The final week of the 2023 college football regular season is here.
The final week means a ton for some teams, while other teams aren't playing for anything. However, for teams with five wins, winning this week is crucial if they want to be in a bowl game.
In order to play in a bowl game, teams need to have six wins. Currently, through 12 weeks, there are 58 schools that have recorded six or more wins and will be playing in a bowl game.
What schools have made a bowl game?
As of right now, 58 teams have made a bowl game, and we'll list them out by conference.
AAC: Memphis, SMU, Tulane, SMU, UTSA.
ACC: Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Louisville, Miami, NC State, North Carolina.
Big 12: Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, West Virginia.
Big Ten: Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers.
Conference USA: Liberty, New Mexico State.
Independent: Notre Dame.
MAC: Bowling Green, Miami-OH, Ohio, Toledo.
Mountain West: Air Force, Fresno State, UNLV, Wyoming.
Pac-12: Arizona, Oregon, Oregon State, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington.
SEC: Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas A&M.
Sun Belt: Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Texas State, Troy.
As of now, the bowl matchups aren't set, so fans will still need to wait for the regular season to end to see what bowl game their school will be playing in.
Which teams can become bowl-eligible in Week 13?
Week 13 will be crucial for 22 teams, as that is how many schools are currently at five wins and looking to pick up the sixth.
Here are the 22 teams (in bold) and who they play this weekend:
- Virginia Tech vs. NC State
- Arkansas State vs. Texas State
- Texas Tech vs. UCF
- Utah State vs. Boise State
- Illinois at Iowa
- San Jose State vs. San Diego State
- Marshall at South Alabama
- South Alabama vs. Marshall
- Syracuse at Georgia Tech
- BYU vs. Oklahoma
- Central Michigan at Ohio
- Louisiana at Troy
- Northwestern vs. Purdue
- Wisconsin vs. Nebraska
- Minnesota at Ohio State
- Boise State at Utah State
- UCF at Texas Tech
- Georgia Tech vs. Syracuse
- Florida at Missouri
- Nebraska at Wisconsin
- Western Kentucky vs. Sam Houston
- South Florida at UTSA
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