There has been a lot of talk on Twitter about whether East Carolina deserved to be invited to join the Big East along with or in place of Boise State, SMU, Houston, Air Force, Central Florida, and Navy.

The greatest threat to the Big East is losing its status as an automatic qualifier in the BCS, so teams that will improve the conferences score may be more favorable than teams with better TV markets.

I'm not entirely sure how the automatic qualification works for BCS conferences (here's a description if you want) but the next evaluation will cover 2008 though 2011 seasons, and includes factors such as final ranking in the BCS standings.

Below are the six teams mentioned above along with ECU with stats from 2008 through October of 2011. Can you tell which team is which? (Note: Record vs BCS teams includes only teams currently in BCS conferences this season.)

Mystery team 1

• Total win/loss: 29-18
• 1-6 vs BCS teams
• Finished ranked or is currently ranked: 0 times
• 2-1 in bowl games

Mystery team 2

• Total win/loss: 28-21
• 3-12 vs BCS teams
• Finished ranked or is currently ranked: 0 times
• 0-3 in bowl games

Mystery team 3

• Total win/loss: 45-2
• 6-0 vs BCS teams
• Finished ranked or is currently ranked: 4 times
• 2-1 in bowl games (one was a BCS bowl)

Mystery team 4

• Total win/loss: 27-21
• 2-8 vs BCS teams
• Finished ranked or is currently ranked: 1 time
• 1-1 in bowl games

Mystery team 5

• Total win/loss: 31-16
• 4-4 vs BCS teams
• Finished ranked or is currently ranked: 1 time
• 1-1 in bowl games

Mystery team 6

• Total win/loss: 29-18
• 7-10 vs BCS teams
• Finished ranked or is currently ranked: 0 times
• 1-2 in bowl games

Mystery team 7

• Total win/loss: 21-26
• 1-4 vs BCS teams
• Finished ranked or is currently ranked: 0 times
• 1-1 in bowl games

Southern Miss, included for comparison:

• Total win/loss: 29-18
• 3-4 vs BCS teams
• Finished ranked or is currently ranked: 1 time
• 1-3 in bowl games

Answers: 1 Air Force, 2 ECU, 3 Boise State, 4 UCF, 5 Houston, 6 Navy, 7 SMU