Week 13 Games

[sportdawg]

FRIDAY11.25.16FOOTBALL
	Louisiana Tech			Southern Miss			3 p.m.	Hattiesburg, MS	TV:ESPNEWS
SATURDAY11.26.16FOOTBALL
	FIU			Old Dominion			2:30 p.m.	Norfolk, VA	TV:ESPN3
	North Texas			UTEP			3 p.m.	El Paso, TX	Live Video TV:CUSA TV
	Florida Atlantic			Middle Tennessee			4:30 p.m.	Murfreesboro, TN	TV:beIN
	Charlotte			UTSA			6 p.m.	San Antonio, TX	Live Stats TV:CUSA TV
	WKU			Marshall			6 p.m.	Huntington, WV	TV:ESPNU
	Rice			Stanford			7 p.m.	Stanford, CA	TV:Pac-12 Networks

West
Louisiana Tech	6-1	0.857	8-3	0.727
UTSA	4-3	0.571	5-6	0.455
North Texas	3-4	0.429	5-6	0.455
Southern Miss	4-4	0.429	6-6	0.455
Rice	2-6	0.250	3-8	0.273
UTEP	1-6	0.143	3-8	0.273
East
Old Dominion	6-1	0.857	8-3	0.727
WKU	6-1	0.857	8-3	0.727
Middle Tennessee	4-3	0.571	7-4	0.636
FIU	4-3	0.571	4-7	0.364
Charlotte	3-4	0.429	4-7	0.364
Florida Atlantic	2-5	0.286	3-8	0.273
Marshall	2-5	0.286	3-8	0.273

ELIGIBLE
Tech
MTSU
WKU
ODU
USM

Win & In
UTSA (1): Charlotte
UNT (1): @UTEP

Eliminated
UAB
FAU
Rice
FIU
Marshall
UTEP
Charlotte

[sportdawg]

Hopefully UTSA & UNT can take care of business and C-USA can fill primary spots.

Bowl Eligibility outlook http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...ball/94164634/

The 40 bowl games require 80 teams to reach the threshold of six wins. Currently, there are just 66 teams at the magic number. One of those is Army, which has two victories against FCS opponents. According to the NCAA rule on bowl selection order, the Black Knights will be placed ahead of teams with losing records even if it doesn't beat Navy on Dec. 10.

There are 44 teams with seven losses unable to reach six wins. Hawaii is 5-7 and can reach six wins Saturday with a victory against Massachusetts. The would follow Army in the selection order as determined by the NCAA.

That leaves 16 teams having an opportunity to win their way into the postseason before 5-7 teams are become eligible. Their records and remaining schedule:
Akron (5-7) - at Ohio
Arizona State (5-6) - at Arizona
Boston College (5-6) - at Wake Forest
Indiana (5-6) - vs. Purdue
Louisiana-Lafayette (4-6) - vs. Arkansas State, at Louisiana-Monroe
Northwestern (5-6) - vs. Illinois
Maryland (5-6) - vs. Rutgers
Miami (Ohio) (6-6) - vs. Ball State
Mississippi (5-6) - vs. Mississippi State
North Carolina State (5-6) - at North Carolina
North Texas (5-6) - at Texas-El Paso
South Alabama (5-5) - at Idaho, vs. New Mexico State
SMU (5-6) - vs. Navy
Southern Mississippi (5-6) - vs. Louisiana Tech
TCU (5-5) - at Texas, vs. Kansas State
Texas (5-6) - vs. TCU
Texas-San Antonio (5-6) - vs. Charlotte

Vanderbilt (5-6) - at Tennessee

With 14 or 15 spots available, it's an almost certainty several 5-7 teams will be needed to fill out bowl slots. Those candidates are selected by classroom APR.Here are the top teams by APR in contention to finish with five wins and get their way into the postseason.
Duke - 995
Northwestern - 992
Vanderbilt - 990
North Texas - 984
Boston College - 981
Indiana - 979
Maryland - 977
Notre Dame - 975
Syracuse - 973
UCLA - 972
Texas - 971

Mississippi State - 971

[sportdawg]

80 Bowl Teams Needed
66 Eligible - Miami (OH) won last night, Akron lost and is eliminated
Hawaii would be Eligible @ 6-7 if they beat UMass.

16 teams at 5-6 - North Texas will probably go bowling with or without a win.


Arizona State (5-6) - at Arizona
Boston College (5-6) - at Wake Forest
Indiana (5-6) - vs. Purdue
Louisiana-Lafayette (4-6) - vs. Arkansas State, at Louisiana-Monroe
Northwestern (5-6) - vs. Illinois
Maryland (5-6) - vs. Rutgers
Mississippi (5-6) - vs. Mississippi State
North Carolina State (5-6) - at North Carolina
North Texas (5-6) - at Texas-El Paso
South Alabama (5-5) - at Idaho, vs. New Mexico State
SMU (5-6) - vs. Navy
Southern Mississippi (5-6) - vs. Louisiana Tech
TCU (5-5) - at Texas, vs. Kansas State
Texas (5-6) - vs. TCU
Texas-San Antonio (5-6) - vs. Charlotte
Vanderbilt (5-6) - at Tennessee

APR
Duke - 995 - (4-7) @ Miami (FL)
Northwestern - 992
Vanderbilt - 990
North Texas - 984

[champion110]

I predict a UNT and UTSA win.........

[sportdawg]

We need UTSA & UNT to win now. We need as many C-USA teams eligible as possible.

Currently 68 out of 80 necessary teams are bowl eligible. North Texas is probably going bowling win or lose. UTSA must win. I doubt Texas will accept a bid at 5-7, but you never know.

One win away (13)
Teams listed in APR order. APR Rating in parenthesis. Remaining opponent listed for each team.
Northwestern (992) -- vs. Illinois
Vanderbilt (990) -- vs. Tennessee
North Texas (984) -- at UTEP
Boston College (981) -- at Wake Forest
Indiana (979) -- vs. Purdue
Maryland (977) -- vs. Rutgers
Texas (971) -- season complete
Northern Illinois (970) -- season complete
Arizona State (960) -- season complete
Ole Miss (958) -- vs. Mississippi State
UT San Antonio (956) -- vs. Charlotte
Akron (947) -- season complete
SMU (941) -- vs. Navy



http://www.cbssports.com/college-foo...ady-qualified/

	C-USA 2016 Bowl Partners
Sat, Dec 17	Gildan New Mexico Bowl	ESPN	Mountain West	1:00 p.m.
Sat, Dec 17	R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl	ESPN	Sun Belt	8:00 p.m.
Tues, Dec 20	Marmot Boca Raton Bowl	ESPN	American	6:00 p.m.
Fri, Dec 23	Popeyes Bahamas Bowl	ESPN	Mid-American	12:00 p.m.
Sat, Dec 24	Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl	ESPN	Mountain West	8:00 p.m.
Tues, Dec 27	Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl	ESPN	Big 10	12:00 p.m.
Mon, Dec 26	Camping World Independence Bowl	ESPN2	Secondary: ACC/SEC	4:00 p.m.

[dawg80]

I don't like Ohio State's helmets. Look like para-military body armor headgear. Maybe if their pants matched the color, but as it is, they look goofy.

OSU wins the game regardless, 24-13.

[sportdawg]

FIU APR is 938 - not going bowling if they beat ODU
Charlotte is also out at 955

[HogDawg]

We need UTSA & UNT to win now. We need as many C-USA teams eligible as possible.

I could not care less about UNT, USM and UTSA getting bowl bids. That's such a crock. And if CUSA has to "suffer" because we couldn't fill all our bowls, I'm okay with that.

Yeah, I know all the "benefits" that you will say we --and CUSA-- get from filling all our bowl slots, but frankly most of those teams have NO BUSINESS being in a bowl game anyway. The fact that anyone in America would buy a $40 ticket to go watch a 6-6 USM team play 6-6 Idaho, or a 6-6 UNT team play a 6-6 Miami of Ohio, is fascinating and quite disturbing at the same time.

[sportdawg]

If play stands, UL-L bowl hopes are done!

[sportdawg]

If play stands, UL-L bowl hopes are done!

Overturned

[revf]

If play stands, UL-L bowl hopes are done!

Don't you mean Los Angles?

[dawg80]

LOVE IT!!!

Penn State is messing up the powers-that-be grand plans for the anointed ones to be in the playoff.

And, although I am not a Penn State fan, I am happy for Nittany Lion Nation that success has returned and that program can move on from that horrific scandal.

[Houston Techsan]

No matter what Ohio State will be in the play off. Even if they had lost to Michigan (which they didn't) they would still be there.

[dawg80]

ODU doing its part crushing FIU today.

UNT's season is over, or about to be.

[Houston Techsan]

Okay, do we want to go to Bowling Green or Norfolk? It will probably be snowing in Bowling Green.