There are currently 5 slots left to be filled with three teams still playing for traditional eligibility (KSU, USA, Ga St).
Some 5-7 teams are going bowling and from what I can find it appears to be based on APR.
A criteria for sorting out which 5-7 teams get priority still needs to be worked out, along with which bowls would select first. The conferences could have a say in that, too. The NCAA created a safety net plan in 2012 that used the Academic Progress Rating as a way of making 5-7 teams bowl-eligible if there were not enough six-win teams to fill the bowls. That plan only covers the teams with the best APRs.
Meanwhile, ESPN's Brett McMurphy quoted a source who said "the most logical solution is that the 5-7 teams with the highest APRs will be selected first'' and "if only one bowl needs a 5-7 team, then the 5-7 team with the highest APR would get the bid.''
APR Rankings of 5-7 teams:
1) Nebraska - 985
T-2) KSU (could still go 6-6) & Mizzou - 976
4) San Jose St - 975
I would rather we didn't back into the bowl and earn our spot outright, but it looks like we are likely to be in win or lose next Saturday.
Some 5-7 teams are going bowling and from what I can find it appears to be based on APR.
A criteria for sorting out which 5-7 teams get priority still needs to be worked out, along with which bowls would select first. The conferences could have a say in that, too. The NCAA created a safety net plan in 2012 that used the Academic Progress Rating as a way of making 5-7 teams bowl-eligible if there were not enough six-win teams to fill the bowls. That plan only covers the teams with the best APRs.
Meanwhile, ESPN's Brett McMurphy quoted a source who said "the most logical solution is that the 5-7 teams with the highest APRs will be selected first'' and "if only one bowl needs a 5-7 team, then the 5-7 team with the highest APR would get the bid.''
APR Rankings of 5-7 teams:
1) Nebraska - 985
T-2) KSU (could still go 6-6) & Mizzou - 976
4) San Jose St - 975
I would rather we didn't back into the bowl and earn our spot outright, but it looks like we are likely to be in win or lose next Saturday.
