Pataskala
11/13/2016 10:38 AM
This week ten more teams became bowl eligible, so there are now 58 total: USF, Houston, Tulsa, Temps, Navy, Memphis, UCF, Clemson, L'ville, UNC, VaTech, Wake, FSU, Pitt, GaTech, MiamiF, Baylor, WVU, Okla St, Okla, Mich, O$U, Neb, PSU, Minn, Wis, Iowa, MTSU, WKU, LaTech, ODU, BYU, WMU, Toledo, OHIO, EMU, Boise, SDSU, Wyoming, AFA, NM, Wash, Utah, Colo, Wash St, Stanford, USC, TxAM, Bama, FL, Auburn, Tenn, Ark, Georgia, LSU, Troy, App St, Idaho
17 teams need only one win for eligibility: SMU, NCSt, KState, TCU, Tex, MD, Ind, Nwern, SMiss, UTSA, CMU, Colo St, AZSt, Kentucky, SoCar, Miss, Ark St
So 75 teams are either eligible or need to win half or fewer of their remaining games to be eligible for one of the 80 bowl slots. That's up two from last week.
Here's the bowl picture by conference (does not include the six at large bids):
AAC (7 bowls): 7 in, 1 other, 8 total
ACC/ND (12 bowls): 9 in, 1 other, 10 total
Big 12 (7 bowls): 4 in, 3 others, 7 total
Big 10 (8 bowls): 7 in, 3 others, 10 total
CUSA (6 bowls): 4 in, 2 others, 6 total
Indies (1 bowl): 1 in, 0 others, 1 total
MAC (5 bowls): 4 in, 1 others, 5 total
MWC (7 bowls): 5 in, 1 other, 6 total
Pac 12 (7 bowls): 6 in, 1 other, 7 total
SEC (10 bowls): 8 in, 3 others, 11 total
Sun Belt (4 bowls): 3 in, 1 other, 4 total
In addition, Akron and Fiami are 5-6 and could get in by winning their last games.