The NCAA’s setting new limits on the number of bowl ties each conference can have effective 2020

[huskymedic]

NCAA sets new limits on bowl ties per conference

The new tie-ins will start in 2020 through 2025.

• AAC: 7
• ACC: 11
• Big 12: 7
• Big Ten: 9
• C-USA: 7
• MAC: 6
• Mountain West: 6
• Pac-12: 8
• SEC: 11
• Sun Belt: 5
• Independents: 0
• Army: 1
• BYU: 1

This doesn’t mean the number of teams that can go to bowls, but rather the number of predetermined slots in bowls each conference will have.

 

[Exit 4]

Okay, I admit it, I don't understand the purpose of this if the limit is 11 bowl slots for the SEC and 11 for the ACC, etc.

 

[ScottVib]

Also apparently Notre Dame is ineligible? The other independents (Army/BYU) are called out explicitly.

 

[uconnfan68]

Also apparently Notre Dame is ineligible? The other independents (Army/BYU) are called out explicitly.

We can only hope.

 

[BlueandOG]

If ND is not eligible for a bowl due to FB independence, stuff's about to get weird in the conference realignment world. Could be good for us; won't be, though...

 

[UCFBfan]

Also apparently Notre Dame is ineligible? The other independents (Army/BYU) are called out explicitly.

They might count them as an ACC team??

 

[JMick]

If ND is not eligible for a bowl due to FB independence, stuff's about to get weird in the conference realignment world. Could be good for us; won't be, though...

Independents aren't banned from bowls. They're banned from a guaranteed tie-in

 

[SubbaBub]

This will never hold up in court.

 

[billybud]

Notre Dame is eligible for any ACC bowl as long as they are within one game of the team eligible for the slot...except for the Orange Bowl.

 

[billybud]

and...once every three years, the P5 conferences lose a bowl game tie in to the College Playoff.

 

[Irishfan]

So there will always be a predetermined spot for Army?

 

[Jimdish255]

NCAA sets new limits on bowl ties per conference

The new tie-ins will start in 2020 through 2025.

• AAC: 7
• ACC: 11
• Big 12: 7
• Big Ten: 9
• C-USA: 7
• MAC: 6
• Mountain West: 6
• Pac-12: 8
• SEC: 11
• Sun Belt: 5
• Independents: 0
• Army: 1
• BYU: 1

This doesn’t mean the number of teams that can go to bowls, but rather the number of predetermined slots in bowls each conference will have.

Absurd. How about 6 per league? What they did wasn't limits, it was apportioning.

 

[Austin316]

UConn in the corner like...

 

[TerryD]

Billybud is correct. ND also has its own deal with the Orange Bowl, included with ACC and Big Ten teams.


New Orange Bowl deal: ACC vs. SEC/B1G/Irish


Here’s what the ACC’s extended football agreement with Notre Dame means

 

[freescooter]

So there will always be a predetermined spot for Army?

Yes. It is part of the psuedoPatriotism running rampant these days. Imagine if Army were left out? The twittershere would explode.

 

[freescooter]

NCAA sets new limits on bowl ties per conference

The new tie-ins will start in 2020 through 2025.

• AAC: 7
• ACC: 11
• Big 12: 7
• Big Ten: 9
• C-USA: 7
• MAC: 6
• Mountain West: 6
• Pac-12: 8
• SEC: 11
• Sun Belt: 5
• Independents: 0
• Army: 1
• BYU: 1

This doesn’t mean the number of teams that can go to bowls, but rather the number of predetermined slots in bowls each conference will have.

To me this speaks to the mediocrity that has overtaken the sport. The 11th best team in the ACC is seriously deserving of a guaranteed bowl slot? The 7th best B12 ? Lol

 

[HartfordHank]

To me this speaks to the mediocrity that has overtaken the sport. The 11th best team in the ACC is seriously deserving of a guaranteed bowl slot? The 7th best B12 ? Lol

I do not believe mediocrity has overtaken the sport. It has overtaken the bowl games. If you go 6-6 you get to go to a bowl game. Potentially losing money as part of the process. In reality some teams will get to a bowl game with a 5-7 record. Why should any team with a losing record be rewarded with a bowl game? One reason and one reason only, ESPN needs content and college football is good content for them. I guess some of that money trickles back to the schools.

 

[freescooter]

I do not believe mediocrity has overtaken the sport. It has overtaken the bowl games. If you go 6-6 you get to go to a bowl game. Potentially losing money as part of the process. In reality some teams will get to a bowl game with a 5-7 record. Why should any team with a losing record be rewarded with a bowl game? One reason and one reason only, ESPN needs content and college football is good content for them. I guess some of that money trickles back to the schools.

I agree with you. Teams ought to at least win more than they lose to go to bowls. That and the 4 team playoff ultimately will ruin college football.

 

[billybud]

I do not believe mediocrity has overtaken the sport. It has overtaken the bowl games. If you go 6-6 you get to go to a bowl game. Potentially losing money as part of the process. In reality some teams will get to a bowl game with a 5-7 record. Why should any team with a losing record be rewarded with a bowl game? One reason and one reason only, ESPN needs content and college football is good content for them. I guess some of that money trickles back to the schools.

Yep...football regular season is in the bag...media needs football gamed for folks to watch...even if it is only 225,000 watching.