2016–17 NCAA football bowl games

The 2016–17 NCAA football bowl games were a series of college football bowl games which completed the Division I FBS football season. The games began on December 17, 2016, and aside from the all-star games ended with the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship which was played on January 9, 2017.
The total of 41 team-competitive postseason games in FBS, including the national championship game, was unchanged from the previous year. While bowl games had been the purview of only the very best teams for nearly a century, this was the eleventh consecutive year that teams with non-winning seasons participated in bowl games. To fill the 80 available team-competitive bowl slots, a new record of 20 teams with non-winning seasons participated in bowl games—17 had a.500 season, and three losing teams with sub-.500 records. This was the fifth time in six years that teams with actual losing records were invited to bowl games. None of the six teams that played in bowls on December 26 had a winning record.

Schedule

The schedule for the 2016–17 bowl games are below. All times are EST.

College Football Playoff and Championship Game

The College Football Playoff system was used to determine a national champion of Division I FBS college football. A 13-member committee of experts ranked the top 25 teams in the nation after each of the last seven weeks of the 2016 season. The top four teams in the final ranking then played a single-elimination semifinal round, with the winners advancing to the National Championship game.
The semi-final games were held at the Peach Bowl and the Fiesta Bowl as part of a yearly rotation of three pairs of six bowls. Their winners advanced to the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on January 9, 2017. As with the 2015 season, the two semi-final bowls were held on New Year's Eve, as the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl are guaranteed exclusive TV time slots on January 2 if New Year's Day fell on a Sunday, regardless of whether they will be hosting a semifinal game.
To reduce the impact of the semi-final games' New Year's Eve scheduling—a factor that led to lower viewership of the 2015 semi-finals in comparison to 2014, it was announced on March 8, 2016, that the kickoff times of the two bowls would be pushed forward to 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm ET. CFP commissioner Bill Hancock suggested that starting the games earlier would allow viewers to partake in both the CFP games and New Year's festivities. As the earlier start intrudes on the early afternoon window for New Year's Six games, the 2016 Orange Bowl was instead held as a primetime game on December 30, 2016. As a result, the "New Year's Six" bowls were stretched across a period of four days, rather than two consecutive days of three games each. In July 2016, Hancock announced that future semi-finals, when not hosted by the Rose and Sugar Bowl games, will generally be held on the final Saturday of the year.
Of the Power Five conferences, The Big Ten was represented with four teams in the New Year's Six, whereas the ACC, SEC and Pac-12 had two teams each. The Big 12 was again left out of the semifinals, and had just one team in the New Year's Six. The Group of 5 was represented by the MAC.

Date	Game	Site	Teams	Affiliations	Results
Dec. 30	Orange Bowl	Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, FL 8:00 pm	No. 11 [2016 2016 Florida State Seminoles football team\|Florida State Seminoles football team\|Florida State Seminoles] No. 6 [2016 2016 Michigan Wolverines football team\|Michigan Wolverines football team\|Michigan Wolverines]	ACC [2016 2016 Big Ten Conference football season\|Big Ten Conference football season\|Big Ten]	Florida State 33 Michigan 32
Dec. 31	Peach Bowl	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 3:00 pm	No. 1 [2016 2016 Alabama Crimson Tide football team\|Alabama Crimson Tide football team\|Alabama Crimson Tide] No. 4 [2016 2016 Washington Huskies football team\|Washington Huskies football team\|Washington Huskies]	SEC Pac-12	Alabama 24 Washington 7
Dec. 31	Fiesta Bowl	University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, AZ 7:00 pm	No. 2 [2016 2016 Clemson Tigers football team\|Clemson Tigers football team\|Clemson Tigers] No. 3 [2016 2016 Ohio State Buckeyes football team\|Ohio State Buckeyes football team\|Ohio State Buckeyes]	ACC Big Ten	Clemson 31 Ohio State 0
Jan. 2	Cotton Bowl Classic	AT&T Stadium Arlington, TX 1:00 pm	No. 8 [2016 2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team\|Wisconsin Badgers football team\|Wisconsin Badgers] No. 15 [2016 2016 Western Michigan Broncos football team\|Western Michigan Broncos football team\|Western Michigan Broncos]	Big Ten MAC	Wisconsin 24 Western Michigan 16
Jan. 2	Rose Bowl	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA 5:00 pm	No. 9 [2016 2016 USC Trojans football team\|USC Trojans football team\|USC Trojans] No. 5 [2016 2016 Penn State Nittany Lions football team\|Penn State Nittany Lions football team\|Penn State Nittany Lions]	Pac-12 Big Ten	USC 52 Penn State 49
Jan. 2	Sugar Bowl	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA 8:30 pm	No. 7 [2016 2016 Oklahoma Sooners football team\|Oklahoma Sooners football team\|Oklahoma Sooners] No. 14 [2016 2016 Auburn Tigers football team\|Auburn Tigers football team\|Auburn Tigers]	[2016 2016 Big 12 Conference football season\|Big 12 Conference football season\|Big 12] SEC	Oklahoma 35 Auburn 19
Jan. 9	College Football Playoff National Championship	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL 8:30 pm	No. 2 Clemson Tigers No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide	ACC SEC	Clemson 35 Alabama 31

Non-CFP bowl games

On April 11, 2016, the NCAA announced a freeze on new bowl games until after the 2019 season. While bowl games had been the purview of only the very best teams for nearly a century, the NCAA had to lower its postseason eligibility criteria repeatedly, eventually allowing teams with losing records to participate in bowls due to there being not enough bowl-eligible teams, while also having to allow teams from the same conference to meet in the Arizona Bowl due to the lack of eligible teams to meet its other tie-ins. For the 2016–17 bowl season, [|63% of the 128 teams] playing in Division I FBS were deemed eligible and received invites to fill the 80 available slots.
Prior to the moratorium, multiple new bowl games were proposed for or approved to begin play in 2016, including one in Myrtle Beach, the Medal of Honor Bowl, the Sun Belt/American Austin Bowl, and a Mountain West/Pac-12 bowl in Melbourne, Australia. The Sun Belt subsequently announced that it would become a new primary tie-in for the Arizona Bowl.

Date	Game	Site	Television	Teams	Affiliations	Results
Dec. 17	[2016 2016 New Mexico Lobos football team\|New Mexico Bowl\|New Mexico Bowl]	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM 2:00 pm	ESPN	New Mexico Lobos [2016 2016 UTSA Roadrunners football team\|UTSA Roadrunners football team\|UTSA Roadrunners]	Mountain West C-USA	New Mexico 23 UTSA 20
Dec. 17	Las Vegas Bowl	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV 3:30 pm	ABC	[2016 2016 San Diego State Aztecs football team\|San Diego State Aztecs football team\|San Diego State Aztecs] [2016 2016 Houston Cougars football team\|Houston Cougars football team\|Houston Cougars]	Mountain West American	San Diego State 34 Houston 10
Dec. 17	Camellia Bowl	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL 5:30 pm	ESPN	[2016 2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team\|Appalachian State Mountaineers football team\|Appalachian State Mountaineers] [2016 2016 Toledo Rockets football team\|Toledo Rockets football team\|Toledo Rockets]	[2016 2016 Sun Belt Conference football season\|Sun Belt Conference football season\|Sun Belt] MAC	Appalachian State 31 Toledo 28
Dec. 17	Cure Bowl	Camping World Stadium Orlando, FL 5:30 pm	CBSSN	[2016 2016 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team\|Arkansas State Red Wolves football team\|Arkansas State Red Wolves] [2016 2016 UCF Knights football team\|UCF Knights football team\|UCF Knights]	Sun Belt [2016 2016 American Athletic Conference football season\|American Athletic Conference football season\|American]	Arkansas State 31 UCF 13
Dec. 17	New Orleans Bowl	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA 9:00 pm	ESPN	[2016 2016 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team\|Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team\|Southern Miss Golden Eagles] [2016 2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team\|Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team\|Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns]	C-USA Sun Belt	Southern Miss 28 Louisiana–Lafayette 21
Dec. 19	Miami Beach Bowl	Marlins Park Miami, FL 2:30 pm	ESPN	[2016 2016 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team\|Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team\|Tulsa Golden Hurricane] [2016 2016 Central Michigan Chippewas football team\|Central Michigan Chippewas football team\|Central Michigan Chippewas]	American MAC	Tulsa 55 Central Michigan 10
Dec. 20	Boca Raton Bowl	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL 7:00 pm	ESPN	[2016 2016 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team\|Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team\|Western 2016 Kentucky Wildcats football team\|Kentucky Hilltoppers] [2016 2016 Memphis Tigers football team\|Memphis Tigers football team\|Memphis Tigers]	C-USA American	Western Kentucky 51 Memphis 31
Dec. 21	Poinsettia Bowl	SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA 9:00 pm	ESPN	[2016 2016 BYU Cougars football team\|BYU Cougars football team\|BYU Cougars] [2016 2016 Wyoming Cowboys football team\|Wyoming Cowboys football team\|Wyoming Cowboys]	Independent Mountain West	BYU 24 Wyoming 21
Dec. 22	[2016 Famous 2016 Idaho Vandals football team\|Idaho Potato Bowl\|Famous Idaho Potato Bowl]	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID 7:00 pm	ESPN	Idaho Vandals [2016 2016 Colorado State Rams football team\|Colorado State Rams football team\|Colorado State Rams]	Sun Belt Mountain West	Idaho 61 Colorado State 50
Dec. 23	Bahamas Bowl	Thomas Robinson Stadium Nassau, Bahamas 1:00 pm	ESPN	[2016 2016 Old Dominion Monarchs football team\|Old Dominion Monarchs football team\|Old Dominion Monarchs] [2016 2016 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team\|Eastern Michigan Eagles football team\|Eastern Michigan Eagles]	C-USA MAC	Old Dominion 24 Eastern Michigan 20
Dec. 23	Armed Forces Bowl	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX 4:30 pm	ESPN	[2016 2016 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team\|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team\|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs] No. 25 [2016 2016 Navy Midshipmen football team\|Navy Midshipmen football team\|Navy Midshipmen]	C-USA American	Louisiana Tech 48 Navy 45
Dec. 23	Dollar General Bowl	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL 8:00 pm	ESPN	[2016 2016 Troy Trojans football team\|Troy Trojans football team\|Troy Trojans] Ohio Bobcats	Sun Belt MAC	Troy 28 Ohio 23
Dec. 24	[2016 2016 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team\|Hawaii Bowl\|Hawaii Bowl]	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI 8:00 pm	ESPN	Hawaii Rainbow Warriors [2016 2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team\|Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team\|Middle 2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team\|Tennessee Blue Raiders]	Mountain West C-USA	Hawaii 52 Middle Tennessee 35
Dec. 26	St. Petersburg Bowl	Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, FL 11:00 am	ESPN	[2016 2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team\|Mississippi State Bulldogs football team\|Mississippi State Bulldogs] Miami (OH) RedHawks	SEC MAC	Mississippi State 17 Miami 16
Dec. 26	Quick Lane Bowl	Ford Field Detroit, MI 2:30 pm	ESPN	[2016 2016 Boston College Eagles football team\|Boston College Eagles football team\|Boston College Eagles] [2016 2016 Maryland Terrapins football team\|Maryland Terrapins football team\|Maryland Terrapins]	ACC Big Ten	Boston College 36 Maryland 30
Dec. 26	Independence Bowl	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA 5:00 pm	ESPN2	[2016 2016 NC State Wolfpack football team\|NC State Wolfpack football team\|NC State Wolfpack] [2016 2016 Vanderbilt Commodores football team\|Vanderbilt Commodores football team\|Vanderbilt Commodores]	ACC SEC	NC State 41 Vanderbilt 17
Dec. 27	Heart of Dallas Bowl	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX 12:00 pm	ESPN	[2016 2016 Army Black Knights football team\|Army Black Knights football team\|Army Black Knights] [2016 2016 North Texas Mean Green football team\|North Texas Mean Green football team\|North 2016 Texas Longhorns football team\|Texas Mean Green]	Independent C-USA	Army 38 North Texas 31
Dec. 27	Military Bowl	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD 3:30 pm	ESPN	[2016 2016 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team\|Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team\|Wake Forest Demon Deacons] No. 24 [2016 2016 Temple Owls football team\|Temple Owls football team\|Temple Owls]	ACC American	Wake Forest 34 Temple 26
Dec. 27	Holiday Bowl	SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA 7:00 pm	ESPN	[2016 2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team\|Minnesota Golden Gophers football team\|Minnesota Golden Gophers] [2016 2016 Washington State Cougars football team\|Washington State Cougars football team\|Washington State Cougars]	Big Ten Pac-12	Minnesota 17 Washington State 12
Dec. 27	Cactus Bowl	Chase Field Phoenix, AZ 10:15 pm	ESPN	[2016 2016 Baylor Bears football team\|Baylor Bears football team\|Baylor Bears] [2016 2016 Boise State Broncos football team\|Boise State Broncos football team\|Boise State Broncos]	Big 12 Mountain West	Baylor 31 Boise State 12
Dec. 28	Pinstripe Bowl	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY 2:00 pm	ESPN	[2016 2016 Northwestern Wildcats football team\|Northwestern Wildcats football team\|Northwestern Wildcats] No. 23 [2016 2016 Pittsburgh Panthers football team\|Pittsburgh Panthers football team\|Pittsburgh Panthers]	Big Ten ACC	Northwestern 31 Pittsburgh 24
Dec. 28	Russell Athletic Bowl	Camping World Stadium Orlando, FL 5:30 pm	ESPN	Miami (FL) Hurricanes No. 16 [2016 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers football team\|West Virginia Mountaineers football team\|West 2016 Virginia Cavaliers football team\|Virginia Mountaineers]	ACC Big 12	Miami 31 West Virginia 14
Dec. 28	Foster Farms Bowl	Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, CA 8:30 pm	Fox	No. 19 [2016 2016 Utah Utes football team\|Utah Utes football team\|Utah Utes] [2016 2016 Indiana Hoosiers football team\|Indiana Hoosiers football team\|Indiana Hoosiers]	Pac-12 Big Ten	Utah 26 Indiana 24
Dec. 28	Texas Bowl	NRG Stadium Houston, TX 9:00 pm	ESPN	[2016 2016 Kansas State Wildcats football team\|Kansas State Wildcats football team\|Kansas State Wildcats] Texas A&M Aggies	Big 12 SEC	Kansas State 33 Texas A&M 28
Dec. 29	Birmingham Bowl	Legion Field Birmingham, AL 2:00 pm	ESPN	[2016 2016 South Florida Bulls football team\|South Florida Bulls football team\|South Florida Bulls] [2016 2016 South Carolina Gamecocks football team\|South Carolina Gamecocks football team\|South Carolina Gamecocks]	American SEC	South Florida 46 South Carolina 39
Dec. 29	Belk Bowl	Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC 5:30 pm	ESPN	No. 22 [2016 2016 Virginia Tech Hokies football team\|Virginia Tech Hokies football team\|Virginia Tech Hokies] Arkansas Razorbacks	ACC SEC	Virginia Tech 35 Arkansas 24
Dec. 29	Alamo Bowl	Alamodome San Antonio, TX 9:00 pm	ESPN	No. 12 [2016 2016 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team\|Oklahoma State Cowboys football team\|Oklahoma State Cowboys] No. 10 Colorado Buffaloes	Big 12 Pac-12	Oklahoma State 38 Colorado 8
Dec. 30	Liberty Bowl	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN 12:00 pm	ESPN	[2016 2016 Georgia Bulldogs football team\|Georgia Bulldogs football team\|Georgia Bulldogs] [2016 2016 TCU Horned Frogs football team\|TCU Horned Frogs football team\|TCU Horned Frogs]	SEC Big 12	Georgia 31 TCU 23
Dec. 30	Sun Bowl	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX 2:00 pm	CBS	No. 18 [2016 2016 Stanford Cardinal football team\|Stanford Cardinal football team\|Stanford Cardinal] [2016 2016 North Carolina Tar Heels football team\|North Carolina Tar Heels football team\|North Carolina Tar Heels]	Pac-12 ACC	Stanford 25 North Carolina 23
Dec. 30	Music City Bowl	Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN 3:30 pm	ESPN	No. 21 Tennessee Volunteers [2016 2016 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team\|Nebraska Cornhuskers football team\|Nebraska Cornhuskers]	SEC Big Ten	Tennessee 38 Nebraska 24
Dec. 30	Arizona Bowl	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ 5:30 pm	ASN	[2016 2016 Air Force Falcons football team\|Air Force Falcons football team\|Air Force Falcons] [2016 2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team\|South Alabama Jaguars football team\|South Alabama Jaguars]	Mountain West Sun Belt	Air Force 45 South Alabama 21
Dec. 31	Citrus Bowl	Camping World Stadium Orlando, FL 11:00 am	ABC	No. 20 [2016 2016 LSU Tigers football team\|LSU Tigers football team\|LSU Tigers] No. 13 [2016 2016 Louisville Cardinals football team\|Louisville Cardinals football team\|Louisville Cardinals]	SEC ACC	LSU 29 Louisville 9
Dec. 31	TaxSlayer Bowl	EverBank Field Jacksonville, FL 11:00 am	ESPN	[2016 2016 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team\|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team\|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets] Kentucky Wildcats	ACC SEC	Georgia Tech 33 Kentucky 18
Jan. 2	Outback Bowl	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL 1:00 pm	ABC	No. 17 Florida Gators [2016 2016 Iowa Hawkeyes football team\|Iowa Hawkeyes football team\|Iowa Hawkeyes]	SEC Big Ten	Florida 30 Iowa 3

FCS bowl game

The FCS has one bowl game; they also have a championship bracket that began on November 26 and ended on January 7.

Date	Game	Site	Television	Participants	Affiliations	Results
Dec. 17	Celebration Bowl	Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia 12:00pm	ABC	Grambling State Tigers North Carolina Central Eagles	MEAC SWAC	Grambling State 10 North Carolina Central 9

Selection of the teams

CFP top 25 teams

On December 4, 2016, the College Football Playoff selection committee announced their final team rankings for the year:
In the third year of the College Football Playoff era, this was the first time that one of the four semifinalists was not a conference champion.

Rank	Team	W–L	Conference and standing	Bowl game
1	Alabama Crimson Tide	13–0	SEC champions	Peach Bowl
2	Clemson Tigers	12–1	ACC champions	Fiesta Bowl
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	11–1	Big Ten East Division co-champions	Fiesta Bowl
4	Washington Huskies	12–1	Pac-12 champions	Peach Bowl
5	Penn State Nittany Lions	11–2	Big Ten champions	Rose Bowl
6	Michigan Wolverines	10–2	Big Ten East Division third place	Orange Bowl
7	Oklahoma Sooners	10–2	Big 12 champions	Sugar Bowl
8	Wisconsin Badgers	10–3	Big Ten West Division champions	Cotton Bowl Classic
9	USC Trojans	9–3	Pac-12 South Division second place	Rose Bowl
10	Colorado Buffaloes	10–3	Pac-12 South Division champions	Alamo Bowl
11	Florida State Seminoles	9–3	ACC Atlantic Division third place	Orange Bowl
12	Oklahoma State Cowboys	9–3	Big 12 second place	Alamo Bowl
13	Louisville Cardinals	9–3	ACC Atlantic Division co-champions	Citrus Bowl
14	Auburn Tigers	8–4	SEC West Division second place	Sugar Bowl
15	Western Michigan Broncos	13–0	MAC Champions	Cotton Bowl Classic
16	West Virginia Mountaineers	10–2	Big 12 second place	Russell Athletic Bowl
17	Florida Gators	8–4	SEC East Division champions	Outback Bowl
18	Stanford Cardinal	9–3	Pac-12 North Division third place	Sun Bowl
19	Utah Utes	8–4	Pac-12 South Division third place	Foster Farms Bowl
20	LSU Tigers	7–4	SEC West Division second place	Citrus Bowl
21	Tennessee Volunteers	8–4	SEC East Division second place	Music City Bowl
22	Virginia Tech Hokies	9–4	ACC Coastal Division champions	Belk Bowl
23	Pittsburgh Panthers	8–4	ACC Coastal Division second place	Pinstripe Bowl
24	Temple Owls	10–3	American champions	Military Bowl
25	Navy Midshipmen	9–4	American West Division champions	Armed Forces Bowl

Conference champions' bowl games

Only the Peach Bowl featured two conference champions playing against each other. Rankings are per the above CFP standings.

Conference	Champion	W–L	Rank	Bowl game
ACC	Clemson Tigers	12–1		Fiesta Bowl
American	Temple Owls	10–3	24	Military Bowl
	Penn State Nittany Lions	11–2		Rose Bowl
Big 12	Oklahoma Sooners	10–2		Sugar Bowl
C-USA	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	10–3	—	Boca Raton Bowl
MAC	Western Michigan Broncos	13–0	15	Cotton Bowl Classic
Mountain West	San Diego State Aztecs	10–3	—	Las Vegas Bowl
Pac-12	Washington Huskies	12–1		Peach Bowl
SEC	Alabama Crimson Tide	13–0		Peach Bowl
Sun Belt	Appalachian State Mountaineers		—	Camellia Bowl
Sun Belt	Arkansas State Red Wolves		—	Cure Bowl

denotes a conference that named co-champions

Bowl-eligible teams

ACC : Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami (FL), NC State, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
American : Houston, Memphis, Navy, South Florida, Temple, Tulsa, UCF
Big Ten : Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin
Big 12 : Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, West Virginia
C-USA : Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Old Dominion, Southern Miss, UTSA, Western Kentucky
MAC : Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Miami (OH), Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan
Mountain West : Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Hawaii, New Mexico, San Diego State, Wyoming
Pac-12 : Colorado, Stanford, USC, Utah, Washington, Washington State
SEC : Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
Sun Belt : Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Idaho, Louisiana–Lafayette, South Alabama, Troy
Independent : Army, BYU

Number of bowl berths available: 80

Number of bowl-eligible teams: 76

Number of conditional bowl-eligible teams: 2

'''Number of teams qualified by APR: 2 '''

Bowl-ineligible teams

ACC : Duke, Syracuse, Virginia
American : Cincinnati, East Carolina, SMU, Tulane, UConn
Big Ten : Illinois, Michigan State, Purdue, Rutgers
Big 12 : Iowa State, Kansas, Texas, Texas Tech
C-USA : Charlotte, FIU, Florida Atlantic, Marshall, Rice, UTEP
MAC : Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Kent State, Northern Illinois
Mountain West : Fresno State, Nevada, San Jose State, Utah State, UNLV
Pac-12 : Arizona, Arizona State, California, Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA
SEC : Missouri, Ole Miss
Sun Belt : Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Louisiana–Monroe, New Mexico State, Texas State
Independent : Notre Dame, UMass

Number of bowl-ineligible teams: 48
Note: Being bowl-ineligible does not, in itself, exclude a team from the chance to play in a bowl game. Tiebreaker procedures based on a school's Academic Progress Rate allowed for the possibility of 5–7 teams to play in bowl games since not enough teams qualified to fill all 80 spots with at least a 6–6 record.