Bowl eligibility
Bowl teams with losing records
The following teams entered bowl games with losing records. Denotes a team that had a 6–6 regular season record, then lost their conference's championship game before playing in a bowl game.

Bowl eligibility

Section Title: Bowl teams with losing records
Table Section Text: The following teams entered bowl games with losing records. Denotes a team that had a 6–6 regular season record, then lost their conference's championship game before playing in a bowl game.

Season	Team	Record	Win Pct.	Bowl game	Result	Ref.

1945	South Carolina	2–3–3	.438	1946 Gator Bowl	L, 26–14

1963	SMU	4–6	.400	1963 Sun Bowl	L, 21–14

1970	William & Mary	5–6	.455	1970 Tangerine Bowl	L, 40–12

2001	North Texas	5–6	.455	2001 New Orleans Bowl	L, 45–20

2011	UCLA	6–7	.462	2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (December)	L, 20–14

2012	Georgia Tech	6–7	.462	2012 Sun Bowl	W, 21–7

2014	Fresno State	6–7	.462	2014 Hawaii Bowl	L, 30–6

2015	Nebraska	5–7	.417	2015 Foster Farms Bowl	W, 37–29

Minnesota	5–7	.417	2015 Quick Lane Bowl	W, 21–14

San Jose State	5–7	.417	2015 Cure Bowl	W, 27–16

2016	Hawaii	6–7	.462	2016 Hawaii Bowl	W, 52–35

Mississippi State	5–7	.417	2016 St. Petersburg Bowl	W, 17–16

North Texas	5–7	.417	2016 Heart of Dallas Bowl	L, 38–31 (OT)

Sentence(s)

The 2016 bowl season featured, three teams with losing records 6–7 Hawaii, 5–7 Mississippi State, and 5–7 North Texas.

final_sentence: The 2016 bowl season featured, three teams with losing records 6–7 Hawaii, 5–7 Mississippi State, and 5–7 North Texas.