2014-15 Bowl Eligibility

Note: Idaho is not eligible due to APR. Transitioning schools will not be eligible as they are not required to help fill bowls.

I tried to count up the number of tie-ins each conference had, but with several bowls having multiple tie-ins (ie. TaxSlayer is Big Ten or ACC or Notre Dame vs. SEC), I felt that count would be inaccurate.

There are 76 slots to be filled in with two already taken by BYU and Navy.  38 games, including the two playoff semifinals.  Game 39 is the national championship game.

There are 81 bowl eligible schools.  Georgia Southern, Old Dominion & Appalachian St. have at least six wins but as transitioning schools, they would only be eligible for bowl consideration if there are not enough bowl eligible schools. 

Also, if Fresno St. loses the Mountain West title game, they remain bowl eligible at 6-7 as a conference's division champion.

2014-15 Bowl Schedule with available tie-ins
 

Conference	Eligible	Not Eligible
ACC	Boston College Florida St. Clemson Duke Georgia Tech Louisville Miami (FL) NC State North Carolina Pittsburgh Virginia Tech	Syracuse Virginia Wake Forest
American	Cincinnati East Carolina Houston Memphis Temple UCF	Connecticut SMU Tulane Tulsa USF
Big 12	Baylor Kansas St. Oklahoma Oklahoma St. TCU Texas West Virginia	Iowa St. Kansas Texas Tech
Big Ten	Illinois Iowa Maryland Michigan St. Minnesota Nebraska Ohio St. Penn St. Rutgers Wisconsin	Indiana Michigan Northwestern Purdue
C-USA	Louisiana Tech Marshall Middle Tennessee Rice UAB UTEP Western Kentucky	FAU FIU North Texas Old Dominion Southern Miss UTSA
Independents	BYU Navy Notre Dame	Army
MAC	Bowling Green Central Michigan Northern Illinois Ohio Toledo Western Michigan	Akron Ball St. Buffalo Eastern Michigan Kent St. Massachusetts Miami (OH)
Mountain West	Air Force Boise St. Colorado St. Fresno St. Nevada San Diego St. Utah St.	Hawai'i New Mexico San Jose St. UNLV Wyoming
Pac-12	Arizona Arizona St. Oregon Stanford UCLA USC Utah Washington	California Colorado Oregon St. Washington St.
SEC	Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Georgia LSU Mississippi St. Missouri Ole Miss South Carolina Texas A&M Tennessee	Kentucky Vanderbilt
Sun Belt	Arkansas St. South Alabama Texas St. UL-Lafayette	Appalachian St. Georgia St. Georgia Southern Idaho New Mexico St. Troy UL-Monroe