In the coaching job of the year, Wildcats interim-turned-permanent head coach David Bruan has them bowl-eligible with time to spare, 6-5 currently. Some of this week’s spreads have strayed from previous presumptions of power rankings’ bias simply because bowl eligibility is on the line.Ĭonsider Northwestern’s trip to Illinois. 9 meeting.Įnough teams have sprung college football odds upsets of late that if every favorite won this weekend, we would have 80 teams bowl eligible for 82 bowls. That is if the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl will wait for Army or Navy to notch its sixth win in their Dec.