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CBS Sports has been updating this page each week through the end of college football's 2022 season as an increasing number of teams became bowl eligible ahead of the College Football Playoff and the bowl selection process. Check out the final college football bowl projections ahead of the CFP Selection Show. For a complete breakdown, 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 conference championship games in Week 14, there are officially 81 bowl-eligible teams with one slot still open. That is being taken by 5-7 Rice via APR qualification. New Mexico State, also a five-win team, received a waiver to play in a bowl game from the NCAA.

Stick with us here at CBS Sports for complete coverage of the College Football Playoff and bowl games announcements on Sunday.

2022-23 bowl-eligible teams

ConferenceEligibleTeams

AAC

7

Cincinnati, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, SMU, Tulane, UCF

ACC

9

Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Louisville, NC State, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Wake Forest

Big 12

8

Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech

Big Ten

9

Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin

C-USA

5

Middle Tennessee State, North Texas, UAB, UTSA, Western Kentucky

Indp.

5

BYU, Liberty, New Mexico State, Notre Dame, UConn

MAC

6

Bowling Green, Buffalo, Eastern Michigan, Miami-Ohio, Ohio, Toledo

MWC

7

Air Force, Boise State, Fresno State, San Diego State, San Jose State, Utah State, Wyoming

Pac-12

7

Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA, Utah, USC, Washington, Washington State

SEC

11

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee

Sun Belt

7

Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Louisiana, Marshall, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Troy

Total teams

81

Better luck next year

These teams are no longer able to become bowl eligible due to their win totals and the number of games remaining on their schedules.

  • Akron
  • Appalachian State
  • Arizona
  • Arizona State
  • Arkansas State
  • Army
  • Auburn
  • Ball State
  • Boston College
  • California
  • Central Michigan
  • Charlotte
  • Colorado
  • Colorado State
  • Florida Atlantic
  • FIU
  • Georgia State
  • Georgia Tech
  • Hawaii
  • Indiana
  • Iowa State
  • Kent State
  • Louisiana Tech
  • Massachusetts
  • Miami
  • Michigan State
  • Navy
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Northern Illinois
  • Northwestern
  • Old Dominion
  • Rutgers
  • South Florida
  • Stanford
  • Temple
  • Texas A&M
  • Texas State
  • Tulsa
  • ULM
  • UNLV
  • UTEP
  • Vanderbilt
  • Virginia
  • Virginia Tech
  • West Virginia
  • Western Michigan