Bowls must fit the following criteria:
1. Must be played in a warm-weather city, unless played in the afternoon.
2. Must be played in a stadium whose primary use is football. Can be a dual-use or multi-use stadium as long as college or professional football is regularly played at the stadium.
3. Must be played in a stadium with more than 34,999 regular seats
4. Most only be one bowl game played at the stadium
This will eliminate the following 13 bowls or slots for 26 teams This fits along with what happened in 2022. 8 teams for the playoffs. 17 teams were 6-6 or worse. Here are the bowls elmiminated.
Myrtle Beach Bowl (Stadium Size)
New Orleans Bowl (Multiple Bowls)
Cheez-Its Bowl (Multiple Bowls)
Guaranteed Rate Bowl (Baseball Stadium)
Camellia Bowl (Stadium Size)
Hawaii Bowl (Stadium Size)
Boca Raton Bowl (Stadium Size)
Fenway Bowl (Baseball Stadium)
First Responder Bowl (Stadium Size)
Lending Tree Bowl (Stadium Size)
Gasparilla Bowl (Multiple Bowls)
Bahamas Bowl (Stadium Size)
Frisco Bowl (Soccer Stadium)
Bowl Games that would still be played but could be moved different stadiums:
Military Bowl to M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore from Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis due to stadium size.
Holiday Bowl to Snapdragon Stadium from PetCo Park to move from a baseball stadium to a football stadium
Pinstripe Bowl to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey from Yankee Stadium to move from a baseball stadium to a football stadium. (The game could also move to SHI Stadium in Rutgers, New Jersey)
Cure Bowl to FBC Mortgage Stadium from Exploria stadium to move from a soccer stadium to a football stadium
Contingent Bowl games that could be organized if there are not enough bowl games for all 7-5 teams. In some years, there may not be enough bowls for all 7-5 teams with this current list. Each conference could have a contingency for such, provided the game is played in a stadium that will qualify. According to applying the future playoffs in these years
Bowl Eligibility. 7 wins and a winning record in conference will lead to an automatic qualification. 7 wins would make a team eligible but now guaranteed. 6-6 will be eligible if there are no other 7 win teams available.
Now, I have gone through an exercise to see if this will work based upon the 2022-23 bowl season. There are some problems with this. Mostly that there are only two independents remaining after the latest conference realignment, namely Army and Notre Dame, the latter who pals with the ACC. Conferences will be larger, but playing with the same number of games. I found that eliminating bowl games based upon stadium size will mostly hurt Conference USA and the Sun Belt. That will be balanced by the number of teams from power conferences making the playoffs.
I learned that some secondary bowls from power conferences like the Gator Bowl and the Sun Bowl may end up on the short end of the stick. This was my fourth iteration. On the first iteration, I had South Alabama going to the Gator Bowl. I guarantee that will never happen. I think it is more likely that the Sun Bowl and Independence Bowl are more likely to go away than the Bahamas Bowl.
The smaller G-5 conferences will have trouble. The smaller bowls that play in smaller stadiums were created
How it could have worked this year
College football playoffs
First Round Bye (Top 4 conference champions)
1. Georgia
2. Michigan
3. Clemson
4. Utah
Other Qualifiers
TCU
Ohio State
Alabama
Kansas State
Tennessee
USC
Penn State
Tulane
These take the Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Peach Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl
Other Bowls
Cure Bowl-Orlando, Florida
Affiliations: Sun Belt vs. Conference USA
Matchup: Coastal Carolina vs. UTSA
Las Vegas Bowl-Las Vegas, Nevada
Affiliations: PAC-12 vs. SEC
Matchup: Oregon State vs. BYU
Los Angeles Bowl-Los Angeles, California
Affiliations: Mountain West vs. PAC-12
Matchup: Fresno State vs. South Alabama
New Mexico Bowl-Albuquerque, New Mexico
Affiliations: Mountain West vs. American
Matchup: Wyoming vs. East Carolina
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl-Boise, Idaho
Affiliation: Mountain West vs. MAC
Matchup: Boise State vs. Toledo
Armed Forces Bowl-Fort Worth, Texas
Affiliation: Conference USA vs. American
Matchup: North Texas vs. SMU
Independence Bowl-Shreveport, Louisiana
Affiliation: American vs.
Matchup: Houston vs. Wake Forest
Quick Lane Bowl-Detroit, Michigan
Affiliation: MAC vs. Big 10
Matchup: Eastern Michigan vs. Marshall
Birmingham Bowl-Birmingham, Alabama
Affiliation: American vs. Conference USA
Matchup: Troy vs. Middle Tennessee
Military Bowl-Baltimore, Maryland
Affiliation: American vs. ACC
Matchup: Cincinnati vs. North Carolina
Liberty Bowl-Memphis, Tennessee
Affiliation: SEC vs. Big 12
Matchup Mississippi State vs. Liberty
Holiday Bowl-San Diego, California
Affiliation: PAC-12 vs. ACC
Matchup: Oregon vs. Norte Dame
Texas Bowl-Houston, Texas
Affiliation: Big 12 vs. SEC
Matchup: Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss
Pinstripe Bowl-East Rutherford, New Jersey
Affiliation: Big 10 vs. ACC
Matchup: Maryland vs. Duke
Alamo Bowl-San Antonio, Texas
Affiliation: PAC-12 vs. Big 12
Matchup: Washington vs. Texas
Duke's Mayo Bowl-Charlotte, North Carolina
Affiliation: ACC vs. Big 10
Matchup: Florida State vs. Iowa
Sun Bowl-El Paso, Texas
Affiliation: Pac 12 vs ACC
Matchup: UCLA vs. Louisville
Gator Bowl-Jacksonville, Florida
Affiliation: ACC vs. SEC
Matchup: NC State vs. Central Florida
Arizona Bowl-Tucson, Arizon
Affiliation: MWC vs. MAC
Matchup: Air Force vs. Toledo
Music City Bowl-Memphis, Tennessee
Affiliation: Big 10 vs SEC
Matchup: Minnesota vs. Arkansas*
ReliaQuest Bowl-Tampa, Florida
Affiliation: SEC vs. Big 10
Matchup: South Carolina vs. Illinois
Citris Bowl-Orlando, Florida
Affiliation: SEC vs. Big 10
Matchup LSU vs. Purdue
Number of 6-6 teams: 1
Invitations by Conference
American Athletic Conference
Playoff:
Tulane
Guaranteed Affiliated (7-5 or better with a winning conference record)
Central Florida (Gator vs. NC State)
Cincinnati (Military vs North Carolina)
SMU (Armed Forces vs. North Texas)
Houston (Independence vs. Wake Forest)
At-Large (7-5 or better, but sub-500 in conference play)
East Carolina (New Mexico vs. Wyoming)
Eligible (6-6)
Memphis
Atlantic Coast Conference:
Playoff (Invited to participate in the college football playoff)
Clemson
Guaranteed Affiliated (7-5 or better with a winning conference record)
Florida State (Duke's Mayo vs. Iowa)
North Carolina (Military vs Cincinnati)
Duke (Pinstripe vs. Maryland)
At-Large (7-5 or better, but sub-500 in conference play)
Louisville (Sun vs. UCLA)
NC State (Gator vs. East Carolina)
Wake Forest (Independence vs. Houston)
Eligible (6-6)
Syracuse
Big 12
Playoff
TCU
Kansas State
Guaranteed Affiliated
Texas (Alamo vs. Washington)
Texas Tech (Texas vs. Ole Miss)
Eligible
Baylor
Kansas
Oklahoma
Big Ten
Playoff
Ohio State
Michigan
Penn State
Guaranteed Affiliated
Purdue (Citrus vs LSU)
Illinois (ReliaQuest vs South Carolina)
Iowa (Duke's Mayo vs Florida State)
Minnesota (Music City vs Arkansas)
At-Large
Maryland (Pinstripe vs. Duke)
Eligible
Wisconsin
Conference USA
Guaranteed Affiliated
UTSA (Cure vs. Coastal Carolina)
North Texas (Armed Forces vs. Central Florida)
Western Kentucky (New Mexico vs. SMU)
Middle Tennessee (Birmingham vs. Troy)
Eligible
UAB
Independents
At-Large
Notre Dame (Holiday vs. Oregon)
Liberty (Liberty Bowl vs. Mississippi State)
BYU (Las Vegas vs. Oregon State)
Eligible
New Mexico State
Army
Mid-American Conference
Guaranteed Affiliated
Ohio (Potato vs. Boise State)
Toledo (Arizona vs. Air Force)
Eastern Michigan (Quick Lane vs Marshall)
Eligible
Buffalo
Bowling Green
Miami (OH)
Mountain West Conference
Guaranteed Affiliated
Fresno State (LA vs. South Alabama)
Boise State (Potato vs. Ohio)
Wyoming (New Mexico vs. East Carolina)
Air Force (Arizona vs. Toledo)
Eligible
San Diego State
San Jose State
Utah State
PAC-12
Playoff
Utah
USC
Guaranteed Affiliated
Washington (Alamo vs. Texas)
Oregon (Holiday vs. Notre Dame)
Oregon State (Las Vegas vs. BYU)
UCLA (Sun vs. Louisville)
Eligible
Washington State
SEC
Playoff
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Guaranteed Affiliated
LSU (Citrus vs. Purdue)
Mississippi State (Liberty vs. Liberty)
Ole Miss (Texas vs. Texas Tech)
South Carolina (ReliaQuest vs. Illinois)
Eligible
Arkansas (Music City vs. Minnesota)
Kentucky
Florida
Missouri
Sun Belt
Guaranteed Affiliated
Coastal Carolina (Cure vs. Kentucky)
Marshall (Quick Lane vs. Eastern Michigan)
Troy (Birmingham vs. Middle Tennessee)
South Alabama (LA vs. Fresno State)
Eligible
Appalachian State
Georgia Southern
Southern Mississippi
Transitioning-Not Eligible If they were eligible, no 6-6 teams would get bowl invites.
James Madison
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