Projected to win 2 more games, both on the road. We might pull off the mild home upset against MTSU. That means we have to win UNT or Marshall at home to even hope to get bowl eligible.
ā¦and C-USA only has 5 guaranteed bowl slots this year.
Did a spreadsheet for the next 5 weeks of the season. Had to make some judgement calls on a few games (aka who I think would win) but it really doesnāt change things much. My assumption is that Charlotte gets bowl eligible by winning MTSU (sub in Marshall if we lose next week), UTEP and ODU.
By Week 12 (two weeks from now, the 5 guaranteed bowl games for C-USA this year will be locked up by:
La. Tech.
Marshall
UAB
FAU
So. Miss.
With three teams eliminated by that point (ODU, Rice, UTEP) that means the other 6 teams (including us) will be competing for 2 spots in non-guaranteed bowls (aka other conferences donāt have the teams to fill them). In the most likely scenario (for us) we are the 7th and last team to bowl qualify.
I most certainly am not Nostradamus, but I did get this week right.
Thereās still 1 official C-USA bowl slot still open.
Thanks for doing this but Iām seriously lostā¦ so do we need to win out to bowl now or is 6-6 going to get us one?
CUSA only has 5 bowl tie ins this year. We get to 6 next year with myrtle beach bowl.
The bowls get to choose, so itās not out of the question, but likely they will pick the teams with the 5 best records in the league, especially considering a lot of them arenāt that close to us.
Many p5 conferences are down this year, so there are several conferences that wonāt use all their slots. But weāre going to have to get lucky.
TLDR: we donāt have to win out, but it would help. We arenāt guaranteed a bowl at 6-6
Are there any educated guesses that could be made on which bowl weād have the best chance to be invited to? In the past I thought bowl tie-ins would be dependent on conference standings (#3 CUSA vs #5 AAC). Iām not seeing that this year, it seems like its formatted the top choose first. My best guess would be the bahamas bowl?
If someone has the time listing the bowls that are CUSA backfills will help, then we can pull against the bubble teams in the conferences with the primary tie-ins.
Iād call it a total crap shoot to be honest. I donāt think thereās any rational way to think about which bowls ACC and PAC 12 wonāt fill.
I felt all tingly typing that.
ā Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla vs. American Athletic
ā Bahamas Bowl vs. MAC
ā Gildan New Mexico Bowl vs. Mountain West
ā R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl vs. Sun Belt
ā SERVPRO First Responders Bowl vs. Big 12
Secondary Agreements
ā Walk-Onās Independence Bowl
Conditional if ACC or SEC canāt fill a spot.
ā DXL Frisco Bowl
Conditional if American Athletic or MAC canāt fill a spot.
OR Hawaii Bowl vs. BYU
Tonight WKU and So. Miss joined LA Tech, UAB, FAU, and Marshall in qualifying for a bowl game. Thatās 6 in, 3 out, and 5 still in play.