Just thought that with most teams having 3 games to go I'd look at how each of the P5 conferences are doing regarding bowl eligibility and that I'd go indepth with the Pac-12 after looking at the other conferences.
ACC - 14 teams. 6 bowl eligible, 2 eliminated, 3 5 win and 3 4 win teams remain in contention.
Big12 - 10 teams. 3 bowl eligible, 0 eliminated. 4 5 win, 1 4 win and 2 3 win teams remain in contention.
Big10 - 14 teams - 6 bowl eligible, 2 eliminated, 3 5 win and 3 4 win teams remain.
SEC - 14 teams - 7 bowl eligible, 1 eliminated, 4 5 win and 2 4 win teams remain
Pac12 (in detail)
Bowl Eligible
WSU - 8-1
UW - 7-3
Oregon - 6-3
Utah - 6-3
Eliminated
OSU 2-7
UCLA 2-7
Still contending
Furd - 5-4
Cal - 5-4
USC - 5-4
Zona - 5-5
ASU - 5-4
Rado - 5-4
Overall the Pac-12 is keeping pace with the other conferences regarding getting teams to 6 wins and bowl eligibility despite the fact that only 2 conference teams don't have at least 3 conference losses. I has definitely been a fight
As for the teams still fighting to become eligible. Her are my thoughts.
Furd - Remaining opponents OSU, Cal, UCLA. They have some serious issues, but should find at least one win in their next 3 games
USC - remaining opponents, Cal, UCLA, Notre Dame. Their best chance for a win is UCLA followed by Cal, but they are not a dominant team this season. The should get their 6th win though considering how bad UCLA is.
ASU - remaining opponents UCLA, Oregon, Zona. Another team that gets to play the happy Bruins when still needing one more win for bowl eligibility.
Zona - remaining opponents WSU, ASU. They won't beat WSU which means the ASU game will be their make/break game. It will be interesting.
Colorado - remaining opponents, WSU, Utah, Cal. They have lost their last 4 games and had an epic collapse against OSU just 2 weeks ago. Their best chance for win will probably prove to be Utah, as the Utes lost their starting QB for the season after he broke his collarbone yesterday.
Cal - remaining opponents. USC, Furd, Colorado. Honestly unless Colorado gets healthy in the next 3 weeks I'm rather certain that they can't defeat Cal, but I also believe that Cal has real chances against both USC and Furd. Yes, the offense needs some fixing, but these are winnable games thanks to one of the best defenses in the country.
ACC - 14 teams. 6 bowl eligible, 2 eliminated, 3 5 win and 3 4 win teams remain in contention.
Big12 - 10 teams. 3 bowl eligible, 0 eliminated. 4 5 win, 1 4 win and 2 3 win teams remain in contention.
Big10 - 14 teams - 6 bowl eligible, 2 eliminated, 3 5 win and 3 4 win teams remain.
SEC - 14 teams - 7 bowl eligible, 1 eliminated, 4 5 win and 2 4 win teams remain
Pac12 (in detail)
Bowl Eligible
WSU - 8-1
UW - 7-3
Oregon - 6-3
Utah - 6-3
Eliminated
OSU 2-7
UCLA 2-7
Still contending
Furd - 5-4
Cal - 5-4
USC - 5-4
Zona - 5-5
ASU - 5-4
Rado - 5-4
Overall the Pac-12 is keeping pace with the other conferences regarding getting teams to 6 wins and bowl eligibility despite the fact that only 2 conference teams don't have at least 3 conference losses. I has definitely been a fight
As for the teams still fighting to become eligible. Her are my thoughts.
Furd - Remaining opponents OSU, Cal, UCLA. They have some serious issues, but should find at least one win in their next 3 games
USC - remaining opponents, Cal, UCLA, Notre Dame. Their best chance for a win is UCLA followed by Cal, but they are not a dominant team this season. The should get their 6th win though considering how bad UCLA is.
ASU - remaining opponents UCLA, Oregon, Zona. Another team that gets to play the happy Bruins when still needing one more win for bowl eligibility.
Zona - remaining opponents WSU, ASU. They won't beat WSU which means the ASU game will be their make/break game. It will be interesting.
Colorado - remaining opponents, WSU, Utah, Cal. They have lost their last 4 games and had an epic collapse against OSU just 2 weeks ago. Their best chance for win will probably prove to be Utah, as the Utes lost their starting QB for the season after he broke his collarbone yesterday.
Cal - remaining opponents. USC, Furd, Colorado. Honestly unless Colorado gets healthy in the next 3 weeks I'm rather certain that they can't defeat Cal, but I also believe that Cal has real chances against both USC and Furd. Yes, the offense needs some fixing, but these are winnable games thanks to one of the best defenses in the country.