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SEC

The SEC has contracted for ten bowls.

In the SEC, seven teams have qualified - two with eight wins (Alabama, Florida), three with seven wins (LSU, Mississippi, and Mississippi State), and two with six (A&M and Georgia).

Two teams - South Carolina and Vandy - need to win out their last three games.
South Carolina plays Florida (L), the Citadel and Clemson.
Vanderbilt plays Kentucky(W), A&M and Tennessee.

That leaves five teams who still need to become bowl-eligible (Arkansas, Auburn, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri).

These teams need one win to become bowl eligible:
Tennessee has North Texas(W), Missouri, and Vandy.
Auburn has Georgia (L), Idaho, and Alabama.
Arkansas has LSU (W), Mississippi State, and Missouri.

These two teams need two wins out of their three remaining games:
Missouri has BYU (W), Tennessee and Arkansas.
Kentucky has Vandy (L), Charlotte, and Louisville.

Six of these seven counts an FCS win. South Carolina has yet to play their FCS game.

Updated (11/11)

 

[Legacy]

Big 12

Big 12

The Big 12 has contracted for seven bowls.

The Big 12 standings reflect extremes with four qualifiers with eight wins or more and five with four wins or less. Of the bowl eligible teams - one has nine wins (Oklahoma State) and three have eight wins (Baylor, Okla St and TCU).

Kansas is winless.

Bowl eligibility will be determined, for the most part, on how each of these teams performs against each other. Out of twenty-one games left for the five teams below, only four are against the top tier B12 teams. Three games are against Kansas, leaving fourteen against each other (with four weekends remaining).

Cannibalization Tier 2 Style
Texas Tech has five wins, needing one more.
Texas Tech plays Kansas State (W) and Texas.

Each of these teams needs two wins out of their remaining three games to be bowl eligible.
Texas plays West Virginia (L), Texas Tech and Baylor.
West Virginia plays Texas (W), Kansas, Iowa State, Kansas State

Kansas State needs three wins out of - Texas Tech (L), Iowa State, Kansas, West Virginia (4 games left)
Iowa State needs to win out against Oklahoma State (L), Kansas State, West Virginia (3 games left)

A FCS win is reflected in each of these teams' win totals - except Texas's and Oklahoma who did not play a FCS game.

Updated (11/8)

 

[Legacy]

ACC

ACC

The ACC has contracted with nine bowls with secondary contracts for two more bowls.

Bowl qualification for this conference is pretty easy. Seven teams have qualified for bowl bids (Clemson, North Carolina, Florida State, Pittsburgh, Duke, NC State, and Miami).

One team, Louisville, qualified in Week 11 with their win.
Louisville (5-4) plays Virginia (W), Pittsburgh, and Kentucky.

Virginia Tech has four wins and needs two wins. VT now needs one win after Week 11.
Virginia Tech (4-5) plays Georgia Tech (W), North Carolina, and Virginia.

Four others (Syracuse, Wake Forest, Virginia, and Georgia Tech) have three wins (3-6) and need to win all their remaining three games to qualify. All four were eliminated with losses in Week 11.
Syracuse plays Clemson (L), North Carolina State and Boston College.
Wake plays Notre Dame (L), Clemson and Duke.
Virginia plays Louisville (L), Duke and Virginia Tech.
Georgia Tech plays Virginia Tech (L), Miami and Georgia.

All six of those teams yet to qualify have played their FCS teams and count those wins.

So, best bet would be that at most nine teams will qualify. Notre Dame moves into the rotation if the Irish do not make the Playoff.

 

[Legacy]

PAC 12

PAC 12

The PAC 12 has contracts with seven bowls.

Six teams have already qualified - two with eight wins (Utah,Stanford), one with seven wins (UCLA) and three with six wins (Oregon, Wash State, USC). One team is out (Oregon State).

Five teams have yet to become bowl-eligible. Two with five wins (Arizona, Cal) and three with four wins (Washington, Arizona State, and Colorado).

Arizona needs one win out their remaining two games (Utah (W), Arizona State).
Cal needs one win out of their remaining three games (Oregon St (W), Stanford, Arizona State).

Washington needs two wins out of: Arizona State (L), Oregon State, and Washington State.
Arizona State needs two wins out of three schools also trying to become eligible: Washington (W), Arizona and Cal.
Colorado has to get two wins from: USC (L), Washington State, Utah.

All of those yet to become bowl-eligible count one FCS win in their total.

 

[Legacy]

Big Ten

Big Ten

The Big Ten has contracted for ten bowls.

Seven teams have already qualified - two with nine wins (Ohio State, Iowa), two with eight wins (Michigan State, Wisconsin), three with seven wins (Michigan, Northwestern, Penn State). Purdue and Maryland are out. Five more could qualify.

Illinois needs one win out of Ohio State (L), Minnesota and Northwestern.

Indiana needs two wins out of Michigan (L), Maryland and Purdue.
Minnesota needs two games against Iowa (L), Illinois, and Wisconsin.

Nebraska needs to win out against Rutgers (W) and Iowa.
Rutgers needs to win out against Nebraska (L), Army, and Maryland.

Three (Illinois, Indiana and Rutgers) of those five teams count a FCS win.

At best, the Big Ten may get two more bowl-eligible teams and will fall short of their nine contracted bowl games.

 

[Legacy]

Teams needing one win to qualify

Teams needing one win to qualify

Power 5 conferences have contracted for forty-three slots in bowl games (67% of all P5 conference teams).

Will there be enough P5 teams to fill their contracts?
--- At this point, thirty-one P5 teams are bowl eligible.
--- Eight P5 teams are one win away

Of those eight teams, Cal (Oregon State), Louisville (Virginia) and Tennessee (North Texas) should qualify this weekend.
--- If not this week, next week Auburn (Idaho) should qualify

That leaves four teams on the bubble with work to do for their one win:
--- Illinois has Ohio State (L), Minnesota and Northwestern
--- Arizona has Utah (W) and Arizona State
--- Texas Tech has Kansas State (W) and Texas
--- Arkansas has LSU (W), Mississippi State and Missouri

Texas Tech should win one of those two games. Arkansas has two difficult games but then Missouri.

Counting TT and Ark as qualifiers fills thirty-seven slots for forty-three contracted. Bowl slots could be filled by teams needing two wins (See above) out of their last three games.

Reminder: If bowl slots are not filled by six win teams, 5-7 teams can be chosen ranked according to their APR.

 

[phork]

Frankly I don't care. Because we are playing in the NY6 or the playoff.

 

[Legacy]

ACC football: Conference's complicated bowl picture starting to take shape | NCAA.com

Eight teams are in. Four were eliminated this weekend and joined BC. Only VT still possible.

Four of ND's six ACC opponents (Virginia, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest and Boston College) will not be bowling.

 

[Legacy]

SEC bowl outlook heading into Week 12 looks like a crowded field

Last week saw South Carolina eliminated from bowl eligibility and Tennessee (North Texas) and Arkansas (LSU) reaching six wins (both have played their FCS/exhibition games).

Kentucky has a win this week against Charlotte, then needs to win against Louisville to qualify.

Missouri desperately needed the win against BYU. They need one more win either against Tennessee or Arkansas.

 

[Legacy]

Big 12 bowl outlook

Last week, Texas Tech joined the Oklahomas, Baylor and TCU as bowl eligible. Iowa State's loss leaves them on the sideline with Kansas.

West Virginia needs one win in their last three, which should happen this week against Kansas

Texas's lost to West Virginia last weekend hurt badly, putting them on the verge of elimination.
Texas needs to win out against Texas Tech and Baylor. They may look back on their one point loss to Cal (due to missed extra point) or their three point loss to Oklahoma State (due to botched punt and questionable officiating) as their downfall.

Kansas State also needs to win out against Iowa State, Kansas, and West Virginia.

Texas did not play a FCS game unlike all other Big 12 teams except Oklahoma.

 

[Legacy]

Report: Bowl industry scrambling to handle 5-7 teams | CollegeFootballTalk

"Problem is, the bowls themselves have no idea how they’re supposed to go about selecting those teams.

The NCAA bylaws say the APR is supposed to serve as the tiebreaker among available 5-7 teams, and that’s where it ends. Can a bowl game pitting the Big Ten and Pac-12 take an SEC team with a higher APR than a 5-7 Big Ten team, or do they have to stay within their conference? No one knows.

“The whole situation is very frustrating,” a source told McMurphy.

So the bowl process could result in picking teams in order of their APR (Utah State and Nebraska figure to be first in line if so), or if the bowl industry will resort back to its roots of backroom deals and good-ole-boy back-slapping.

“Whichever school can promise the most tickets and those sort of things. It will be like the old days of giving out bowl bids (to fill the bowls): like the wild, wild West,” a source told McMurphy.

So, if everyone gets rid of their FCS games, will we be talking about four win teams potentially eligible? BTW, the Australia Bowl is "good to go" for next year - Mountain West vs Pac 12 teams.

 

[Legacy]

Bowl Eligibility

Bowl Eligibility

These P5 teams with five wins need a win this weekend to go to bowls this year:

ACC (1) - Virginia Tech (vs Virginia)
Big 10 (4) - Nebraska (Iowa), Illinois (NW), Minnesota (Wisconsin), Indiana (Purdue)
SEC (2) - Missouri (Arkansas), Kentucky (Louisville)
Pac 12 (1) - Washington (Washington State)

Big 12 (2) - Texas with four wins needs to win both of their remaining games (Texas Tech, Baylor)
Kansas State with four wins also needs two more wins (Kansas, West Virginia)

Of these ten P5 teams, only Nebraska, Minnesota and Texas did not play FCS teams.

 

[tko]

Where does a 10-2 ND team go?

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Where does a 10-2 ND team go?

Should def be a New Years 6 bowl. Something like the peach.


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[MJ12666]

These teams with five wins need a win this weekend to go to bowls this year:

ACC (1) - Virginia Tech (vs Virginia)
Big 10 (4) - Nebraska (Iowa), Illinois (NW), Minnesota (Wisconsin), Indiana (Purdue)
SEC (3) - Missouri (Arkansas), Kentucky (Louisville)
Pac 12 (1) - Washington (Washington State)

Big 12 (1) - Texas with four wins needs to win both of their remaining games (Texas Tech, Baylor)

Of these ten teams, only Nebraska, Minnesota and Texas did not play FCS teams.

I read in the paper last week that there might not be enough teams with 6 wins to fill all of the bowl slots and that means that some 5 win teams would get invites. According to the article the pecking order would be based on the schools APR ranking, with the highest ranked teams getting the invitations with the option of accepting or declining. The article was about the possibility of Rutgers getting an invitation if they finish 5-7 because of their high APR ranking.

 

[irishfanjho15]

I read in the paper last week that there might not be enough teams with 6 wins to fill all of the bowl slots and that means that some 5 win teams would get invites. According to the article the pecking order would be based on the schools APR ranking, with the highest ranked teams getting the invitations with the option of accepting or declining. The article was about the possibility of Rutgers getting an invitation if they finish 5-7 because of their high APR ranking.

IU would be in the same boat if they can't get by Purdue this weekend. They have a solid APR.

 

[Legacy]

Seventy-one teams are now bowl-eligible for eighty bowl berths. Of the ten P5 teams which I listed needing one more win, only three (Indiana, Virginia Tech and Washington) are favorites.

Six G5 teams (East Carolina, Tulsa, Buffalo, San Jose State, Old Dominion, South Alabama) with only the first three favored.

If there are not enough six win teams for bowl berths, APR may determine which 5-7 teams would be selected (see link above).
Ranked by APR here are teams (with opponents) that could finish 5-7:
985: Nebraska 5-6. (Iowa)
983: Vanderbilt 4-7. (at Tennessee)
980: Rutgers 4-7. (Maryland)
977: Virginia Tech 5-6. (at Virginia)
977: Indiana 5-6. (Purdue)
977: Washington 5-6. (Washington State)
976: Missouri 5-6 (at Arkansas)
976: Kansas State 4-6 (at Kansas, West Virginia)

Of the six G5 schools, only San Jose State (975) is over 951. So, if any of them loses, they may be out of consideration.

 

[IrishSteelhead]

Bowl Bids

This is madness, and proof at least 12 bowls should be trimmed off the slate.

 

[Irish#1]

IU will be in the same boat after getting beat by Purdue this weekend. They have a solid APR.

FIFY

 

[Legacy]

The top 10 games for college football teams seeking bowl eligibility

71 teams have at least six wins and are eligible to compete in bowl games
►The nine remaining available spots must be filled by the remaining 17 teams.

Here are the games this weekend for teams hoping to reach the postseason:
(ACC) Virginia Tech (5-6) ~ WON ~ at Virginia

(Big 10)
Indiana (5-6) ~ WON ~ at Purdue
Illinois (5-6) --LOST-- vs. Northwestern
Nebraska (5-6) -- LOST-- vs. Iowa
Minnesota (5-6) --LOST-- vs. Wisconsin


The Big 10 conference could have four more representatives if things break perfectly this weekend. Seven B10 teams have already qualified.

(Pac 12) Washington (5-6) --WON--vs. Washington State


(SEC) Kentucky (5-6) ~ LOST ~ vs. Louisville
Missouri (5-6) --LOST-- at Arkansas

All seven SEC West teams have qualified for the postseason. The SEC East only has three, but has two chances to at least correct some of the imbalance.

(G5)
Tulsa (5-6) --WON-- at Tulane (3-8)
East Carolina (5-6) ~ LOST ~vs. Cincinnati
Buffalo (5-6) --LOST-- vs. Massachusetts
San Jose State (5-6) --LOST-- vs Boise State (7-4)
Old Dominion (5-6) ~ LOST ~ vs Florida Atlantic (2-9)
South Alabama (5-5) ~ LOST ~ at Georgia Southern (7-3)

Need two wins
Kansas State (4-6) --WON-- at Kansas (0-11), West Virginia (6-4)
Texas (4-6) --LOST-- vs Texas Tech (6-5)
UL-Lafayette (4-6) ~ LOST ~ at Appalachian State (8-2)

 

[IrishinSyria]

Will we play in a new year's day bowl regardless of what happens tomorrow?

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Will we play in a new year's day bowl regardless of what happens tomorrow?

I think so, unless we get our butts whipped. If we lose in a respectable manner I think we are in a New Years six bowl.


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[Legacy]

Two more teams (Washington, Tulsa) qualified for bowls yesterday totalling 73 bowl eligible teams. Four lost. Ten teams left for the last seven bowl slots. (Two of these need two wins.) Two of those ten are underdogs by.more than three touchdowns.

Previous post updated with results.

 

[Legacy]

We're going to have 5-7 teams in bowls

We're going to have 5-7 teams in bowls

Two more teams (Indiana, Virginia Tech) became bowl eligible. Of the seventeen teams that were playing for bowl eligibility four teams won, twelve teams were eliminated.

Kansas State won but needs a second win for their sixth.

There are 75 bowl eligible teams. Five more teams will be needed to fill all 80 bowl slots. With only K State left as a possible 6 win team, four or five 5-7 teams will be going bowling.

(Previous post updated with results.)

 

[Legacy]

Top 5 5-7 Teams by APR

Top 5 5-7 Teams by APR

Ranking the 5-7 teams by APR for the last five bowl slots

Nebraska - 985
Missouri - 976
Kansas State - 976 (5-6 with one more game to play)
Minnesota - 975
San Jose State - 975
Illinois - 973

 

[Legacy]

Bowl controversy looms with talk of 5-7 teams being rewarded: College Football 2015

The NCAA can't stop a city from hosting a bowl game. But the NCAA can say, at the very least, that a team must finish the season at .500. And if some bowl city winds up short a team, well, that's the cost of doing business.

Once teams with five wins are allowed to go to bowl games, insiders predict even more cities will line up to start their own bowl game. It is understood that Austin, Texas, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Charleston, S.C., Seattle, Portland and Oakland are among the many cities expressing levels of bowl interest.

Big 12 commissioner: Bowls could go dark without enough 6-6 teams

On the other hand, some ADs are troubled that they could be paying bowl bonuses to coaches after a 5-7 regular season. Two ADs, who wished to remain anonymous, said they will structure coaching contracts differently in the future to specifically state that six wins are needed for a bowl bonus. That would replace generic language that pays a coach for bowl eligibility and/or appearing in the postseason.

 

[RDU Irish]

College Bowl Game Payouts | Statistic Brain

With the ticket allotments and costs, why don't more teams turn down crappy bowl games? Especially if you a 5-7, wouldn't seem like many people would balk at NOT "rewarding" the team for that type of season.

Also - difference between Peach and Fiesta is ridiculous. Surely these are old numbers and the new playoff system has Peach and Cotton more on par with Sugar, Fiesta, Orange, Rose?

 

[NDfaninBama]

College Bowl Game Payouts | Statistic Brain

With the ticket allotments and costs, why don't more teams turn down crappy bowl games? Especially if you a 5-7, wouldn't seem like many people would balk at NOT "rewarding" the team for that type of season.

Also - difference between Peach and Fiesta is ridiculous. Surely these are old numbers and the new playoff system has Peach and Cotton more on par with Sugar, Fiesta, Orange, Rose?

I think this is old info per the CFP website
"(3) A conference will receive $6 million for each team that is selected for the semifinal games. There will be no additional distribution to conferences whose teams qualify for the national championship game. A conference will receive $4 million for each team that plays in a non-playoff bowl under the arrangement (in 2014-2015, the Cotton, Fiesta and Peach Bowls)."

College Football Playoff

 

[Cackalacky]

College Bowl Game Payouts | Statistic Brain

With the ticket allotments and costs, why don't more teams turn down crappy bowl games? Especially if you a 5-7, wouldn't seem like many people would balk at NOT "rewarding" the team for that type of season.

Also - difference between Peach and Fiesta is ridiculous. Surely these are old numbers and the new playoff system has Peach and Cotton more on par with Sugar, Fiesta, Orange, Rose?

Those were BCS bowls right? Peach and Cotton were not.

I want ND in the Fiesta.

 

[Irish YJ]

Those were BCS bowls right? Peach and Cotton were not.

I want ND in the Fiesta.

no no no no... shorter drive for you Cack to the Peach.