The bowl eligibility picture with two weeks left in season

The picture for teams chasing bowl eligibility got a little clearer this weekend.

Notre Dame, UCLA, California and Texas Tech are out for now. Kansas State, South Carolina and Kentucky are in. Several others remain on the fence with two weeks left in the season.

The 40 bowl games require 80 teams to reach the threshold of six wins. Currently, there are just 65 teams at the magic number. One of those is Army, which has two victories against FCS opponents. According to the NCAA rule on bowl selection order, the Black Knights will be placed ahead of teams with losing records even if it doesn't beat Navy on Dec. 10.

There are 44 teams with seven losses unable to reach six wins. Hawaii is 5-7 and can reach six wins Saturday with a victory against Massachusetts. The would follow Army in the selection order as determined by the NCAA.

That leaves 18 teams having an opportunity to win their way into the postseason before 5-7 teams are become eligible. Their records and remaining schedule:

Akron (5-6) - at Ohio

Arizona State (5-6) - at Arizona

Boston College (5-6) - at Wake Forest

Indiana (5-6) - vs. Purdue

Louisiana-Lafayette (4-6) - vs. Arkansas State, at Louisiana-Monroe

Northwestern (5-6) - vs. Illinois

Maryland (5-6) - vs. Rutgers

Miami (Ohio) (5-6) - vs. Ball State

Mississippi (5-6) - vs. Mississippi State

North Carolina State (5-6) - at North Carolina

North Texas (5-6) - at Texas-El Paso

South Alabama (5-5) - at Idaho, vs. New Mexico State

SMU (5-6) - vs. Navy

Southern Mississippi (5-6) - vs. Louisiana Tech

TCU (5-5) - at Texas, vs. Kansas State

Texas (5-6) - vs. TCU

Texas-San Antonio (5-6) - vs. Charlotte

Vanderbilt (5-6) - at Tennessee

With 14 or 15 spots available, it's an almost certainty several 5-7 teams will be needed to fill out bowl slots. Those candidates are selected by classroom APR.

Here are the top teams by APR in contention to finish with five wins and get their way into the postseason.

Duke - 995

Northwestern - 992

Vanderbilt - 990

North Texas - 984

Boston College - 981

Indiana - 979

Maryland - 977

Notre Dame - 975

Syracuse - 973

UCLA - 972

Texas - 971

Mississippi State - 971

As you can see, it will be an interesting last couple weeks to see how the situation sorts itself out.

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