The NCAA approved a three-year moratorium that caps the number of bowl games at 41, ESPN reported on Monday.
The move by the NCAA Division I Council comes months after three teams with losing records made bowl appearances and a record 63% of the 128 teams in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision played in a bowl game.
Minnesota, Nebraska and San Jose State made it to a bowl game this past season, despite each finishing with a 5-7 record. Under existing rules, a team has to be at least .500 to earn a bowl berth, but the NCAA allowed 5-7 teams to play in the postseason, ranking each by the school’s Academic Progress Rate (APR).