#Bowl games mac teams are eligible for mac

#Bowl games mac teams are eligible for mac

The Cardinals won the MAC for the first time and followed that with their first-ever bowl win. The MAC allowed only the two teams that played in the league title game to go on to bowls. 10 Iowa State each won their New Year's Six games. This season, every Big 12 team was favored, and all five took care of business. In 2019, it was an underdog in all six bowl games and managed to win just one. What a turnaround from last season for the Big 12. Here is a breakdown of how each conference performed and what was expected based on the odds for each bowl game. Colorado played the only nonconference game the Pac-12 allowed. The SEC, Big Ten and MAC did not play any nonconference games during the regular season. One of the unique things about this bowl season is that, for many teams, these were their first nonconference games. The Blazers were originally scheduled for the Gasparilla Bowl, but South Carolina had to drop out. The only other team of note that ended up not getting to play in a bowl was UAB, the Conference USA champions. The Hawkeyes were to play Missouri in the Music City Bowl, but the Tigers could not play due to COVID-19. 15 Iowa was the only ranked team to have its bowl canceled. A third, Tennessee, had to drop out of the Liberty Bowl however, it was replaced by Army West Point. That kicked out two of the four SEC teams that got bowl bids despite records of 3-7 or worse. All but four of the 18 cancellations came before those games' matchups were announced.ĬOVID-19 problems canceled the Frisco, Gasparilla, Music City and Texas bowls after their teams had been announced. There were 42 bowl games originally scheduled and one added after the season started, but ultimately, only 25 were played.

Like everything else in this college football season, the bowl season was an adventure.