CBS Sports will update this page each week through the end of the regular season as an increasing number of teams become bowl eligible and we prepare for both the College Football Playoff and the bowl selection process. For complete bowl game projections, check out Jerry Palm's dedicated page.

At least six wins and a minimum winning percentage of .500 are needed to officially become bowl-eligible, and 78 teams are needed to fill all of the bowls.  So far, there are 81 eligible teams, so we do not need any 5-7 teams to fill the bowls.

ConferenceEligibleTeams

ACC

10

Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, NC State, Pitt, Syracuse, Virginia, Wake Forest

American

7

Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis, South Florida, Temple, Tulane, UCF

Big 12

7

Baylor, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, West Virginia

Big Ten

9

Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin

C-USA

7

FIU, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Southern Miss, UAB

Indp.

3

Army, BYU, Notre Dame

MAC

7

Buffalo, Eastern Michigan, Miami-Ohio, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan

MWC

7

Boise State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, San Diego State, Utah State, Wyoming

Pac-12

7

Arizona State, Cal, Stanford, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Washington State

SEC

11

Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt

Sun Belt

6

Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Louisiana, Louisiana-Monroe, Troy

Total teams:

81

One win away

Teams below are listed in APR order (shown in parenthesis). Remaining opponents listed for each team. The tiebreaker is APR from the previous year.

  • Virginia Tech (960) vs. Marshall

Better luck next year

These 48 teams are no longer able to become bowl eligible due to their win totals and the number of games remaining in their schedules: Air Force, Akron, Arizona, Arkansas, Ball State, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Colorado, Colorado State, Connecticut, East Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Florida State, Georgia State, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kansas State, Kent State, Liberty, Louisville, Massachusetts, Maryland, Mississippi, Navy, Nebraska, New Mexico, New Mexico State, North Carolina, Old Dominion, Oregon State, Rice, Rutgers, San Jose State, SMU, South Alabama, Tennessee, Texas State, Texas Tech, Tulsa, UCLA, UNLV, USC, UTEP, UTSA, Western Kentucky

Liberty is not eligible because it is still transitioning to FBS.  Ole Miss is not eligible due to NCAA sanctions for 2018.