ULL became bowl eligible this week, so there are 75 bowl eligible teams and 80 bowl slots. The final lineup:
AAC (7 bowls): 7 in – USF, Houston, Tulsa, Temps, Navy, Memphis, UCF
ACC/ND (12 bowls): 11 in – Clemson, L'ville, UNC, VaTech, Wake, FSU, Pitt, GaTech, MiamiF, NCSt, BC
Big 12 (7 bowls): 6 in – Baylor, WVU, Okla St, Okla, KState, TCU
Big 10 (8 bowls): 10 in – Mich, O$U, Neb, PSU, Minn, Wis, Iowa, MD, Ind, NWern
CUSA (6 bowls): 6 in – MTSU, WKU, LaTech, ODU, SMiss, UTSA
Indies (1 bowl): 1 in – BYU
MAC (5 bowls): 6 in – WMU, Toledo, OHIO, EMU, CMU, Fiami
MWC (7 bowls): 6 in – Boise, SDSU, Wyoming, AFA, NM, Colo St
Pac 12 (7 bowls): 6 in – Wash, Utah, Colo, Wash St, Stanford, USC
SEC (10 bowls): 11 in – TxAM, Bama, FL, Auburn, Tenn, Ark, Georgia, LSU, Kentucky, SoCar, Vandy
Sun Belt (4 bowls): 5 in – Troy, App St, Idaho, Ark St, ULL
Army, SBama and Hawaii (each with six wins, even tho needing seven for eligibility) get bowl bids, based on the NCAA's criteria (six-win teams get priority over five-win teams), bringing the total to 78.
After all these teams get bids, the final two slots will be filled by 5-7 teams, based on their APRs. Here are the top five among 5-7 teams, in order of APR:
NTex (984)
Miss St (971)
Tex (971)
NIU (970)
ULM (967)
It looks like the final two bids will go to NTex and Miss St. Miss St has the tiebreaker over Texas based on the most recent year's APR (970 for Miss St; 968 for Texas). It's been reported that Texas would turn down a bowl bid, if offered. If Miss St also turns down a bid, NIU would be next in line, then ULM.
Last Edited: 12/3/2016 10:33:20 PM by Pataskala