Got to thinking about how realignment might affect the bowl situation for some of the conferences undergoing realignment, and in turn those conferences not shifting teams.  I put together the following chart.  The teams in italics are bowl eligible teams from last season that have changed conferences this year.  I put asterisks next to UNC and MiamiF because their status is in question.  I think UNC will likely be cleared for post-season; not sure about MiamiF.  I also don't know whether the Big Leftover will still have six tie-ins or if some of their contracts might be voided by the team shifting.  Interestingly, ND doesn't have a tie-in yet this season because of their affiliation switch to the ACC.  The ACC and the MWC picked up bowl eligible teams while the Big Leftover and CUSA didn't improve.  Of course, the WAC took the ultimate hit.

Conference	Bids	Bowl eligible teams from 2012
ACC	8	8-10: FSU, Clemson, NC State, Ga Tech, Va Tech, Duke, UNC*, MiamiF*, Syracuse, Pitt
Big 12	7	9: K-St, Ok, OkSt, Texas, Baylor, Tx Tech, TCU, WVU, Iowa St
Big Leftover	6(?)	5: L’ville, Cincy, Rutgers, UCF, SMU
Big Ten	8	8: Neb, Mich, MSU, NW, Minn, Wis, Purdue, O$U
CUSA	6	5: Tulsa, Rice, La Tech, MTSU, UTSA
MAC	3	7: Ohio, Kent, BG, NIU, BSU, Toledo, CMU
MWC	5	7: Boise, Fresno, SDSU, AFA, Nev, SJSU, Utah St.
Pac 12	7	8: Stan, Ore, Ore St, Wash, UCLA, USC, Az St, Az
SEC	10	9: Ga, Fla, S. Car., Vandy, Bama, LSU, Tx AM, Miss St, Ole Miss
Sun Belt	2	4: Ark St, La Laf, La Mon, WKU
WAC	1	None (the conference has disbanded)
Indies	3	3: ND, BYU, Navy
BCS at large	4

 

I probably should footnote the chart because the WAC is gone for next year.  Its only opening was the Tater Bowl.