Talk:Bowl eligibility

Revise to current rule
Can we remove the whole first part about having to have 7 wins to the end or something and make the article start off with the CURRENT rule as it is now and then at the end put a section for earlier bowl eligibility rules? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.196.150.133 (talk) 02:38, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Bowl Ineligible? No thanks
I deleted all "bowl ineligible" teams once, and someone keeps putting them up there. Please stop this at once. NoseNuggets (talk) 9:16 AM US EST Nov 21 2007.
 * Once again, I am asking to have team bowl ineligible NOT listed. If this keeps up, I will have no choice but to ask to have this semi-protected for non-registered users. NoseNuggets (talk) 5:26 PM US EST Nov 23 2007.

Isn't Lousivlle and Nevada, both at 5-6, also in the same situation as Arizona, they become "Bowl Eligible" with a win? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dletter (talk • contribs) 21:21, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Why are bowl results here?
The purpose of this article is not to list bowl results. They can be found in 2007-08 NCAA football bowl games. Fbdave (talk) 22:01, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Random Talk
I'm pretty sure Georgia Tech isn't bowl eligible, the have 6 wins but two of them were FCS opponents. Whoever edits this stuff should probably just go to ESPN.com and copy the bowl eligible teams from their standings page so they don't make mistakes like this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cb2292 (talk • contribs) 13:50, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Name change
I believe this article should be moved to "Bowl eligibility". The current title is an adjective (which doesn't really make sense for an encyclopedia article) whereas the recommended title is a noun. Any other opinions? Strikehold (talk) 20:09, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Removed 2008 info
I removed the text related to the 2008 bowl eligible teams from the article. In my opinion, it doesn't really belong here as this article should be about the general concept, not yearly information. That is better included at 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season and/or 2008–09 NCAA football bowl games. I think the below info is all pretty much covered there, but just in case, I've copied it below. Strikehold (talk) 06:14, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Would it be useful to include a section at the end of this article that lists the number of bowl eligible teams in a given year? This could be done in a table with a row for every year. Music+mas (talk) 00:23, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Sure, I think that'd be a good idea, as long as there is a reliable source listing which teams were bowl eligible for each given year. I'm not sure how far that could go back though, as I'm not sure how old the concept of being "bowl eligible" really is. Back when there were far fewer bowls and they had more prestige, if I'm not mistaken, it was simply a matter of picking the "best" teams to participate. Strikehold (talk) 01:06, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

2008 bowl eligible teams
Footnote number represents season victory total • Current total number of bowl eligible teams: 72

ACC (Nine bowl slots)
 * 1) Boston College 9 (ACC Atlantic Division Champions; Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl)
 * 2) Clemson 7 (Konica Minolta Gator Bowl)
 * 3) Florida State 8 (Champs Sports Bowl)
 * 4) Georgia Tech 9 (Chick-fil-A Bowl)
 * 5) Maryland 7 (Roady's Humanitarian Bowl)
 * 6) Miami (FL) 7 (Emerald Bowl)
 * 7) North Carolina 8 (Meineke Car Care Bowl)
 * 8) North Carolina State 6 (PapaJohns.com Bowl)
 * 9) Virginia Tech 9 (ACC Coastal Division Champions; ACC Champions; FedEx Orange Bowl)
 * 10) Wake Forest 7 (won EagleBank Bowl)

Big East (Six bowl slots)
 * 1) Cincinnati 10 (Big East Champions; FedEx Orange Bowl)
 * 2) Connecticut 7 (International Bowl)
 * 3) Pittsburgh 9 (Brut Sun Bowl)
 * 4) Rutgers 7 (PapaJohns.com Bowl)
 * 5) South Florida 7 (Won magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl)
 * 6) West Virginia 8 (Meineke Car Care Bowl)

Big Ten (Seven guaranteed bowl slots)
 * 1) Iowa 8 (Outback Bowl)
 * 2) Michigan State 9 (Capital One Bowl)
 * 3) Minnesota 7 (Insight Bowl)
 * 4) Northwestern 9 (Valero Energy Alamo Bowl)
 * 5) Ohio State 10 (Big Ten Co-Champions; Tostitos Fiesta Bowl)
 * 6) Penn State 11 (Big Ten Co-Champions; Rose Bowl)
 * 7) Wisconsin 7 (Champs Sports Bowl)

Big 12 (Eight bowl slots)
 * 1) Kansas 7 (Insight Bowl)
 * 2) Missouri 9 (Big 12 North Champions; Valero Energy Alamo Bowl)
 * 3) Nebraska 8 (Konica Minolta Gator Bowl)
 * 4) Oklahoma 12 (Big 12 South Division Co-Champions, Big 12 Champions; BCS National Championship Game)
 * 5) Oklahoma State 9 (Pacific Life Holiday Bowl)
 * 6) Texas 11 (Big 12 South Division Co-Champions; Tostitos Fiesta Bowl)
 * 7) Texas Tech 11 (Big 12 South Division Co-Champions; AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic)

Conference USA (Six guaranteed bowl slots)
 * 1) East Carolina 9 (C-USA East Champions; C-USA Champions; AutoZone Liberty Bowl)
 * 2) Houston 7 (Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl)
 * 3) Memphis 6 (Lost magicJack St. Petersburg Bowl)
 * 4) Rice 9 (Texas Bowl)
 * 5) Southern Miss 6 (Won R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl)
 * 6) Tulsa 10 (C-USA West Champions; GMAC Bowl)

MAC (Up to four bowl slots)
 * 1) Ball State 12 (MAC West Champions; GMAC Bowl)
 * 2) Bowling Green 6 (Uninvited)
 * 3) Buffalo 8 (MAC East Champions; MAC Champions; International Bowl)
 * 4) Central Michigan 8 (Motor City Bowl)
 * 5) Northern Illinois 6 (Independence Bowl)
 * 6) Western Michigan 9 (Texas Bowl)

Mountain West (Four guaranteed bowl slots, one more available because Utah received automatic bid to BCS Bowl)
 * 1) Air Force 8 (Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl)
 * 2) BYU 10 (Lost Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl)
 * 3) Colorado State 6 (Lost New Mexico Bowl)
 * 4) TCU 10 (SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl)
 * 5) Utah 12 (MWC Conference Champion; Allstate Sugar Bowl)

Pac-10 (Seven bowl slots)
 * 1) Arizona 7 (Won Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl)
 * 2) California 8 (Emerald Bowl)
 * 3) Oregon 9 (Pacific Life Holiday Bowl)
 * 4) Oregon State 8 (Brut Sun Bowl)
 * 5) Southern California 11 (Pac-10 champions; Rose Bowl)

SEC (Nine bowl slots)
 * 1) Alabama 12 (SEC West Champions; Allstate Sugar Bowl)
 * 2) Florida 12 (SEC East Champions; SEC Champions; BCS National Championship Game)
 * 3) Georgia 9 (Capital One Bowl)
 * 4) Kentucky 6 (AutoZone Liberty Bowl)
 * 5) LSU 7 (Chick-fil-A Bowl)
 * 6) Mississippi 8 (AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic)
 * 7) South Carolina 7 (Outback Bowl)
 * 8) Vanderbilt 6 (Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl)

Sun Belt (One guaranteed slot, two more available in the Papajohns.com & Independence Bowls because the SEC can't fulfill all of its contracted bowl berths)
 * 1) Arkansas State 6 (Uninvited)
 * 2) Florida Atlantic 6 (Motor City Bowl)
 * 3) Louisiana-Lafayette 6 (Uninvited)
 * 4) Troy 8 (Sun Belt Champions; Lost R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl)

WAC (Three guaranteed bowl slots; one more available in the Poinsettia Bowl because the Pac-10 cannot fill all of its contracted bowl berths)
 * 1) Boise State 12 (WAC Conference Champion; SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl)
 * 2) Fresno State 7 (Won New Mexico Bowl)
 * 3) Hawaii 7 (Lost Sheraton Hawaii Bowl)
 * 4) Louisiana Tech 7 (Independence Bowl)
 * 5) Nevada 7 (Roady's Humanitarian Bowl)
 * 6) San José State 6 (Uninvited)

Independents Notes:
 * 1) Navy 8 (Lost EagleBank Bowl)
 * 2) Notre Dame 6 (Won Sheraton Hawaii Bowl)
 * Utah became the first team to become provisionally bowl eligible after their 31-28 win over Oregon State on October 2, the earliest time any team has secured bowl eligibility.
 * Michigan saw their streak of consecutive bowl game appearances end at 33 when they lost to Purdue 48-41 on November 1.

Not ENOUGH "Bowl Eligible" teams?
The article talks about that (frequently), there are more "bowl eligible" teams than bowl slots. However, this year there might only be 71 eligible teams (and considering ND is bowing out, only 70 teams wanting to play). Given 2 more bowl games next year, there would be 72 slots. Does anyone know what the policy is for these bowls to invite truly "non-eligible teams".

There is the "Conference champ" exception, but, that doesn't apply to anyone here. Also, there appears to be a loophole to allow the NCAA to let teams count more than 1 win against a "FCS" school to count. That might help them get another team or two up to 6 "eligible" wins, but, it might not.

Unless I am missing something, I don't see any "loopholes" directly that would allow a 5-7 team in. I guess ultimately, if someone has info on this type of situation and what would happen, it would be a good addition to the article I think. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dletter (talk • contribs) 03:48, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

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