Bowl eligible teams and conference tie-ins

[lcitsh]

Here's a breakdown of bowl eligible teams by conference and each conference bowl tie-in:

American Athletic Conference - 7 teams, 8 tie-ins
Memphis 11-1
Cincinnati 10-2
Southern Methodist 10-2
Navy 9-2
Central Florida 9-3
Temple 8-4
Tulane 6-6

Birmingham Bowl versus SEC
Gasparilla Bowl versus Conference USA
Frisco Bowl versus an At-Large (BYU, CUSA, MAC, or MWC)
Military Bowl versus ACC
Hawaii Bowl versus BYU or Mountain West
Boca Raton Bowl versus MAC
Cure Bowl versus Sun Belt
Servpro First Responder Bowl versus Big 12 #7

Atlantic Coast Conference - 11 teams, 9/10 tie-ins; Notre Dame is considered an ACC team for bowl selection purposes if they are not in a New Year's 6 bowl
Clemson - 12-0
Notre Dame 10-2
Virginia 9-3
Virginia Tech 8-4
Wake Forest 8-4
Louisville 7-5
Pittsburgh 7-5
Boston College 6-6
Florida State 6-6
Miami 6-6
North Carolina 6-6

#1 College Football Playoff. ACC Champion (if not selected for the playoff) goes to Orange Bowl
#2 Camping World Bowl versus Big 12
Tier #1 (selections made with schools, bowls, and conference office)

Music City Bowl or the Gator Bowl versus SEC. From 2014–19, the Music City and Gator will each get ACC team three times. Gator has ACC priority this year, if both bowls desire ACC team, after Music City used ACC in 2014 and 2015.
Belk Bowl versus SEC
Hyundai Sun versus Pac-12 #5
New Era Pinstripe Bowl versus Big Ten
Tier #2 (in selection order)

#7 Military Bowl versus the American Athletic
#8 Independence Bowl versus SEC #9
#9 Quick Lane Bowl versus Big Ten

Big 12 - 6 teams, 7/8 tie-ins
Baylor 11-1
Oklahoma 11-1
Kansas State 8-4
Oklahoma State 8-4
Iowa State 7-5
Texas 7-5

#1 College Football Playoff. Champion goes to Sugar Bowl if not selected for playoffs. The Sugar Bowl gets filled by a Big 12 team if champion is in the playoffs
#2 Alamo Bowl versus Pac-12 #2.
#3 Camping World Bowl versus ACC #2.
#4 Texas Bowl versus SEC.
#5 Liberty Bowl versus AAC.
#6 Cheez-It Bowl versus Pac-12 #7.
#7 Servpro First Responder Bowl versus the American Athletic

Big 10 - 9 teams, 10/11 tie-ins
Ohio State 12-0
Minnesota 10-2
Penn State 10-2
Wisconsin 10-2
Iowa 9-3
Michigan 9-3
Indiana 8-4
Illinois 6-6
Michigan State 6-6

#1 College Football Playoff. Champion goes to Rose Bowl if not selected for playoffs. The Rose Bowl gets filled by a Big Ten team if champion is in the playoffs
Citrus Bowl versus SEC
Outback Bowl versus SEC
Holiday Bowl versus Pac-12
Music City Bowl or the Gator Bowl versus SEC. From 2014–19, the Music City and Gator will each get Big Ten team three times. No Big Ten will appear in either bowl more than once each.
Pinstripe Bowl versus ACC
Redbox Bowl versus Pac-12
Quick Lane Bowl versus ACC
First Responder Bowl versus Conference USA
Armed Forces Bowl versus Mountain West

Conference USA - 8 teams, 7 tie-ins, up to 9 possible
Alabama-Birmingham 9-3
Florida Atlantic 9-3
Louisiana Tech 9-3
Marshall 8-4
Western Kentucky 8-4
Charlotte 7-5
Southern Mississippi 7-5
Florida International 6-6

Bahamas Bowl versus MAC
Frisco Bowl as an At-Large among BYU, Mountain West, or MAC versus the American Athletic
New Mexico Bowl versus Mountain West
New Orleans Bowl versus Sun Belt
Gasparilla Bowl versus the American Athletic
Hawaii Bowl versus Mountain West/BYU
First Responder Bowl versus Big Ten
As secondary if the listed conferences cannot provide a bowl-eligible team

Boca Raton Bowl versus the American Athletic or MAC
Independence Bowl versus ACC or SEC

Independents - 2 teams, 1 tie-in; Brigham Young has the tie-in to Hawaii Bowl
Brigham Young 7-5
Liberty 7-5

Mid-American Conference - 8 teams, 5 tie-ins; The division winners are guaranteed a bowl berth.
Central Michigan 8-4
Miami, Ohio 7-5
Buffalo 7-5
Western Michigan 7-5
Eastern Michigan 6-6
Kent State 6-6
Ohio 6-6
Toledo 6-6

LendingTree Bowl (traditionally conference champion, if not Group of Five team) versus Sun Belt
Camellia Bowl versus Sun Belt
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl versus Mountain West
Frisco Bowl as an At-Large among BYU, Mountain West, or Conference USA versus the American Athletic
Bahamas Bowl versus Conference USA

Mountain West Conference - 7 teams, 6 tie-ins, up to 8 possible
Boise State 11-1
Hawaii 9-4
Air Force 10-2
San Diego State 9-3
Nevada 7-5
Utah state 7-5
Wyoming 7-5

#1 Las Vegas Bowl versus Pac-12
Tier 1: (Next 3 bowls selected based on matchup, geography and history)

New Mexico Bowl versus Conference USA
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl versus MAC
Hawaii Bowl versus Conference USA
Tier 2:

#4 Arizona Bowl versus Sun Belt
#5 Frisco Bowl as an At-Large among BYU, Conference USA, or MAC versus the American Athletic
As secondary if the listed conferences cannot provide a bowl-eligible team

Cheez-It Bowl versus Big 12 or Pac-12
Redbox Bowl versus Big Ten or Pac-12

PAC 12 Conference - 7 teams, 7/8 tie-ins
Utah 11-1
Oregon 10-2
Southern California 8-4
Arizona State 7-5
California 7-5
Washington 7-5
Washington State 6-6

#1 College Football Playoff. Champion goes to Rose Bowl if not selected for playoffs. The Rose Bowl gets filled by a Pac-12 team if champion is in the playoffs
#2 The Alamo Bowl versus Big 12 #2
#3 The Holiday Bowl versus Big Ten.
#4 The Redbox Bowl versus Big Ten.
#5 The Sun Bowl versus ACC.
#6 The Las Vegas Bowl versus Mountain West.
#7 The Cheez-It Bowl versus Big 12 #6

Southeastern Conference - 10 teams, 11 tie-ins
Louisiana State 12-0
Georgia 11-1
Alabama 10-2
Florida 10-2
Auburn 9-3
Kentucky 7-5
Tennessee 7-5
Texas A&M 7-5
Mississippi State 6-6
Missouri 6-6

#1 College Football Playoff. Automatic berth to one of the New Year's Six bowl games. If the champion is already going to the playoffs, the number two team will play in the Sugar Bowl.
#2 Citrus Bowl versus Big Ten
Tier #1: Conference, in consultation with bowls and schools, assign teams to the following six bowls:

Outback Bowl versus Big Ten
Gator Bowl versus ACC or Big Ten
Music City Bowl versus ACC or Big Ten
Texas Bowl versus Big 12
Belk Bowl versus ACC
Liberty Bowl versus Big 12
Tier #2

#9 Birmingham Bowl versus the American Athletic
#10 Independence Bowl versus ACC

Sun Belt Conference - 5 teams, 5 tie-ins
Appalachian State 11-1
Louisiana 10-2
Arkansas State 7-5
Georgia Southern 7-5
Georgia State 7-5

#1 New Orleans Bowl versus Conference USA
#2 LendingTree Bowl versus MAC
#3 Camellia Bowl versus MAC
#4 Cure Bowl versus the American Athletic
#5 Arizona Bowl versus Mountain West

78 bowl slots, 80 eligible teams. Army was the last team with a chance to qualify, but had to beat Hawaii last night then Navy. They lost to Hawaii.

[RaginDave]

Missouri is not bowl eligible as they have a bowl ban this year. You also might see Army get bowl eligible with 6 wins next week, if they were to beat Navy.

[lcitsh]

Missouri is not bowl eligible as they have a bowl ban this year. You also might see Army get bowl eligible with 6 wins next week, if they were to beat Navy.

Forgot that Missouri's appeal was denied.

Army played 2 FCS teams, which is why they had to get to 7 wins.

[talktomewillis]

79 is the correct number.

I'm thinking one of the MAC schools is odd man out. I'm going with Kent State.

[Jacob81]

79 is the correct number.

I'm thinking one of the MAC schools is odd man out. I'm going with Kent State.

I’ll go with eastern Michigan. Kent state went 5-3 in conf emu went 3-5.

[31Ragin97]

Forgot that Missouri's appeal was denied.

Army played 2 FCS teams, which is why they had to get to 7 wins.

teams that play at hawaii are allowed a 13th game. teams with 13 games also have to win 7.

they almost double dipped, lol

[Jacob81]

Unless there’s a bowl in Ypsilanti Michigan I don’t know about. Like “the numb nuts bowl”

[ZoomZoom]

It is nice to see the SBC teams at 7-5 or better. Nobody sitting home.

[SMD7636]

I have a few questions regarding SBC bowl selections.

Does the conference decide bowl locations?

Does the individual bowl choose the desired schools based on conference tie ins?

Does the SBC championship runner up get to choose its bowl location after the champion goes to New Orleans?

[Big Buds]

I have a few questions regarding SBC bowl selections.

Does the conference decide bowl locations?

Does the individual bowl choose the desired schools based on conference tie ins?

Does the SBC championship runner up get to choose its bowl location after the champion goes to New Orleans?

Great question! Outside of NOLA I would like to be in Arizona.

[Rainman66]

I have a few questions regarding SBC bowl selections.

Does the conference decide bowl locations?

Does the individual bowl choose the desired schools based on conference tie ins?

Does the SBC championship runner up get to choose its bowl location after the champion goes to New Orleans?

1st place goes to NOLA, other than that, the Bowls invite the teams based upon who they think can make them the most money. For the most part, teams don't choose from a list of bowls.

[RileyPaul43]

1st place goes to NOLA, other than that, the Bowls invite the teams based upon who they think can make them the most money. For the most part, teams don't choose from a list of bowls.

I want LaTech in the NOLA bowl

[Grantvb]

I want LaTech in the NOLA bowl

Yep

[Big Buds]

I want LaTech in the NOLA bowl

Without question

[lcitsh]

79 is the correct number.

I'm thinking one of the MAC schools is odd man out. I'm going with Kent State.

Do you think someone is ready to give Liberty a chance?