The ACC Leads the Way with 10 Bowl Eligible Teams

Bowl Eligible Teams (through games of 12-06-08)

The ACC leads all conferences with 10 bowl eligible teams, while the SEC is second with eight. The Big Ten and Big 12 each have seven bowl eligible squads, while Conference USA now has six teams that have qualified due to wins by Memphis and Southern Miss on the final Saturday of the regular season. There are currently 72 eligible teams with four others alive that need a win in their final game.

Sixty-eight teams are needed to fill the expanded bowl game roster for 2008-09.

1.    Air Force     8-4
2.    Alabama    12-1
3.    Arizona    6-5
4.    Ball State    12-1
5.    Boise State    12-0
6.    Boston College    9-4
7.    Bowling Green    6-6
8.    Brigham Young    10-2
9.    Buffalo    8-5
10.    California    8-4
11.    Central Michigan    8-4
12.    Cincinnati    11-2
13.    Colorado State     6-6
14.    Connecticut    7-5
15.    East Carolina      9-4
16.    Florida    12-1
17.    Florida State    8-4
18.    Fresno State    7-5
19.    Georgia    9-3
20.    Georgia Tech    9-3
21.    Houston     7-5
22.    Iowa     8-4
23.    Kansas     7-5
24.    Kentucky    6-6
25.    Louisiana Tech    7-5
26.    LSU    7-5
27.    Maryland     7-5
28.    Miami     7-5
29.    Michigan State    9-3
30.    Minnesota     7-5
31.    Missouri     9-4   
32.    Navy    8-4
33.    Nebraska     8-4
34.    Nevada     7-5
35.    North Carolina     8-4
36.    Northern Illinois    6-6
37.    Northwestern    9-3
38.    Notre Dame    6-6
39.    Ohio State    10-2
40.    Oklahoma    12-1
41.    Oklahoma State    9-3
42.    Ole Miss    8-4
43.    Oregon    9-3
44.    Oregon State     8-4
45.    Penn State    11-1
46.    Pittsburgh    9-3
47.    Rice    9-3
48.    Rutgers    7-5
49.    San Jose State    6-6
50.    South Carolina    7-5
51.    South Florida     7-5
52.    TCU    10-2
53.    Texas     11-1
54.    Texas Tech    11-1
55.    Troy    8-4
56.    Tulsa    10-3
57.    USC    11-1
58.    Utah    12-0
59.    Vanderbilt    6-6
60.    Virginia Tech     9-4
61.    Wake Forest    7-5
62.    West Virginia    8-4
63.    Western Michigan    9-3
64.    Wisconsin     7-5
65.    Clemson       7-5
66.    N.C. State    6-6
67.    Arkansas State    6-6
68.    Florida Atlantic     6-6
69.    Hawaii     7-5
70.    Southern Miss    6-6
71.    Memphis    6-6
72.    Louisiana-Lafayette   6-6

ACC 
Bowl Projections

Dec. 20
EagleBank Bowl
Maryland vs. Navy

Dec. 27 
Meineke Car Care 
North Carolina vs. Pittsburgh

Dec. 27 
Champs Sports 
Florida St. vs. Minnesota

Dec. 27 
Emerald 
Miami vs. Fresno State

Dec. 30 
Roady’s Humanitarian 
N.C. State vs. Nevada

Jan. 1
Konica Minolta Gator
Clemson vs. Nebraska

Conference USA
Bowl Projections

Dec. 20 
St. Petersburg 
South Florida vs. Wake Forest

Dec. 21 
R+L Carriers New Orleans 
Southern Miss vs. Troy

Dec. 30 
Texas 
Louisiana Tech (R) vs. Rice

Dec. 31 
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Air Force vs. East Carolina

Jan. 6
GMAC 
Houston vs. Western Michigan

SEC 
Bowl Projections

Dec. 28 
PetroSun Independence 
San Jose State (R) vs. Kansas

Dec. 29 
Papajohns.com 
Central Michigan (R) vs. Memphis

Dec. 31 
Gaylord Hotels Music City 
Vanderbilt vs. BC/Va. Tech

Dec. 31 
Chick-fil-A 
LSU vs. Georgia Tech

Jan. 1 
Outback 
South Carolina vs. Iowa

Jan. 1 
Capital One 
Georgia vs. Michigan State

Jan. 2 
AT&T Cotton 
Ole Miss vs. Texas Tech

Jan. 2
AutoZone Liberty 
Kentucky vs. Tulsa

BCS
Bowl Games

Jan. 1 
Rose presented by Citi
USC vs. Penn State

Jan. 1
FedEx Orange
BC/Va. Tech vs. Ohio State

Jan. 2
Allstate Sugar
Cincinnati vs. Florida/Alabama

Jan. 5 
Tostitos Fiesta
Utah vs. Oklahoma/Texas

Jan. 8
FedEx BCS National Championship 
Florida/Alabama vs. Oklahoma/Texas

(R) replaced team with conference affiliation