From: crs@stein.u.washington.edu (Cliff Slaughterbeck)
Subject: Teams in the Bowl Picture
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 00:08:54 GMT

The following is a list of teams which are now or may soon be eligible for
bowls.  The NCAA requires a team to have six victories over Division I-A
opponents in order to qualify for a bowl game.  That is the only standard
enforced here.  To my knowledge, there are presently no teams under NCAA
probation which would prohibit them from attending a bowl game.
The teams are sorted by conference and by conference rank, within each 
conference. If a team needs another victory in order to qualify, remaining
games are listed at the end of the line.

			INDEPENDENTS
                                W  L  T  Pts  OP
Notre Dame                     8   1  1  378  155
S. Mississippi                 7   4  0  219  195
Penn St.                       6   4  0  331  197
Memphis St.                    5   5  0  270  174	(E. Carolina)
East Carolina                  5   5  0  282  325	(@ Memphis St.)

			Big East
                                W  L  T  Pts  OP
Miami (Fla.)                   9   0  0  277  100
Syracuse                       9   1  0  304  167
Boston College                 7   2  1  266  176
Rutgers                        6   4  0  306  235	(@ Temple)

			ACC
                  		 Conference      All Games
                                 W L T Pts OP  W L T Pts OP
x-Fla. St.                      8  0 0 288 122   9  1 0 374 148
N.C. St.                        5  2 0 163 120   8  2 1 283 170
N.Carolina                      4  3 0 159 165   7  3 0 237 188
Wake For.                       4  3 0 140 163   7  3 0 213 183
Virginia                        4  4 0 214 184   6  4 0 300 191 (@ V. Tech)

			Big Eight
                                  W L T Pts OP  W L T Pts OP
Nebraska                        4  1 0 200  57   7  2 0 356 139
Colorado                        4  1 1 144 101   8  1 1 287 188
Kansas                          4  2 0 159 156   7  3 0 333 220
Oklahoma                        3  1 2 133 100   5  3 2 262 163 (Nebraska)

			Big Ten
                                  W L T Pts OP  W L T Pts OP
x-Michigan                      6  0 1 267 100   8  0 2 380 127
Ohio St.                        5  2 0 172  87   8  2 0 244 124
Mich. St.                       5  2 0 177 157   5  5 0 228 247 (@ Illinois)
Iowa                            4  3 0 176 167   5  6 0 230 250 (@ Minnesota)
Illinois                        3  3 1 130 136   5  4 1 197 198 (Mich. St)
Wisconsin                       3  4 0 120 110   5  5 0 187 172 (Northwestern)
Indiana                         3  4 0 106 137   5  5 0 167 184 (@Purdue)

			Big West
                                  W L T Pts OP  W L T Pts OP
y-Nevada                        5  1 0 171 131   6  4 0 246 234 (***)
San Jose                        4  1 0 174 125   7  3 0 306 275

			MAC
                                  W L T Pts  OP W L T Pts OP
x-B. Green                      8  0 0 221 111   9  2 0 289 201
W. Mich.                        6  3 0 167 153   7  3 1 197 177
Toledo                          5  3 0 162 116   7  3 0 244 145
Akron                           5  3 0 155 139   6  3 1 194 164 (Cinncinati)
Miami (O)                       5  3 0 164 145   6  4 1 210 204

			Pac Ten
                                  W L T Pts OP  W L T Pts OP
x-Wash.                         6  1 0 196  75   9  1 0 283 106
Stanford                        5  2 0 143 109   8  3 0 255 172
USC                             5  2 0 146 115   6  2 1 197 156
Arizona                         4  2 1 125  80   6  3 1 211  91
Wash. St.                       4  3 0 149 170   7  3 0 264 230
Arizona St                      3  4 0 146 129   5  5 0 228 179 (Arizona)
Oregon                          3  4 0 127 140   5  5 0 223 183 (Oregon St.)
UCLA                            2  5 0  74 160   5  5 0 163 191 (USC)
			SEC
                              East
y-Georgia                       6  2 0 231 117   8  2 0 321 124
Florida                         5  2 0 147 143   7  2 0 202 180
Tennessee                       3  3 0 142 111   6  3 0 246 135
			      West
x-Alabama                       7  0 0 220  78  10  0 0 287  88
Miss.                           4  3 0 148 137   7  3 0 213 164
Miss. St.                       4  3 0 121 127   7  3 0 225 159

                        SWC
Texas A&M                       5  0 0 152  76  10  0 0 278 145
Texas                           4  1 0 161 129   6  3 0 259 227 (@Bay, TAMU)
Baylor                          3  3 0 180 139   5  5 0 303 243 (Texas)

                        WAC
Hawaii                          5  2 0 199 204   7  2 0 278 250
BYU                             5  2 0 238 168   7  4 0 324 253
S.Diego St                      5  2 0 238 164   5  3 1 276 230 (Fr St, Miami)
Fresno St.                      4  2 0 235 178   6  4 0 398 298
Utah                            4  3 0 164 151   6  4 0 270 227
Air Force                       4  4 0 174 185   7  4 0 229 225

***	Nevada has clinched a share of the Big West Confernce title, but I'm
	not sure they have enough division I-A wins to qualify for the
	bowls.  They had three division I-AA teams on their schedule in
	McNeese St, Weber St, and Texas Southern.  I know they lost to 
	Weber St, but if their sixth victory came over McNeese St rather
	than at Tulane, they will only have five division I-A wins.  This
	poses an interesting question.  Would the NCAA allow Nevada to
	go to the Silver Bowl as conference champion?

One team that I noticed missing from this listings is Georgia Tech.  It 
seems that the Yellowjackets only have five wins, one of them over I-AA
Western Carolina.

Final Statistics:  37 teams have already qualified, with 17 teams needing a
win (six of those 17 play each other in a final game), plus the unusual case
of Nevada discussed above.