New Years Six Bowl Question

[EJHarrington]

Does anyone know if Independents are part of the so-called Group of Five for purposes of determining who plays on New Years Day? For example if UCONN went undefeated next year and was ranked higher than any team in the five conferences would it get to play the big bowl game?

 

[LoyalFanCT]

Wikipedia says "All Division I FBS independents are eligible for the College Football Playoff (CFP), or for the so-called "access bowls" associated with the CFP, if they are chosen by the CFP selection committee." Not sure if it is correct.

 

[RedSoloCup]

I would guess that independents would take the group of five slot. A measuring stick of this would be the situation where a G5 school is #2 in the country behind BYU in the overall rankings...

When the unicorn finishes pooping glitter, the BYU team would probably take the G5 slot.

 

[Austin316]

I wonder what the bowl payout looks like as an independent vs being in conference

 

[huskymedic]

Does anyone know if Independents are part of the so-called Group of Five for purposes of determining who plays on New Years Day? For example if UCONN went undefeated next year and was ranked higher than any team in the five conferences would it get to play the big bowl game?

>>The highest-ranked conference champion from the American Athletic, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt will automatically get one spot in either the College Football Playoff, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl or PlayStation Fiesta Bowl.<<

>>Twelve schools are selected for these major, top tier bowls. These include the champions of the "Power Five" conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC). The highest-ranked champion from the "Group of Five" conferences (The American, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, and Sun Belt) is guaranteed a berth if the group's top team is not in the playoff.[2]<<

No mention of Independent guarantees.

 

[Portico]

No, Independent schools are not eligible for NY Bowl. Byu for example, will never be in the game until they join conference. The NY bowl was a bone that was thrown to G5 conferences to avoid lawsuit.

 

[gioff2323]

well, ND can get in as a non-ACC champ, so there is that.

Let's get to .500 and/or ANY bowl before we conjure up dreams of a NYD Bowl

 

[Husky25]

No, Independent schools are not eligible for NY Bowl. Byu for example, will never be in the game until they join conference. The NY bowl was a bone that was thrown to G5 conferences to avoid lawsuit.

Notre Dame is a different beast than other Independent programs. Fair or not, whatever iteration of a selection committee, they consider them part of the P5. Every other Independent program is on par with a G5 program in the eyes of the Selection Committee. Notre Dame will not necessarily take the place of a G5 team, but they pretty much preclude any other Independent from playing in a NY6 game.

 

[EJHarrington]

That sucks if true. I didn’t have a big issue with the change from original Big East to AAC or the change in format for football playoffs because we still had at least a theoretical pathway to a major bowl game. Now we don’t. Plus we don’t have opportunity to play in conference championship game. I’m trying to stay positive but...

 

[thatguyed]

I'll have whatever you're drinking...but for breakfast?