Not counting the CFP championship game, there are a record 40 other bowl games to take place at the end of the 2015-16 College Football betting season. That means that the bowls need 80 teams to fill that slot. Normally, there is a rule in place requiring teams have six wins (a maximum of one against an FCS opponent) in order to be eligible for a bowl game. However, only 77 teams made it to six wins this year, which means that three of those slots will be filled by teams that are 5-7.
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NCAA guidelines dictate that, when there are not enough teams with six wins, the five-win teams with the highest Academic Progress Rate scores fill the slots. This year, those three teams are Nebraska, Minnesota and San Jose State.
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