The N.C.A.A. football oversight committee will provide guidelines for matching bowls with sub.-500 teams if there are not enough bowl-eligible squads to fill the record 80 postseason spots available this year.
The committee could wait to see how this week’s games play out and how close to 80 bowl-eligible teams there are come Sunday. Seventy-one have met the minimum requirement of six wins and at least a .500 record in 12 games going into the final two weeks of the regular season.
u25a0 Oklahoma confirmed that quarterback Baker Mayfield sustained a concussion in last weekend’s win over Texas Christian, and the Sooners are optimistic that he will be able to play in the Bedlam showdown against Oklahoma State on Saturday.