Bowl eligibility in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level is the standard through which teams become available for selection to participate...

lists of teams are based on team records as published by the NCAA, and bowl eligibility criteria. ACC (12): Boston College, California, Clemson, Duke, Georgia...

2010–11 bowl season, then 80 participating teams by the 2015–16 bowl season. As a result, the NCAA has steadily relaxed the criteria for bowl eligibility. Teams...

16, 2023). "NCAA denies postseason eligibility waiver for James Madison, Dukes must hope for dearth of bowl-eligible teams". CBS Sports. Retrieved November...

only use one win per season against an FCS team for the purposes of bowl eligibility. Additionally, the FCS opponent must have averaged at least 80% of...

originally featured the very best teams in college football, with strict bowl eligibility requirements for teams to receive invitations to participate. The number...

The 2023–24 NCAA football bowl games were a series of college football bowl games in the United States, primarily played to complete the 2023 NCAA Division...

are bowl eligible, they may be selected by these bowls to meet these contracts. The College Football Playoff consists of seven bowls: the Rose Bowl, Sugar...

declined to approve the bowl game amid a desire to keep bowl eligibility only for 6-6 teams. "NCAA vetoes Cincinnati Chili Bowl, backers 'remain very interested'"...

or both teams needing the win to earn bowl eligibility. As of the announcement, Marshall was already bowl eligible, but Virginia Tech needed two more wins...

16, 2023). "NCAA denies postseason eligibility waiver for James Madison, Dukes must hope for dearth of bowl-eligible teams". CBS Sports. Retrieved November...

which a conference champion does not meet eligibility requirements, they are usually still chosen for bowl games via tie-ins for their conference. ACC...

did not achieve bowl eligibility; in 2012, it was Navy; and in 2013, it was BYU. Had these teams not qualified for bowl eligibility, they would have...

(6-7) season was invited to a bowl game. As per 2010 and 2011, initial bowl eligibility would go to teams with no lower than a non-losing record (6-6) for...

multiple media sources reported that Florida State might not have met its bowl eligibility requirements. The team had a record of 6–6, with one of the wins –...

place for those seasons. A win over an FCS team will count toward bowl eligibility if the FCS team awards at least 80% of that subdivision's limit of...

did not become bowl-eligible for another 50 years. During the 2008 season, when the Bulls were on the verge of bowl eligibility, the 1958 team was profiled...

were eligible for postseason play after the NCAA waived bowl eligibility requirements. West Virginia was invited to participate in the Liberty Bowl against...

where a conference champion does not meet eligibility requirements, they are usually still chosen for bowl games with tie-ins for that conference champion...

which a conference champion does not meet eligibility requirements, they are usually still chosen for bowl games via tie-ins for their conference. Rankings...

COVID-19 pandemic. In mid-October 2020, the NCAA waived bowl eligibility requirements for the 2020–21 bowl season, intended "to allow as many student-athletes...

(December 3, 2022). "College Football Bowl Projections: Team Eligibility Tracker by Conference with 2022–23 Bowl Games Finalizing". CBS Sports. Retrieved...

have clinched bowl eligibility for the Rebels whereas a win for Mississippi State would have given a 5-7 Bulldogs a chance to play in a bowl game due to...

clinch bowl eligibility in the final week of the season. Old Dominion entered the Famous Toastery Bowl with a record of 6–6. 2023 Famous Toastery Bowl at...

self-imposed bowl ban for the 2020 season. Although the Tigers did not finish the season with six wins, the NCAA removed bowl eligibility requirements...

provisional FBS member in 2018, and became a full FBS member with bowl eligibility in 2019. In 2020, Liberty entered the rankings in the AP Poll at 25...

Conference during the offseason, which forced just a 4–7 finish without bowl eligibility in the following year. On December 4, 2012, Boston College hired Addazio...

them to clinch bowl eligibility in the final week of the season, with a record of 6–6. This was Texas Tech's third Independence Bowl. The Red Raiders...

their sixth win, securing bowl eligibility for the third season in a row. This is the first time the Orange have been bowl eligible for three consecutive...

football team joined the Sun Belt in 2017, and full FBS membership and bowl eligibility followed in 2018. March 1 – The Sun Belt Conference announced that...