INDIANAPOLIS (AP) 鈥� The Bowl Subdivisions Oversight Committee has adopted a proposal that would loosen the constraints on conferences needing one or more of its 5-7 teams to play in bowl games.
Under the proposal, voted on Thursday, if all teams with at least a 6-6 record have been selected, a conference can pick any team that has a minimum multiyear Academic Progress Rate score of 930 to fill its bowl commitments.
The committee’s action is not final until the Division I Cabinet reviews it in June.
Currently, if 5-7 teams need to be selected for a bowl, those teams become available in descending order of their multiyear Academic Progress Rate.
There was a to fill open bowl spots last year when , and announced on bowl selection day that they would opt out. , and accepted bowl bids with 5-7 records, but at least six 5-7 teams declined bids before matchups were finalized.
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