Today is November 6, 2007. I've made a list of teams who are bowl-eligible(using a 7 win minimum)and those who are eliminated from bowl consideration(using a 7 loss minimum). Finishing 6-6 is iffy as to whether or not a team goes to a bowl(depends on who the team is), so that's why I'm using a 7 wins/7 losses scale.

Bowl eligible teams:

Air Force 7-3
Arizona State 8-1
Auburn 7-3
Boise State 8-1
Boston College 8-1
Cincinatti 7-2
Clemson 7-2
Connecticut 8-1
Georgia 7-2
Hawaii 8-0
Illinois 7-3
Kansas 9-0
LSU 8-1
Michigan 8-2
Missouri 8-1
Ohio State 10-0
Oklahoma 8-1
Oregon 8-1
Penn State 7-3
Purdue 7-3
Southern California 7-2
Texas 8-2
Texas Tech 7-3
Virginia 8-2
Virginia Tech 7-2
West Virginia 7-1
Wisconsin 7-3

Here's the teams already eliminated from bowl consideration:

Alabama-Birmingham 2-7
Baylor 3-7
Colorado State 1-8
Duke 1-8
Eastern Michigan 3-7
Florida International 0-9
Idaho 1-9
Iowa State 2-8
Louisiana-Lafayette 1-8
Marshall 1-8
Minnesota 1-9
Mississippi 3-7
North Texas 1-7
Northern Illinois 1-8
Notre Dame 1-8
Rice 2-7
Southern Methodist 1-8
Syracuse 2-7
Tulane 2-7
UNLV 2-7
Utah State 0-9

And there you have it. I'm sure at the end of the season, they'll be some 6-6 teams make a bowl, and others won't. Next week, I'll add any team who gets either it's 7th win or 7th loss this weekend.

My Pirates will look to win game 7 this weekend against Marshall and continue to move towards the CUSA Championship game.

Well, Eal , if East Carolina wins this weekend, they'll have the magic # of wins, and they'll be added to my list. Good Luck, Pirates !

I do plan on updating my list weekly, adding teams that become bowl eligible(7 wins) or eliminated from eligibility(7 losses).

Here's a preview of teams that could be added next week:

Teams needing that 7th victory:

ALABAMA
ARKANSAS
BRIGHAM YOUNG
CALIFORNIA
CENTRAL FLORIDA
FLORIDA
FLORIDA STATE
FRESNO STATE
HOUSTON
INDIANA
KENTUCKY
NEW MEXICO
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH FLORIDA
TENNESSEE
TEXAS A&M
TROY
TULSA
UTAH
WAKE FOREST

Teams that could get their 7th loss this weekend:

AKRON
ARIZONA
ARMY
BUFFALO
KENT STATE
LOUISIANA-MONROE
NEBRASKA
NEW MEXICO STATE
NORTH CAROLINA
SAN JOSE STATE
STANFORD
TEMPLE
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON STATE
WESTERN MICHIGAN

With so many teams looking to be bowl-eligible, it's possible that a few 7-5 teams will be sitting at home come bowl season. Good luck to all the above teams.

well, It's Sunday morning, another college football Saturday over with. Here are the latest additions to my list of bowl-eligible(7 wins) and bowl-eliminated(7 losses) teams:

Getting their 7th win and becoming bowl eligible:

CENTRAL FLORIDA
FLORIDA
KENTUCKY
NEW MEXICO
SOUTH FLORIDA
TENNESSEE
BRIGHAM YOUNG

Getting their 7th loss and eliminated from bowl consideration:

ARMY
KENT STATE
NEW MEXICO STATE
NORTH CAROLINA
STANFORD
TEMPLE
WASHINGTON
WESTERN MICHIGAN

As I said at the beginning, SIX wins actually make you bowl eligible. However, there's only so many spots, and some 6-6 teams inevitably don't make it. So that's why I use my 7 win formula. Of course, in some cases, 7-5 or even 8-4 teams(usually from small conferences)get left out in favor of 6-6 teams from larger conferences. Well, no one ever said life was fair. I'll be back later in the week(probably Tuesday) to look at this week's possible eligible and eliminated candidates.

Bowl eligible teams, updated, minimum 7 wins:

Air Force
Arizona State
Auburn
Boise State
Boston College
Cincinatti
Clemson
Connecticut
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Kansas
LSU
Michigan
Missouri
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Oregon
Penn State
Purdue
Southern California
Texas
Texas Tech
Virginia
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
Wisconsin
CENTRAL FLORIDA
FLORIDA
KENTUCKY
NEW MEXICO
SOUTH FLORIDA
TENNESSEE
BRIGHAM YOUNG

Eliminated from bowl consideration, updated(7 losses):

Alabama-Birmingham
Baylor
Colorado State
Duke
Eastern Michigan
Florida International
Idaho
Iowa State
Louisiana-Lafayette
Marshall
Minnesota
Mississippi
North Texas
Northern Illinois
Notre Dame
Rice
Southern Methodist
Syracuse
Tulane
UNLV
Utah State
ARMY
KENT STATE
NEW MEXICO STATE
NORTH CAROLINA
STANFORD
TEMPLE
WASHINGTON
WESTERN MICHIGAN

And now, here's the latest batch of teams with 6 wins, looking for that magical 7th this weekend:

WAKE FOREST
FLORIDA STATE
GEORGIA TECH
TEXAS A&M
RUTGERS
IOWA
NORTHWESTERN
INDIANA
MICHIGAN STATE
EAST CAROLINA
HOUSTON
BOWLING GREEN
CENTRAL MICHIGAN
OREGON STATE
CALIFORNIA
FRESNO STATE
NAVY
SOUTH CAROLINA
ALABAMA
MISSISSIPPI STATE
ARKANSAS

And here are the 6-loss teams, hoping to avoid loss #7:

COLORADO
NEBRASKA
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS@EL PASO(UTEP)
BUFFALO
OHIO UNIVERSITY
AKRON
WASHINGTON STATE
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE
LOUISIANA-MONROE
ARKANSAS STATE
LOUISIANA TECH
SAN JOSE STATE

Next week, in addition to the update, I'm also adding an "in limbo" section, for teams that finish 6-6. The season starts to wind down this weekend, with a lot of teams playing their season-ending games. As I've said before, 6-6 is iffy as to whether or not a team goes bowling(really depends on who the team in question is), so that's why I'll put them in a special category.

Hope your favorite team wins and goes bowling!

ummm you only need 6 wins to be bowl Eligible because when i was at the Ark vs SC game,when Ark won (it put them at 6-3)they announced Ark was now Bowl Eligible

I know, Jtevans. I stated that in my earlier posts. However, like I also said, 6-6 is no guarantee that you're going. 7-5 sometimes isn't, either, but 99 times out of 100, 7-5 teams go. So that's why I use a 7 win/7 loss scale.

6-6? Usually depends on whether or not any bowl slots are left.