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 | 7 | Army, East Carolina, Memphis, Navy, South Florida, Tulane, UTSA |
ACC | 10 | Boston College, Cal, Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, SMU, Syracuse |
Big 12 | 9 | Arizona State, Baylor, BYU, Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas State, TCU. Texas Tech, West Virginia |
Big Ten | 12 | Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Rutgers, USC, 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 | 5 | Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Jose State, UNLV |
Pac-12 | 7 | Washington State |
SEC | 13 | Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt |
Sun Belt | 7 | Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, James Madison, Louisiana, Marshall, South Alabama, Texas State |
Total teams | 77 |
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) vs. TCU
- Wisconsin (993) vs. Minnesota (Friday)
- Auburn (986) at Alabama
- Virginia (985) at Virginia Tech
- NC State (984) at North Carolina
- Coastal Carolina (983) at Georgia State
- Oregon State (976) at Boise State, Nov. 29
- Michigan State (974) vs. Rutgers
- Virginia Tech (969) vs. Virginia
- Eastern Michigan (968) at Western Michigan
- Kansas (968) at Baylor
- Appalachian State (966) at Georgia Southern
- North Texas (954) at Temple
- Western Michigan (951) vs. Eastern Michigan
- New Mexico (947) at Hawaii
- ULM (935) vs. Louisiana
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.
- Air Force
- Akron
- Arizona
- Ball State
- Central Michigan
- Charlotte
- Florida Atlantic
- Florida International
- Florida State
- Georgia State
- Hawaii
- Houston
- Kennesaw State
- Kent State
- Kentucky
- Louisiana Tech
- Maryland
- Middle Tennessee
- Mississippi State
- Nevada
- New Mexico State
- Northwestern
- Oklahoma State
- Old Dominion
- Purdue
- Rice
- San Diego State
- Southern Miss
- Stanford
- Temple
- Troy
- Tulsa
- UAB
- UCF
- UCLA
- UMass
- Utah
- Utah State
- UTEP
- Wake Forest
- Wyoming