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[QUOTE="arbitragegls, post: 309506, member: 302"]
Good points on AQ's.  So far their are 3 of 6 bowls with tie-ins: Rose (B1G/Pac 12; Champions (SEC/Big 12) and Orange (ACC and TBD but certainly in the Top 15)...
These three bowls will always have one of the teams from the conference contracted with unless in the four year cycle that bowl has the Semis.  Note that an ACC champion that is in the semis will play in the Orange if that year the Orange is hosting the semis.  If not, the ACC champion will go to one of the 3 other big bowls--GUARANTEED!
 
So there is really an AQ because the conference champs from the five conferences above will have a contracted bowl to go to.  That leaves 1 big bowl and the two semis for that year.  That leaves 7 open spots...for the semis (4 teams); other big bowl not contracted and the spot for team in the Orange Bowl...however if any one of the Top 5 conference champions take one of those semis spots, than the number of outstanding bids drops by one...this is because the 3 contract bowls will be conference oriented--Rose, Champions, and Orange so long as not a semi will have their contractual partners in the game.
 
The BE loses its AQ...so its champion which was typically selected by an BCS bowl will no longer have that status.  Boise St. for example if it wins the BE and is 10-2 and outside the Top 15 most likely would not go to one of the Top 6 bowls...
Lastly as indicated previously, these 6 bowls are not sharing with the NCAA but only with teams and conferences...so a major share that went to fund the NCAA is going away.
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