There will not be any 5-7 teams reaching a bowl this season. And having too many bowl eligible teams also makes for nervous waiting for some 6-6 teams in the lower level conferences. At the moment we are projecting Wyoming, Miami (OH) and Louisiana-Monroe to miss out. But of course the individual bowls may have drastically different ideas. The teams without conference affiliation also have reason for concern. Army is currently 9-2, but could miss out due to secondary bowl affiliations. That will partly depend on who the selection committee picks for the major bowls and then it will trickle down from there.
American: Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis, South Florida, Temple, Tulane, UCF
ACC: Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Virginia, Wake Forest
Big 12: Baylor, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, West Virginia
Big Ten: Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin
C-USA: Florida International, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Southern Miss, UAB
Independent: Army, BYU, Notre Dame
MAC: Buffalo, Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan
MWC: Boise State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, San Diego State, Utah State
Pac-12: Arizona State, California, Oregon, Stanford, Utah, Washington, Washington State
SEC: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
Sun Belt: Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Louisiana, Troy
