With one regular-season game left, Cal’s bowl picture is becoming clearer.
The Cactus Bowl, which is contracted with the No. 7 Pac-12 team and the No. 6 Big 12 team, remains the Bears’ lone option among their conference’s seven tie-in games. If the Cactus Bowl doesn’t select Cal, Sonny Dykes’ program could earn an at-large berth to a wide range of games.
It is important to note that the conference’s top four four bowls — Rose, Alamo, Holiday and Foster Farms — have the right to dip down a slot it they’d prefer that team to the one aligned with them.