The Mac has 4 Bowl Tie-ins and currently 6 bowl eligible teams and a possible but doubtful 7th if Buffalo wins out (Ball St and Ohio). Likely two more eligible teams than the 4 guaranteed spots:
MAC
Dollar General (vs. Sun Belt)
Potato (vs. Mountain West)
Bahamas (vs. Conference USA)
Camellia (vs. Sun Belt)
In an Era of "almost all teams that are eligible go bowling" where are we likely to pick-up 2 spots?
Here is how the all conferences line up with eligible teams vs number of tie-ins:
MAC 4 spots, 6 eligible, 5 eliminated, 1 unlikely (-2 Available)
SEC 6 spots , 8 eligible, 1 eliminated, 1 likely, 2 need some luck, 3 unlikely (-3 Available)
ACC 7 Spots, 7 eligible, 1 eliminated, 3 likely, 3 unlikely (-3 Available)
B10 6 spots , 7 eligible, 1 eliminated, 2 need some luck, 4 unlikely (-1 Available)
P12 6 spots , 5 eligible, 1 eliminated, 3 likely, 2 need some luck, 1 unlikely (-2 Available)
B12 6 spots , 5 eligible, 2 eliminated, 1 likely, 1 need some luck, 1 unlikely (0 Avaialbe)
AAC 7 spots , 6 eligible, 4 eliminated, 1 likely, 1 need some luck (0 Available)
MWC 5 spots , 5 eligible, 4 eliminated, 2 likely, 1 need some luck (-2 Available)
CUSA 6 spots , 6 eligible, 3 eliminated, 1 likely, 2 need some luck, 2 unlikely (-1 Available)
SUN 5 spots , 3 eligible, 4 eliminated, 3 likely, 0 need some luck, 2 unlikely (-1 Available)
IND 2 spots, 2 eligible, 2 eliminated (0 Available)
At-Large 11 spots + 4 Shared bowls(8 spots SEC/ACC/B10/ND)
39 Total Bowls + National Championship
There will likely be between 16-19 .500 teams at the end of the season. Need 78 .500 teams to fill all bowls.
There are currently 60 bowl eligible teams +14 likely = 74 Of the remaining 9 that need luck all will probably not make it.
What are the bowls that the MAC will pick up?
Link to all bowls:
https://www.sbnation.com/college-footbal...017-season