NCAA Football Bowl Eligibility Watch

As UB's final regular season game of the year approaches the Bulls need to win, and probably get some help, if they are to secure a bowl bid.

A win over UMass gets the Bulls to 6-6 but their resume this season is not too impressive. Their only victory over a team with a winning record came at home against 7-4 Ohio. They lost close games to Nevada and Bowling Green and then got blown out by Akron.

If there are 81 Bowl Eligible teams it's likely UB is left out in the cold.

So what games to we care about, besides beating UMass? (Bold is the team we want to lose!)

Fri, Nov 27, 2025
2:30 PM ET CBSSEC Live	Missouri	at	Arkansas
3:30 PM ET FOXFoxSportsGo	(20) Washington State	at	Washington
3:30 PM ET ABC	(4) Iowa	at	Nebraska
3:30 PM ET CBSS	Boise State	at	San Jose State
4:30 PM ET ESPNUWatchESPN	Massachusetts	at	Buffalo
8:00 PM ET ESPNUWatchESPN	Tulsa	at	Tulane
Sat, Nov 28, 2025
12:00 PM ET CBSS	Cincinnati	at	East Carolina
12:00 PM ET BTNBTN2Go	Indiana	at	Purdue
12:00 PM ET ASN	Florida Atlantic	at	Old Dominion
12:00 PM ET ESPNUWatchESPN	Virginia Tech	at	Virginia
12:00 PM ET SECNWatchESPN	Louisville	at	Kentucky
3:30 PM ET BTNBTN2Go	Wisconsin	at	Minnesota
3:30 PM ET ESPNUWatchESPN	(16) Northwestern	vs. (Chicago, IL)	Illinois

Our magic number is five. Besides UB Winning we need five of these games to go our way. Here are the games according to Vegas sees them going. If the odds makers are right there will be 7 games going our way. More than enough to secure a Bowl.

• Tulane (+7) over Tulsa
• Purdue (+6.5) over Indiana
• Washington State (+5.5) over Washington
• Cincinnati (+1.5) over ECU
• Boise over San Jose (+7.5)
• Louisville over Kentucky (+4)
• FAU over ODU (+4)
• Northwestern Over Illinois (+3.5)
• Virginia over Va Tech (+3)
• Wisconsin over Minnesota (+2.5)
• Iowa over Nebraska (+1.5)

Missing here is South Alabama because they have two games left