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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeXtreme, post: 1803285, member: 41"] [I]All bowl-eligible teams with 6-6 records must be chosen for a bowl game before any teams with a 5-7 record can be considered, a rule the NCAA's Division I Council implemented on Wednesday for the 2016-17 season. The decision comes following a season in which only 77 teams were eligible for the 80 bowl slots. Three 5-7 teams were granted waivers to play in bowl games because of their APR scores, and all of them -- Nebraska, Minnesota and San Jose State -- won. Now, only after all bowl-eligible teams are selected can teams with 5-7 records be considered, and their eligibility will again be determined by the highest, most-recent multiyear APR scores. Those teams will then select the bowl in which they will participate... [/I] [B][URL="http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/16617021/ncaa-division-council-no-5-7-teams-bowls-6-6-teams-picked"]Council: No 5-7 teams in bowls until 6-6s picked[/URL] (ESPN)[/B] [/QUOTE]