Good article listing the bowl teams who can make it still
He is off as Air Force played 2 FCS schools so it is 66 in counting the two winners between 5 win teams. EDIT: I corrected his ariticle for our use.
http://blogs.wvgazette.com/dougsmock/2011/11/21/national-bowl-picture-67-in-15-alive/
National bowl picture: 67 66 in, 15 16 alive
November 21, 2011 by Doug Smock
Here, I count Saturday’s
East Carolina/Marshall knockout winner as bowl-eligible. 5-5 Syracuse and 5-5 Pitt have 2 games left,
one against each other on Dec. 3, so I am counting one there. (Pitt and Syracuse both may qualify, though)
Looking at schedules, I don’t see a shortage of bowl-eligible teams. My gut hunch is 72 or 73 for 70 spots.
I will not consider the possibility of Marshall going 6-7, and may not include that in any story this week. Southern Miss will spank Memphis sill, and take the East Division.
Technically, there are 16 teams still alive, but the MU/ECU loser will be eliminated so I am listing the total at 15.
I’m also tallying those who have qualified with 6 wins. That won’t come into play in Conference USA and other leagues, but somebody somewhere will be left out in the at-large jockeying. Eastern Michigan and North Carolina State have 6 wins, but played 2 Cheesecake Subdivison teams.
There are 26 teams eligible with 6 wins, a number which may shrink. Again, I include the MU/ECU winner.
In case you want to wade through this:
ACC (8 in, 4 with 6 wins, 1 alive)
In: Clemson, Fla State, Va Tech, Virginia, Ga Tech.
In with 6: North Carolina, Miami, WF
Alive: NC State at 6-5 (played 2 FCS, plays Maryland)
Big East (5 will be in, 1 with 6 wins, 4 alive)
In: Cincy, Rutgers, WVU
In with 6: Louisville
Alive: Pitt 5-5, UConn 4-6, USF 5-5, Syracuse 5-5 (Pitt and/or Syracuse will be in)
Pitt plays WVU, Cuse
UConn plays Rutgers, Cincy
USF plays Louisville, WVU
Syracuse plays Cincy, Pitt
Big 12 (8 in, 4 with 6, 1 alive) In: Ok St, Okla, K State, Baylor
In with 6: Texas, Iowa St, TxA&M, Mizzou
Alive: Tx Tech 5-6 (plays Baylor)
Big 10 (9 in, 3 with 6, 1 alive)
In: Mich St, Mich, Nebraska, Penn St., Wisconsin, Iowa
In with 6: Ohio St., Illinois, NW
Alive: Purdue 5-6 (plays Indiana)
C-USA (5 will be in, 2 will have 6, 1 more alive)
In: Southern Miss, Houston, Tulsa
In with 6: SMU, ECU/Marshall winner
Alive: UTEP 5-6, Marshall 5-6, ECU 5-6
UTEP plays UCF
ECU plays Marshall
MAC (6 in, 3 with 6, 2 alive)
In: Ohio, NIU, Toledo, TempleIn with 6: EMU, Ball St, WMU
Alive:
EMU (6-5, played 2 FCS, plays NIU), Kent St 5-6 (plays Temple)
MWC (5 in, 1 with 6, 1 alive)
In: TCU, Boise, Wyoming
In with 6: San Diego St,
Alive:
Air Force (6 wins but played two FCS teams, plays at Colo St.)
Pac-12 (7 in, 4 with 6, 0 alive)
In: Oregon, Stanford, Utah
In with 6: Wash, Cali, Az St, UCLA
Ineligible: USC
Alive: No more teams
SEC (7 in, 1 with 6, 3 alive)
In: Georgia, SC, LSU, Bama, Ark, Auburn
In with 6: Florida
Alive: Vandy 5-6, Miss St 5-6, Tenn 5-6
Vandy plays Wake Forest
Miss St plays Ole Miss
Tennessee plays Kentucky
Sun Belt: (4 in, 1 with 6, 0 alive)
In: Ark St (Mobile), UL-L, FIU
In with 6: Wky
Alive: No more teams
WAC (2 in, 1 with 6, 2 alive)
In: La Tech
In with 6: Nevada
Alive: Hawaii* (5-6), Utah State (5-5)* — plays 13 games, must win 7
Hawaii plays Tulane, BYU
Utah St plays Nevada, NM State
Independents (2 in, 0 alive)
In: BYU (Fort Worth), Notre Dame
Alive: no more
