CBS Sports will update this page each week through the end of college football's 2024 season as an increasing number of teams became bowl eligible ahead of the College Football Playoff and the bowl selection process. For a complete breakdown of the bowl projections as they stand, check out Jerry Palm's dedicated page.
In order for an FBS team to officially become bowl eligible, it needs at least six wins with a minimum winning percentage of .500. A total of 82 teams are needed to fill all 41 bowl games. Teams can only count one win against an FCS opponent toward the total number of wins needed for bowl eligibility.
Teams with only seven losses will not appear in the list of eliminated teams until there are enough eligible teams to ensure they will not be needed to fill open bowl spots.
Since former Pac-12 teams are eligible to be selected to bowls with Pac-12 contracts this season, those teams will be listed in the Pac-12 section of the chart instead of with their current conference.
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2024-25 bowl-eligible teams
| Conference | Eligible | Teams |
|---|---|---|
AAC | 5 | Army, East Carolina, Memphis, Navy, Tulane |
ACC | 9 | Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, SMU, Syracuse |
Big 12 | 6 | Baylor, BYU, Iowa State, Kansas State, TCU. Texas Tech |
Big Ten | 8 | Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, Washington |
C-USA | 4 | Jacksonville State, Liberty, Sam Houston, Western Kentucky |
Indp. | 2 | Notre Dame, UConn |
MAC | 6 | Bowling Green, Buffalo, Miami-Ohio, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo |
MWC | 4 | Boise State, Colorado State, San Jose State, UNLV |
Pac-12 | 4 | Arizona State, Colorado, Oregon, Washington State |
SEC | 10 | Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Missouri, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt |
Sun Belt | 6 | Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, James Madison, Louisiana, Marshall, Texas State |
Total teams | 64 |
One win away
These teams are one victory away from becoming bowl eligbile. Listed in APR order. Games are this Saturday unless otherwise noted.
- Cincinnati (994) at Kansas State
- Wisconsin (993) At Nebraska
- Michigan (993) vs. Northwestern
- Virginia (985) vs. SMU
- Boston College (984) vs. North Carolina
- NC State (984) at Georgia Tech, Nov. 21
- Coastal Carolina (983) vs. Georgia Southern
- Florida (981) vs. Ole Miss
- West Virginia (981) vs. UCF
- Arkansas (979) vs. Louisiana Tech
- Cal (976) vs. Stanford
- USC (976) at UCLA
- Nebraska (972) vs. Wisconsin
- Fresno State (972) vs. Colorado State
- Virginia Tech (969) at Duke
- Eastern Michigan (968) vs. Buffalo, Nov. 20
- Oklahoma (965) vs. Alabama
- South Florida (959) vs. Akron, Nov. 13
- South Alabama (958) at Southern Miss
- North Texas (954) vs. East Carolina
- Western Michigan (951) at Central Michigan, Nov. 19
- New Mexico (947) at Hawaii, Nov. 30
- UTSA (945) vs. Temple, Nov. 22
- ULM (935) at Arkansas State
Try again next year
These teams are no longer able to become bowl eligible due to their win totals and the number of games remaining on their schedules.
- Akron
- Florida Atlantic
- Florida State
- Georgia State
- Kennesaw State
- Kent State
- Mississippi State
- Nevada
- New Mexico State
- Purdue
- Southern Miss
- UAB
- UMass
- UTEP
- Wyoming