UPDATE: 11/23--The Toppers want to keep the number of bowl eligible teams no higher than 70.
Rolling updates:
Team No. 62---Central Michigan, IN after 11/23 win over UMass.
Team No. 63---WVU, IN after 11/23 win over Iowa State.
Team No. 64----Virginia Tech, IN after 11/24 win over Virginia.
Team No. 65----Purdue, IN after 11/24 win over IU.
Team No. 66----SMU, IN after 11/24 win over Tulsa.
Team No. 67---Baylor, IN after 11/24 win over Texas Tech.
Team No. 68---Michigan State, IN after 11/24 win over Minnesota.
Team No. 69---Ole Miss, IN after 11/24 win over Miss St.
Team No. 70---Rice, IN after 11/24 win over UTEP.
Quick Breakdown:Probable (75% or greater chance) to earn eligibility: Pitt (71).
Doubtful (25% or less chance) to earn eligibility: UConn, Georgia Tech.
UConn (5-6): W over Cincinnati (8-3) next week earns eligibility.
Pitt (5-6): W over USF (3-8) next week earns eligibility.
Georgia Tech (6-6) win over FSU (10-2) in ACC Championship earns eligibility.
This post was edited on 11/24 9:32 PM by jordanwells3
Originally posted by kctopper1:
Pretty sure Georgia Tech is eligible win or lose. The NCAA makes an exception for a six win team that ends up with a losing record only because of a loss in a conference championship game.
Right, that's what happened with UCLA last year.
But according to a few articles on ESPN, specifically this
one, the rules were changed this summer, and that link shows the supposed order of priority.
I guess we'll see, should be an interesting several days in Hilltopper land!
Criminal if a team with a losing record gets a bowl bid over a 7-5 team.... especially one that was white-washed by MTSU in Atlanta.
We BE Bowling! GO TOPS!!!!!!!
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, Dec. 26, Detroit Michigan.
This post was edited on 12/2 8:32 PM by volhacker1
Can't believe G. Tech and Pitt got in and WKU is still bowling.
Looks like I'm spending Christmas in Detroit, y'all!
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