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I came across a study that a law firm did on NCAA sanctions that confirms what we all know. The NCAA is give out lesser penalties to BCS teams than non-BCS conference teams. Below is a quote from the summary.
http://michaelbucknerlaw.com/images/...2209_final.pdf
The study reveals universities who belong to conferences whose champions receive annual automatic BCS bowl bids (BCS automatic-qualifier schools) received less stringent probation penalties from the NCAA infractions committee than other Division I institutions. Also, the research indicates FBS institutions receive less probation years than FCS institutions and non-football sponsoring schools. Finally, the results suggest historically Black colleges and universities in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and Southwestern Athletic Conference (HBCUs) received harsher probation penalties than other Division I institutions.