November 23, 2008
What teams are bowl eligible?
Here's the complete rundown of bowl eligible teams, for games played through November 22, 2008. For the complete 2008-2009 bowl game schedule please check our guide to the college football bowl games.
Bowl slots available: 64
Teams eligible: 63
Teams on the bubble: 19
Teams not eligible: 38
BOWL ELIGIBLE
Air Force (8-4)
Alabama (11-0)
Arizona (6-5)
Ball State (11-0)
Boise State (11-0)
Boston College (8-3)
Buffalo (7-4)
BYU (10-2)
California (7-4)
Central Michigan (8-3)
x-Cincinnati (9-2)
Colorado State (6-6)
Connecticut (7-3)
East Carolina (7-4)
Florida (10-1)
y-Florida State (8-3)
Fresno State (6-5)
Georgia (9-2)
Georgia Tech (8-3)
Houston (7-4)
Iowa (8-4)
Kansas (6-5)
Kentucky (6-5)
LSU (7-4)
Louisiana Tech (7-4)
Maryland (7-4)
Miami, Fla. (7-4)
Michigan State (9-3)
Minnesota (7-5)
Mississippi (7-4)
Missouri (9-2)
Navy (6-4)
Nebraska (7-4)
Nevada (6-5)
North Carolina (7-4)
Northern Illinois (6-5)
Northwestern (9-3)
Notre Dame (6-5)
Ohio State (10-2)
Oklahoma (10-1)
Oklahoma State (9-2)
Oregon (8-3)
Oregon State (8-3)
Penn State (11-1)
Pittsburgh (7-3)
Rice (8-3)
Rutgers (6-5)
San Jose State (6-6)
South Carolina (7-4)
South Florida (6-4)
USC (9-1)
Texas (10-1)
Texas Tech (10-1)
TCU (10-2)
Troy (6-4)
Tulsa (9-2)
Utah (12-0)
Vanderbilt (6-5)
Virginia Tech (7-4)
Wake Forest (6-5)
West Virginia (7-3)
Western Michigan (9-2)
Wisconsin (7-5)
ON THE BUBBLE
Akron (5-6)
Arizona State (4-6)
Arkansas State (5-5)
Auburn (5-6)
Bowling Green (5-6)
y-Clemson (6-5)
Colorado (5-6)
Florida Atlantic (5-6)
Florida International (4-6)
x-Hawaii (6-5)
Louisiana-Lafayette (5-5)
Louisville (5-6)
Memphis (5-6)
Middle Tennessee (5-6)
North Carolina State (5-6)
Southern Miss (5-6)
UCLA (4-6)
UTEP (5-6)
Virginia (5-6)
NOT ELIGIBLE
Arkansas (4-7)
Army (3-8)
Baylor (4-7)
Central Florida (4-7)
Duke (4-7)
Eastern Michigan (2-9)
Idaho (2-10)
Illinois (5-7)
Indiana (3-9)
Iowa State (2-10)
Kansas State (5-7)
Kent State (3-8)
Louisiana-Monroe (4-8)
Marshall (4-7)
Miami of Ohio (2-9)
Michigan (3-9)
Mississippi State (4-7)
New Mexico (4-8)
New Mexico State (3-8)
North Texas (1-10)
Ohio (3-8)
Purdue (4-8)
San Diego State (2-10)
SMU (1-10)
Stanford (5-7)
Syracuse (2-9)
Temple (4-7)
Tennessee (4-7)
Texas A&M (4-7)
Toledo (3-8)
Tulane (2-9)
UAB (3-8)
UNLV (5-7)
Utah State (2-9)
Washington (0-11)
x-Washington State (2-10)
y-Western Kentucky (2-9)
Wyoming (4-8)
x-play 13-game regular season
y-won 2 games against FCS schools, must win 7 total games.
Note: A 6-6 team may be selected for participation in a bowl game if that team is a member of a conference with which the bowl organization has a contractual affiliation, and there is no other team in that conference with a winning record. If the conference with which the bowl is affiliated has no bowl eligible team, the bowl may invite a team with a 6-6 record from another conference only if there is no other team with a winning record available in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Any team playing 13 games, must win at least seven games to be bowl eligible.
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