Heading into the final weekend of the college football regular season, 77 teams have already secured bowl game eligibility. With 41 games, 82 teams will compete in a bowl in December and January.

If you want to know what it takes to qualify for a bowl: Teams must win at least six games with a winning percentage of at least .500 and can only count one win against FCS opponents.

Not every team that meets these criteria will participate in a bowl game, especially this year, as there is a good chance we will have more than 82 bowl-eligible teams this time, which is not always the case.

College football teams looking for a sixth win this weekend include Appalachian State, Auburn, Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina, Eastern Michigan, Kansas, Louisiana-Monroe, Michigan State, New Mexico, NC State, North Texas, Oregon State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Western Michigan and Wisconsin.

It should be noted that two games this weekend feature five-win teams – Virginia vs. Virginia Tech and Eastern Michigan vs. Western Michigan – so there are essentially 79 bowl-eligible teams at this point.

APR rankings

However, if the five-win teams struggle this weekend and there end up being fewer than 82 bowl-eligible teams, what matters is the academic progress rate results of the teams that were one win away from bowl eligibility. Here’s a look at the APR score rankings of teams that could finish 5-7 at the end of this weekend:

• Northwest (4-7)
• Cincinnati (5-6)
• Wisconsin (5-6)
• Air Force (4-7)
• Wake Forest (4-7)
• Auburn (5-6)
• Virginia (5-6)
• UCF (4-7)
• NC State (5-6)
• Utah (4-7)
• Carolina Coast (5-6)
• Oregon State (5-6)
• Michigan State (5-6)
• UCLA (4-7)
• Old Dominion (4-7)
• Kentucky (4-7)
• Virginia Tech (5-6)
• Kansas (5-6)
• Eastern Michigan (5-6)
• Arizona (4-7)
• Appalachian State (5-5)
• North Texas (5-6)
• Hawaii (4-7)
• Western Michigan (5-6)
• Utah State (4-7)
• New Mexico (5-6)
• Central Michigan (4-7)
• Houston (4-7)
• Maryland (4-7)
• Charlotte (4-7)
• Louisiana Tech (4-7)
• Louisiana-Monroe (5-6)

Eligible teams for the College Football Bowl

Here is a list of the 77 teams eligible for a bowl game starting on Thanksgiving Day:

• SEC (13): Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
• Big Ten (12): Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Rutgers, USC, Washington
• ACC (11): Boston College, Cal, Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, SMU, Syracuse
• Big 12 (9): Arizona State, Baylor, BYU, Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas State, TCU, Texas Tech, West Virginia
• Pac-12 (1): Washington State
• AAC (7): Army, East Carolina, Memphis, Navy, Tulane, USF, UTSA
• Mountain West (5): Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Jose State, UNLV
• Sunbelt (7): Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, James Madison, Louisiana, Marshall, South Alabama, Texas State
• MAC (6): Bowling Green, Buffalo, Miami-Ohio, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo
• Conference USA (4): Jacksonville State, Liberty, Sam Houston, Western Kentucky
• Independents (2): Notre Dame, UConn

Bowl season begins December 14th and ends with the College Football Playoff national championship on January 20th.