With the race to destroy college football in full gear, there is one teeny, tiny piece of good news to report: No new bowls for this season.
Though there was some interest in creating new bowl games, officials decided to keep the bowl lineup at 41. Despite conversations about increasing the postseason eligibility standard to 7–5, potentially eliminating some bowls, the 6-6 mark will continue, Bowl Season executive director Nick Carparelli confirmed to Sports Illustrated.
“We had lengthy discussions with the 10 conference offices as well as the NCAA football competition committee about bowl eligibility criteria,” Carparelli says.