After UCLA (5-6) plays Cal (5-6), and Utah (5-6) plays Colorado (5-6), 9/12 PAC 12 teams will be bowl eligible this year which is a FBS high for a conference at 75%
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Posted Nov 21, 2017, 7:00 PM UTC
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Very interesting.
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And people laughed at the circle of suck
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The losers of the games could also be put into a bowl if there are slots left open. I'm not sure if it's going to happen this year, 3 5-7 teams went bowling last year. The PAC could end up sending 11/12 teams bowling, crazy
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looks like there can be at most 4 5 win teams in a bowl and Utah is currently 5th in the apr so that ain't happening.
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Its possible, just extraordinarily unlikely.
If Middle Tennessee wins, every other 4 or 5 win team ahead of us in the APR loses, and no 5 win teams behind us win (except games where two 5-win teams play each other). There’d be four slots available to 5 win teams, and we’d take slot 4 (Middle Tennessee in this scenario would qualify as a 6-win team).
It requires 12 games to go the right way, but it is possible.
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You are right I missed that one. I wouldn't say it's extraordinarily unlikely though. Still better odds as a 5-7 team then you beating Colorado.
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Dibs on the Cactus Bowl.
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Yay?
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This isn't even their final form! Where are the academic standings for 5-7 teams?
You can find the APR bubble tracker here. Interestingly it’s not quite as good as you might expect. Utah’s leading the bubble teams at 8th place, with Cal not too far behind at 11th.
Yeah, it looks like there will only be, at most, 4 spots available, and they are already locked up by teams ahead of Utah.
There is still a (extraordinarily) slim chance for Utah to qualify at 5-7
For things to break ideally for a 5-7 Utah, it would require at least four slots available for 5-win teams. That’s possible. It would require that Air Force, Vanderbilt, Maryland Buffalo, Temple, Ole Miss, Tulane, Old Dominion, Louisiana, Texas Tech, UNLV, and Louisiana Tech all lose. It also requires Middle Tennessee to win.
At that point Utah would take the fourth APR exemption after Minnesota, Duke, and Georgia Tech. It’s a hell of a long shot and requires 12 games to go exactly right. But if it all happens to break exactly that way, the PAC could qualify 10 out of 12 teams.
Cal, CU, and UCLA don’t even have that snowball in Hell’s chance. For them it’s win the final game or stay home. Of course when you’re counting on 24 other teams for things to go just right, Utah might as well be in the win or stay home category as well.