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There will be enough eligible teams to fill all bowl spots this season

There will be enough eligible teams to fill all bowl spots this season
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(AP) -- There will be enough bowl eligible teams to fill all the spots this year.

Temple's 43-22 victory over Tulsa on Saturday made the Owls the 77th eligible team. There are spots for 78 FBS teams in bowls this season, and the winner of Saturday night's game between Colorado (5-6) and Utah (5-6) will also become eligible.

In fact, there will probably be more eligible teams than there's room for. Florida State (5-6) and New Mexico State (5-6) can become bowl eligible by winning next week, and there are a couple other teams still with chances to reach six wins in games Saturday.

So assuming no eligible team turns down a bowl bid, there will be no five-win teams going to bowls this season.