Quote:If Western wins 7 games, they have a very good chance of going to a bowl. 6 wins would probably not earn a bid.
The MAC has 5 bowl bids.
NIU: 6-2 [@BSU, Toledo, @Ohio, @WMU] --> 8-4
Toledo: 5-3 [@Kent, @NIU, BGSU, @EMU] --> 8-4/7-5
WMU: 5-3 [@Miami, EMU, @CMU, NIU] --> 8-4/7-5
BGSU: 5-3 [@Akron, Kent, @Toledo, BSU] --> 7-5
CMU: 5-4 [@EMU, Miami, WMU] --> 7-5/6-6 (no Rawls)
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Akron 4-4 [BGSU, @Buffalo, UMass, Kent] --> 7-5/6-6
Ohio 4-5 [Buffalo, NIU, @Miami] --> 6-6/5-7
BSU 3-5 [NIU, @UMass, EMU, @BGSU] --> 6-6/5-7
Buffalo 3-5 [@Ohio, Akron, Kent, @Mass] --> 5-7/4-8
If WMU (or any MAC team) gets 7 wins they *ARE* going to a bowl. GuaranSheed. The ONLY way would be
6 7+ win teams in the MAC, with one being denied. Even then, a 7W team could possibly trump a 6-6 P5 team elsewhere.
If WMU (or any MAC team) gets 6 wins they MAY go to a bowl. Depends on how many 6-6 overflows we have. Remember, other conferences have tons of bowls, too. So for the MAC to possibly get trumped out of their primary bowl, would require some 7-5 team elsewhere who was Left Out (and even That might not be enough; still checking on that). But I don't think this year there'll be any 7-5 teams Left Out who wouldn't be facing a conference opponent (two of our bowls face Sun Belt; two face CUSA). A 6-6 Purdue or NW wouldn't knock any 6-6 MAC team out of any of the 5 MAC bowls. Not allowed.
We'll probably have a 6th, 7th team @6-6 -- who probably won't go... while another 6-6 team (being accepted by the MAC-primary bowls) or two who will. There's no shortage bowls this year. If there was, THEN I'd be more agreeing with ya. :)