Heading into the final weekend of the college football regular season, 77 teams have already clinched eligibility to play in a bowl game. With 41 games, 82 teams will compete in a bowl this December and January. If you’re curious what it takes to become eligible for a bowl, teams need to win at least six games with at least a .500 winning percentage, and they can only count one win against FCS opponents. Not every team that satisfies that criteria will compete in a bowl game, especially this year, because there is a decent possibility we’ll end up with more than 82 bowl-eligible teams this time around, which is not always the case. The list of college football teams heading into the weekend looking for a sixth win include Appalachian State, Auburn, Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina, Eastern Michigan, Kansas, Louisiana-Monroe, Michigan State, New Mexico, NC State, North Texas, Oregon State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Western Michigan and Wisconsin. It should be noted that two games this weekend feature five-win teams - Virginia vs. Virginia Tech and Eastern Michigan vs. Western Michigan, so there are essentially 79 bowl-eligible teams at this point.
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