Last year Hawaii was undefeated going into their bowl against Georgia. LSU had 2 losses, Ohio State had 1 loss.
If your friend was correct, Hawaii would have been in the championship game due to their undefeated record according to his Ball State theory. Hawaii was #12 in the BCS rankings so that doesn't bring the top 10 argument into account.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankin...5&seasonType=2
As far as the top 10 and undefeated argument, this is all you need to know:
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1. The top two teams in the final BCS Standings shall play in the National Championship Game.
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One team is pretty much guaranteed to play in a BCS bowl game, while the other may get in as the at-large bid:
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The champion of Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference, the Sun Belt Conference or the Western Athletic Conference will earn an automatic berth in a BCS bowl game if either:
A. Such team is ranked in the top 12 of the final BCS Standings, or,
B. Such team is ranked in the top 16 of the final BCS Standings and its ranking in the final BCS Standings is higher than that of a champion of a conference that has an annual automatic berth in one of the BCS bowls. No more than one such team from Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference, the Sun Belt Conference, and the Western Athletic Conference shall earn an automatic berth in any year. (Note: a second team may be eligible for at-large eligibility as noted below.) If two or more teams from those conferences satisfy the provisions for an automatic berth, then the team with the highest finish in the final BCS Standings will receive the automatic berth, and the remaining team or teams will be considered for at-large selection if it meets the criteria.
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http://www.bcsfootball.org/bcsfb/eligibility
So the Boise State/Utah scenario won't happen though both may get in to a BCS bowl game.