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Conference Bowl discussion, TAKE TWO Also see this page, for dates and times. Lets keep it clean, and don’t feed the trolls, no matter which bridge they have crawled out from under.

ACC: 8 Bowl Slots, Plus 1 BCS slot

Eligible: 8 – Florida State, Wake Forest, Maryland, Boston College, North Carolina, Virgina Tech, Miami (FL), Georgia Tech
Needs 1 win: 1 – Virginia
Needs 2 wins: 2- Clemson, Duke
Needs 3 wins: 1- North Carolina State
Eliminated: NONE

Projected: +1. Any number from 8-12 is possible. They will likely have 9 or 10 eligible teams, possibly giving them and extra eligible team.

Big 10: 6 Slots, plus 1 BCS slot
Eligible: 6- Michigan State, Penn State, Ohio State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Iowa
Needs 1 win: 2- Wisconsin, Illinois
Eliminated: 3- Michigan, Indiana, Purdue

Projected: -1. Any number from 6-8 is possible. They will likely have 7 or 8 eligible teams, but could place a second team in a BCS bowl.

Big 12: 7 Slots, plus 2 BCS slots

Eligible: 7 – Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas Tech, Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State
Needs 1 win: 1 – Colorado
Needs 2 wins: 2 – Kansas State and Texas A&M
Eliminated: 2 – Iowa State, Baylor

Projected: -2. Any number from 7-10 is possible. Colorado would be fortunate to get the win. They will likely have 7-8 eligible teams, leaving them short two slots if they are able to send two teams to a BCS bowl.

Big East + Notre Dame: 5 Slots, plus 1 BCS slot

Eligible: 5 – Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, West Virginia, Connecticut, South Florida
Needs 1 win: 2 – Notre Dame, Louisville
Needs 2 wins: 1 – Rutgers
Eliminated: 1 – Syrause

Projected: +1. Any number from 5-8 is possible. They will likely have 7-8 teams eligible, giving them an extra bowl eligible team or two.

C-USA: 6 Slots

Eligible: 3 – East Carolina, Tulsa, Rice
Needs 1 win: 2 – Memphis, Houston
Needs 2 wins: 3 – Marshall, S. Miss, UTEP
Eliminated: 4 – UAB, UCF, Tulane, SMU

Projected: -1. Any number from 3-8 is possible. They will likely have 5-6 teams eligible, possibly leaving them short a slot.

MAC: 3 Slots

Eligible: 3 – Ball State, C. Michigan, W. Michigan
Needs 1 win: 4 – Akron, Buffalo, Bowling Green, N. Illinois
Needs 3 wins: 1 – Temple
Eliminated: 5 – Miami (OH), Kent State, Ohio, Toledo, E. Michigan

Projected: +4. Any number from 4-7 is possible. They will likely have 6-7 teams eligible leaving them an extra 3 or 4 eligible teams.

MWC: 4 Slots

Eligible: 4- Utah, TCU, BYU, Air Force
Needs 2 wins: 3 – Colorado State, UNLV, Wyoming
Eliminated: 2 – New Mexico, SDSU

Projected: +0. Any number from 4-6 is possible. They will likely have 4-5 teams eligible and could send one to the BCS, leaving them anywhere from one short to one over.

Navy / Independent: 1 Slot

Eligible: 1 – Navy

Projected: +0.

PAC 10: 6 Slots, plus 1 BCS slot

Eligible: 5 – USC, Oregon State, Oregon, Arizona, California
Needs 1 win: 1 – Stanford
Needs 3 wins: 2 – UCLA, Arizona State
Eliminated: 2 – Washington, Washington State

Projected: -2.

SEC: 8 Slots, plus 2 BCS slots

Eligible: 6 – Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, LSU
Needs 1 win: 3 – Vanderbilt, Mississippi, Auburn
Needs 2 wins: 1- Arkansas
Needs 3 wins: 1- Mississippi State
Eliminated: 1 – Tennessee

Projected: -2. Any number from 6-10 is possible. They will likely get 8 teams eligible, leaving them two teams short.

Sun Belt: 1 Slot

Eligible: 1 – Troy
Needs 1 win: 1 – LA-Lafayette
Needs 2 wins: 3 – Florida International, Arkansas State, Florida Atlantic
Needs 3 wins: Middle Tennessee State
Eliminated: LA-Monroe, North Texas

Projected: +2. Any number from 1 to 5 teams. They will likely have 2-3 eligible teams.

WAC: 3 Slots

Eligible: 2 – Boise State, San Jose State
Needs 1 win: 4 – LA Tech, Nevada, Hawaii, Fresno State
Needs 3 wins: 1 – New Mexico State
Eliminated: 2 – Utah State, Idaho

Projected: +2. Any number from 3-7 is possible. They will likely have 5-6 eligible teams and have an outside shot at a BCS bowl.

Total
Although the PAC 10, SEC, Big 12, C-USA and Big 10 could be lacking a total of 8 teams, the ACC, Big East, WAC, MAC and Sun Belt should have 10 extra teams available to fill the gaps. Perhaps we need another bowl for those final 2.

The recent moves by the Sun Belt and WAC to position themselves as alternates in several bowl games may well pay off this year.

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