OK, maybe there are too many bowls.
Losses by Kentucky, Minnesota, Illinois and others on Saturday meant there will not be enough six-win teams with .500 records to fill a record 40 bowls.
At least two teams with a 5-7 record will be in the postseason, and maybe as many as five — including Kansas State, which still has a game remaining next week against West Virginia.
“I didn’t love 6-6 teams being allowed to go to a bowl, let alone 5-7,” Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said.
“I’d prefer less bowls and at a minimum a 6-6 record to get in.