After a convincing win versus Temple and a strong effort to win at Syracuse, Rutgers football stands at 2-0 in advance of a (probably sneakily competitive) game against FCS stalwart Delaware next Saturday. In advance of the next game, a post about Rutgers’ bowl eligibility chances is in order.
A reminder, with a full season in 2021, we are back to the pre-2020 rules with respect to bowl eligibility. A team needs six wins this season (and only one of them can be versus an FCS opponent). Last year was a strange year in college football for lots of reasons not worth enumerating—but one important difference was teams did not have to be close to/at .