Clinchers & Clenchers

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A conference-by-conference look at teams that have clinched or are near to clinching bowl eligibility; and those with clenched teeth as they look at clinching a losing season:

AAC
6 teams are bowl eligible (Memphis, SMU, Cincinnati, Navy, UCF, Tulane)
Temple is one win away
USF is two wins away

Two teams have clinched losing seasons (UConn, Tulsa)
East Carolina & Tulsa are one loss away

ACC
4 teams are bowl eligible (Clemson, Wake Forest, Pittsburgh, Virginia)
3 teams are one win away (Louisville, Boston College, Miami)
5 teams are two wins away (Virginia Tech*, Duke, North Carolina St., FSU#, North Carolina)

Syracuse & Georgia Tech are each one loss away from a losing season.

* Plays 2 FCS teams, needs to get to 7 wins.
# These teams are also two losses away from a losing season.

Big 10
7 teams are bowl eligible (Ohio St., Minnesota, Penn St., Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin)
Illinois is one win away
Michigan St. & Nebraska# are two wins away

Northwestern & Rutgers have clinched losing seasons
Maryland & Purdue are one loss away from a losing season

# Two losses away from a losing season

Big 12
4 teams are bowl eligible (Baylor, Oklahoma, Kansas St., Oklahoma St.)
Iowa St. & Texas are one win away
TCU is two wins away

Kansas is one loss away from a losing season
Texas Tech & West Virginia are two losses away from a losing season

more to come

 

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CUSA
4 teams are bowl eligible (Louisiana Tech, UAB, Marshall, FAU)
3 teams are one win away (Southern Miss, FIU, Western Kentucky)
Charlotte# and North Texas# are two wins away

3 teams have clinched losing records (Rice, UTEP, Old Dominion)
MTSU is one loss away
UTSA is two losses away

# also two losses away from losing season

Independents
Notre Dame is bowl eligible
Liberty* is one win away
BYU is two wins away

New Mexico St. & UMass have clinched losing seasons
Army is one loss away

* Needs 7 wins since they played two FCS schools

MAC
3 teams are bowl eligible (Toledo, Central Michigan, Western Michigan)
Buffalo is one win away
4 teams are two wins away (Miami, Ohio, Ball St.#, Eastern Michigan#)

Akron has clinched a losing season
3 teams are one loss away (Bowling Green, Kent St., Northern Illinois)

# Also two losses away from losing record


MWC
4 teams are bowl eligible (Boise St., San Diego St., Air Force, Wyoming)
Nevada is one win away
5 teams are two wins away (Hawaii*, Fresno St., Utah St., Colorado St.#, San Jose St.#)

New Mexico & UNLV have clinched losing seasons

* Needs 7 wins for bowl eligibility since school plays 13 games
# Also two losses away from losing record

more to come

 

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Pac-12
Oregon & Utah are bowl eligible
3 teams are one win away (Arizona St., USC, Washington)
6 teams are two wins away (California, Oregon St., Stanford, Washington St., Arizona#, UCLA#)

Colorado is one loss away from a losing season

# two losses away from losing season

SEC
6 teams are bowl eligible (Alabama, LSU, Georgia, Auburn, Florida, Texas A&M)
Missouri is one win away+
4 teams are two wins away (Kentucky, Mississippi St.#, South Carolina#, Tennessee#)

Arkansas has clinched a losing record
Vanderbilt & Ole Miss are one loss away

# teams are two losses away from losing record
+ pending appeal of probationary status

SBC
3 teams are bowl eligible (Appalachian St., Georgia St., UL-Lafayette)
Arkansas St. & Georgia Southern are one win away
Coastal Carolina is two wins away

South Alabama has clinched a losing record
Texas St. is one loss away
UL-Monroe & Troy are two losses away