College football bowl predictions: Team bowl eligibility tracker for 2022
College football bowl season is here as the regular season and Championship Week have come to a close.
In order for a team in the Football Bowl Subdivision to become eligible to play in a bowl game, it needs to win at least six games with a minimum .500 winning percentage.
Bowl Season requires a total of 82 teams to fill the current 41 bowl games scheduled for the postseason. Teams can only count one win against an FCS opponent towards its number of bowl eligible victories.
College Football HQ has updated this page after each week of the regular season as more teams became bowl eligible ahead of the College Football Playoff selection and bowl selection proceedings.
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College football bowl eligible teams
AAC (7): Cincinnati, East Carolina, Tulane, UCF, Houston, SMU, Memphis
ACC (9): Clemson, North Carolina, NC State, Florida State, Wake Forest, Louisville, Syracuse, Duke, Pittsburgh
Big 12 (8): TCU, Texas, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, Kansas, Baylor, Oklahoma, Texas Tech
Big Ten (9): Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Minnesota, Illinois, Maryland, Iowa, Purdue, Wisconsin
Conference USA (5): UTSA, UAB, North Texas, Western Kentucky, Middle Tennessee State
Independents (5): Notre Dame, Liberty, UConn, BYU, New Mexico State
MAC (6): Ohio, Toledo, Eastern Michigan, Bowling Green, Miami (OH), Buffalo
Mountain West (7): Boise State, San Jose State, Wyoming, Air Force, Fresno State, San Diego State, Utah State
Pac-12 (7): USC, Oregon, Washington, Utah, UCLA, Oregon State, Washington State
SEC (11): Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, LSU, Ole Miss, Kentucky, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Florida, Arkansas, Missouri
Sun Belt (7): Coastal Carolina, South Alabama, Troy, Marshall, Georgia Southern, Louisiana, Southern Miss
Total bowl eligible teams: 81
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