An updated list of teams that have become bowl eligible for the 2021-22 postseason
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CBS Sports will update this page each week through the remainder of the regular season as an increasing number of teams become bowl eligible ahead of the College Football Playoff and the bowl selection process. For a complete set of college football bowl projections, check out Jerry Palm’s dedicated page.
In order for an FBS team to officially become bowl-eligible, it needs at least six wins with a minimum winning percentage of .500. A total of 82 teams are needed to fill all 41 bowl games. Teams can only count one win against an FCS opponent toward the total number of wins needed for bowl eligibility.
Following the Week 10 games, there are 49 bowl-eligible teams with 33 spots left to be filled.
Stick with us here at CBS Sports for weekly bowl projections, College Football Rankings predictions and full coverage of the lead up to the 2021-22 bowl season.
2021-22 bowl-eligible teams
|
AAC |
4 |
Cincinnati, Houston, SMU, UCF |
|
ACC |
5 |
Clemson, NC State, Pittsburgh, Virginia, Wake Forest |
|
Big 12 |
5 |
Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State |
|
Big Ten |
8 |
Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin |
|
C-USA |
4 |
Marshall, UAB, UTEP, UTSA |
|
Indp. |
3 |
BYU, Liberty, Notre Dame |
|
MAC |
2 |
Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois |
|
MWC |
5 |
Air Force, Fresno State, Nevada, San Diego State, Utah State |
|
Pac-12 |
3 |
Arizona State, Oregon, Utah |
|
SEC |
7 |
Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Texas A&M |
|
Sun Belt |
3 |
Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Louisiana |
|
Total teams |
49 |
One win away
Teams below are listed in APR order (shown in parenthesis). Next upcoming opponent is listed for each team. The tiebreaker is APR from the previous year.
- Boston College (989)
- Mississippi State (984)
- Boise State (981)
- Memphis (980)
- Army (975)
- Oregon State (975)
- Kent State (974)
- Miami (973)
- Central Michigan (972)
- Ball State (969)
- Tennessee (967)
- South Carolina (967)
- FAU (965)
- Syracuse (965)
- Washington State (963)
- Western Kentucky (962)
- Troy (961)
- North Carolina (959)
- Maryland (956)
- South Alabama (955)
- San Jose State (952)
- Marshall (951)
- Texas Tech (949)
- Western Michigan (948)
- Charlotte (945)
- UCLA (944)
- East Carolina (938)
Better luck next year
These ten teams are no longer able to become bowl eligible due to their win totals and the number of games remaining in their schedules: Arizona, Arkansas State, FIU, Kansas, New Mexico State, Southern Miss, Tulane, UConn, UMass, UNLV
