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Bowl projections: Will there be enough eligible 6-win teams to fill all the bowl spots?

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It’s very likely we’re going to see at least one team below .500 in a bowl game.

With three weeks to go in the 2023 college football regular season, the odds of all 81 bowl spots being filled by teams with six wins seem small. Just 50 postseason-eligible teams already have six or more wins and 17 teams need a win to be bowl eligible.