing to the round of 16. Football went bowling for the first time since 2001. Women’s basketball was one half away from winning the championship (and a shocking upset over undefeated …
This would add revenue to both the conference and the individual teams that play in the championship game. NCAA football is first and foremost about big business. This year, the Bowl Championship Series paid conferences $17 million for …
