Who's Going Bowling.....

[outrunner]

32 Bowls

64 Teams

Who’s going bowling…..

Clemson 7-1 (1st ACC)

Boston College 6-1 (2nd ACC)

Wake Forest 6-1 (3rd ACC)

Louisville 7-0 (T-1st BE)

Rutgers 7-0 (T-1st BE)

West Virginia (T-1st BE)

Pittsburgh 6-2 (4th BE)

Michigan 8-0 (1st Big10)

Ohio St. 8-0 (2nd Big10)

Wisconsin 7-1 (3rd Big10)

Texas 7-1 (1st Big12)

Missouri 7-1 (T-2nd Big12)

Texas A&M 7-1 (T-2nd Big12)

Nebraska 6-2 (4th Big12)

Southern Cal 6-0 (1st PAC10)

California 6-1 (2nd PAC10)

Arkansas 6-1 (1st SEC)

Auburn 7-1 (2nd SEC)

Florida 6-1 (3rd SEC)

Tennessee 6-1 (4th SEC)

Georgia 6-2 (5th SEC)

LSU 6-2 (6th SEC)

Tulsa 6-1 (1st CUSA)

Boise St. 8-0 (1st WAC)

Notre Dame 6-1 (IND)

25 qualified

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On the edge…..

Maryland 5-2

Georgia Tech 5-2

Miami 5-2

Virginia Tech 5-2

South Florida 5-2

Penn St. 5-3

Purdue 5-3

Iowa 5-3

Oklahoma 5-2

Texas Tech 5-3

Oregon 5-2

Washington St. 5-3

South Carolina 5-2

Alabama 5-3

Houston 5-3

Kent St. 5-2

Ohio 5-3

C. Michigan 5-3

W. Michigan 5-2

N. Illinois 5-3

Arkansas St. 5-2

Hawaii 5-2

[Guest]

I usually do a formal conference by conference breakdown... I will start this after next week.

Here is a 'summary' version:

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Bowl Analysis

"Eligible" = 6 wins

"Ineligible" = 7 losses

Big East conference - 6 Slots

Bowl Eligible: Pittsburgh, Louisville, Rutgers, West Virginia

Need 1 Win: South Florida

Need 2 Wins: NONE

Need 3 Wins: Connecticut, Syracuse, Cincinnati

Bowl Ineligible: NONE

Need 1 Loss: NONE

Need 2 Losses: Syracuse

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Atlantic Coast Conference - 8 Slots

Bowl Eligible: Clemson, Wake Forest, Boston College

Need 1 Win: Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami (FL), Virginia Tech

Need 2 Wins: Florida State

Need 3 Wins: NC State, Virginia

Bowl Ineligible: Duke

Need 1 Loss: North Carolina

Need 2 Losses: Virginia

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Big Ten Conference - 7 Slots

Bowl Eligible: Michigan, Ohio State, Wisconsin

Need 1 Win: Purdue, Iowa, Penn State

Need 2 Wins: Indiana, Michigan State

Need 3 Wins: Minnesota

Bowl Ineligible: NONE

Need 1 Loss: Illinois, Northwestern

Need 2 Losses: Minnesota

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Big Twelve Conference - 8 Slots

Bowl Eligible: Nebraska, Missouri, Texas, Texas A&M

Need 1 Win: Texas Tech, Oklahoma

Need 2 Wins: Kansas State, Oklahoma State,  Baylor

Need 3 Wins: Kansas, Iowa State

Bowl Ineligible: Colorado

Need 1 Loss: NONE

Need 2 Losses: Kansas, Iowa State

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Pacific Ten Conference - 6 Slots

Bowl Eligible: Southern Cal, California

Need 1 Win: Oregon, Washington State

Need 2 Wins: Oregon State, UCLA, Washington, Arizona State

Need 3 Wins: Arizona

Bowl Ineligible: Stanford

Need 1 Loss: NONE

Need 2 Losses: Arizona

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Southeastern Conference - 8 Slots

Bowl Eligible: LSU, Florida, Auburn, Tennessee, Georgia, Arkansas

Need 1 Win: Alabama, South Carolina

Need 2 Wins: NONE

Need 3 Wins: Kentucky, Vanderbilt

Bowl Ineligible: NONE

Need 1 Loss: Mississippi, Mississippi State

Need 2 Losses: Vanderbilt

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Conference USA - 5 Slots

Bowl Eligible: Tulsa

Need 1 Win: Houston

Need 2 Wins: Southern Mississippi, UTEP,  Southern Methodist

Need 3 Wins: Rice, East Carolina

Bowl Ineligible: NONE

Need 1 Loss: Memphis

Need 2 Losses: Alabama-Birmingham, Marshall, Rice, UCF, Tulane

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Mid-American Conference - 3 Slots

Bowl Eligible: NONE

Need 1 Win: Kent State, Ohio, Central Michigan, Western Michigan, Northern Illinois

Need 2 Wins: Bowling Green

Need 3 Wins: Akron

Bowl Ineligible: Miami (OH),

Need 1 Loss: Eastern Michigan, Buffalo, Ball State, Toldeo

Need 2 Losses: NONE

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Mountain West Conference - 4 Slots

Bowl Eligible: NONE

Need 1 Win: Brigham Young

Need 2 Wins: Utah, Colorado State, Wyoming, New Mexico, TCU

Need 3 Wins: Air Force

Bowl Ineligible: NONE

Need 1 Loss: UNLV

Need 2 Losses: San Diego State

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Western Athletic Confernece - 3 Slots

Bowl Eligible: Boise State

Need 1 Win: Hawaii

Need 2 Wins: Idaho, San Jose State, Nevada

Need 3 Wins:

Bowl Ineligible: Utah State

Need 1 Loss: Fresno State

Need 2 Losses: Louisiana Tech, New Mexico State

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Sun Belt - 1 Slot

Bowl Eligible: NONE

Need 1 Win: Arkansas State

Need 2 Wins: Louisiana-Lafayette, Middle Tennesee State

Need 3 Wins: NONE

Bowl Ineligible: Florida International

Need 1 Loss: Louisiana-Monroe

Need 2 Losses: Florida Atlantic, North Texas

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I-A Indepenents

Bowl Eligible: Notre Dame

Need 1 Win: Navy

Need 2 Wins: NONE

Need 3 Wins: Army

Bowl Ineligible: Temple

Need 1 Loss: NONE

Need 2 Losses: Army

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Potential Open Slots

(Other than the 4 BCS At-Large and Poinsettia Bowl At Large Slot)

Big East - 0-1 (Navy will take Meineke Slot, Might get 2 into the BCS)

ACC - None

Big Ten - 1-2 [Motor City & Insight] (May not have 7 eligible teams, might also get 2 into the BCS)

Big Twelve - None

Pac Ten - 0-1 [Hawaii] (Might get 2 into the BCS)

SEC - 0-1 [independence] (Might get 2 into the BCS)

C-USA - None

MAC - None

MWC - None

WAC - None

Sun Belt - None (Only 1 slot)

[outrunner]

Didn't know you did one. It's your's then.

[Guest]

Didn't know you did one. It's your's then.

No, no... we can both do one... whichever of us posts first, we'll use the same thread...

More heads make for better analysis...

:-) :-) :-)

[Joe]

Jim does an UNBELIEVABLE job. Not that yours wasn't great Outrunner.

Thanks to both of you.