Story from Star Tribune: http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...-for-bowl-but-five-could-be-enough/457099173/
Long story short: 78 bowl spots available. Currently, 59 bowl-eligible teams. Gophers among 21 teams with five wins.
The tiebreaker for five win teams is Academic Progress Rate (APR), where the Gophers rank tied for fourth with Duke and Vanderbilt, who are both 4-6. Those two win the tiebreaker, if all three finish with five wins. Both Duke and Vanderbilt are underdogs in their final two games. So, hope for Duke and Vanderbilt to lose both of their final two games and get in.
Or, of course, we just win one of our final two games
Long story short: 78 bowl spots available. Currently, 59 bowl-eligible teams. Gophers among 21 teams with five wins.
The tiebreaker for five win teams is Academic Progress Rate (APR), where the Gophers rank tied for fourth with Duke and Vanderbilt, who are both 4-6. Those two win the tiebreaker, if all three finish with five wins. Both Duke and Vanderbilt are underdogs in their final two games. So, hope for Duke and Vanderbilt to lose both of their final two games and get in.
Or, of course, we just win one of our final two games
