http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_...-5-7-teams

"The NCAA established a contingency plan on how to fill all of the bowls if there are not enough bowl-eligible teams. The problem is none of those five tiebreakers (counting wins vs. two FCS opponents, including a 6-7 team, etc.) will impact any of the 5-7 teams...

"...So with the bowl invitations to be extended in less than three weeks on Dec. 6, there remains one small issue with determining how to select the 5-7 teams: No one has any idea how the teams will be selected"

I thought I read somewhere that it'll be based on APR scores?

more from the article...

"Bowl and conference sources told ESPN that their understanding of the APR rule is that it’s supposed to rank the available 5-7 teams by APR. The NCAA disagrees...If two bowls need 5-7 teams, do the No. 1 and No. 2 best APR teams automatically get the bids or does the bowl have the option of selecting any team among the top five APR teams?

If more than one bowl needs a 5-7 team, how do you decide which bowl picks first? The Big Ten, Big 12 and American are among the conferences that may not have enough six win teams to fill their bowl commitments, so does a 5-7 team from their league with the best APR automatically fill one of their slots -- even if they’re not among the top five available APR teams?"

(11-17-2015 05:49 PM)RamblinRedWolf44 Wrote:  more from the article...

"Bowl and conference sources told ESPN that their understanding of the APR rule is that it’s supposed to rank the available 5-7 teams by APR. The NCAA disagrees...If two bowls need 5-7 teams, do the No. 1 and No. 2 best APR teams automatically get the bids or does the bowl have the option of selecting any team among the top five APR teams?

If more than one bowl needs a 5-7 team, how do you decide which bowl picks first? The Big Ten, Big 12 and American are among the conferences that may not have enough six win teams to fill their bowl commitments, so does a 5-7 team from their league with the best APR automatically fill one of their slots -- even if they’re not among the top five available APR teams?"

The 5-7 teams with the largest fan bases will get invites.

Fml...

We have been bowl eligible for both of the last 2 years only to be left out in the cold. Now, we are having a legitimate discussion about not having enough bowl eligible teams and having to dip into the 5-7 teams, the same year we fall flat on our face...

If they don't do it by APR, its going to cause a huge game of chicken. Consider the following scenario where USA is the fifth bowl eligible Sun Belt team and there are 2 open slots available (one will be filled by a 5-7). Do you rather have USA or Texas? I think that the two bowls would do anything to try and shift USA to the other bowl. Or any other G5 school.

Ranking the 5-7 teams by APR score takes some of the allure off of going for a 5-7 team. You might get a 5-7 Texas team, but its just as likely that you'll get a disappointing Rice team.

(11-17-2015 11:24 PM)TXSTRiverBobcat Wrote:  Fml...

We have been bowl eligible for both of the last 2 years only to be left out in the cold. Now, we are having a legitimate discussion about not having enough bowl eligible teams and having to dip into the 5-7 teams, the same year we fall flat on our face...

We tried to help you guys out and gave you 50% of your wins.