▁L SU , ▁Mississippi ▁State , ▁Missouri , ▁South ▁Carolina , ▁Texas ▁A & M ▁Sun ▁B elt ▁( 5 ): ▁App al ach ian ▁State , ▁Ark ansas ▁State , ▁Georgia ▁State , ▁New ▁Mexico ▁State , ▁T roy ▁ ▁Number ▁of ▁teams ▁going ▁to ▁bow l ▁games : ▁ 7 8 ▁ ▁Number ▁of ▁bow l - el ig ible ▁teams : ▁ 8 1 ▁ ▁In ▁mid - Dec ember ▁multiple ▁media ▁sources ▁reported ▁that ▁Florida ▁State ▁might ▁not ▁have ▁met ▁its ▁bow l ▁el ig ibility ▁requirements . ▁ ▁The ▁team ▁had ▁a ▁record ▁of ▁ 6 – 6 , ▁with ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁wins ▁– ▁their ▁ 7 7 – 6 ▁victory ▁over ▁Del aware ▁State ▁– ▁against ▁an ▁FC S ▁team . ▁ ▁For ▁such ▁a ▁game ▁to ▁count ▁towards ▁bow l ▁el ig ibility , ▁the ▁FC S ▁oppon ent ▁must ▁have ▁used ▁at ▁least ▁ 9 0 ▁percent ▁of ▁its ▁all otted ▁scholar ships , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁clear ▁that ▁Del aware ▁State ▁had ▁done ▁so . ▁ ▁But ▁a ▁few ▁days ▁later ▁the ▁Florida ▁State ▁administration ▁issued ▁a ▁statement ▁saying ▁that ▁Del aware ▁State ▁did ▁in ▁fact ▁meet ▁that ▁threshold , ▁once ▁non - ath let ic ▁scholar ship ▁funds ▁were ▁fact ored ▁in . ▁ ▁Bowl - el ig ible ▁teams ▁that ▁did ▁not ▁receive ▁a ▁ber th ▁As ▁there ▁are ▁more ▁bow l - el ig ible ▁teams ▁than ▁bow l ▁ber th s , ▁three ▁bow l - el ig