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The 2003 Navy Midshipmen football team leaving the field after their seventh win of the season, assuring them bowl eligibility. Bowl eligibility in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level is the standard through which teams become available for selection to participate in postseason bowl games.
Teams must be bowl-eligible to be selected for a bowl game. Should a conference not have enough eligible teams to meet their obligations, the bowls at the end of the selection process are free to choose a replacement team from among any remaining bowl-eligible teams that are not already committed to a bowl game.
The Football Bowl Subdivision gets its name from the bowl games that many FBS teams play at the end of the year, although other college divisions also have their own bowl games. FBS bowl games are played at the end of the season in December or January, and collectively generate over $400 million per year as of 2012. [26]
The regular season may be over, but that doesn't mean the 2023 college football season is. Following Alabama's 27-24 upset over Georgia in the SEC championship game on Saturday, there remains the ...
The bowl picture is getting very, very clear. With one week to go in the 2024 college football regular season, 77 teams are already postseason eligible and have at least six wins. Counting the 12 ...
A ninth team, Minnesota (5-7, 3-6) will also play in a bowl game: Only 81 teams were eligible for a bowl in 2023, meaning the Gophers — who have the highest-rated Academic Progress Rate — were ...
The 2024–25 NCAA football bowl games are a series of college football bowl games in the United States, played to complete the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season.Team-competitive bowl games in the FBS will begin on December 14, 2024, and will conclude with the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship on January 20, 2025.
NCAA bylaw 18.7.2.1.3 outlines the types of teams that can participate in bowl games if there are an insufficient number of bowl eligible institutions. There are four exceptions listed, with teams ...