With most teams still to play one or two games, it's probable that more than 70 teams will end up with the .500 or better record required for bowl eligibility, eligible to play in one of the 34 bowl games.
Counting affiliations and BCS bowls, 48 positions are reserved for BCS conference teams. After the weekend's games, 40 BCS conference teams are bowl eligible. If the BCS conferences cannot fill all of their affiliated bowl slots, teams from other conferences can fill the extra slots.
Listed here are the teams that are bowl eligible from each BCS conference, along with the probable bowls affiliated with those conferences. In addition to the bowl affiliations listed here, it appears three more bowl bids among the BCS bowls (Fiesta, Orange, Rose, Sugar, and BCS Championship Game) will go to BCS conference teams. The final BCS bowl bid likely will go to a non-BCS team, either Utah or Boise State.
ACC
- Bowl eligible (8): Boston College, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami, North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
- Bowl affiliations (9): Orange, Gator, Chick-fil-A, Music City, Humanitarian, Emerald, Champs Sports, Meineke Car Care, EagleBank
- Still alive: Clemson, Duke, North Carolina State, Virginia
Big 12
- Bowl eligible (7): Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech
- Bowl affiliations (8): Fiesta, Cotton, Holiday, Alamo, Gator or Sun, Insight, Texas, Independence
- Still alive: Colorado
Big East
- Bowl eligible (5): Cincinnati, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, South Florida, West Virginia
- Bowl affiliations (5): Orange, Papajohns.com, Meineke Car Care, International, St. Petersburg
- Still alive: Louisville, Rutgers
Big Ten
- Bowl eligible (7): Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin
- Bowl affiliations (7): Rose, Outback, Capital One, Alamo, Champs Sports, Insight, Motor City
- Still alive: Illinois
Pac-10
- Bowl eligible (5): Arizona, California, Oregon, Oregon State, USC
- Bowl affiliations (7): Rose, Holiday, Sun, Emerald, Hawaii, Poinsettia, Las Vegas
- Still alive: Arizona State, Stanford, UCLA
SEC
- Bowl eligible (8): Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
- Bowl affiliations (9): Sugar, Outback, Capital One, Cotton, Chick-fil-A, Music City, Liberty, Papajohns.com, Independence
- Still alive: Arkansas, Auburn
Conference USA
- Bowl eligible (4): East Carolina, Houston, Rice, Tulsa
- Bowl affiliations (6): Liberty, GMAC, Armed Forces, Texas, St. Petersburg, New Orleans
- Still alive: Marshall, Memphis, Southern Miss, UTEP
Mid-American
- Bowl eligible (4): Ball State, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Western Michigan
- Bowl affiliations (3): Motor City, GMAC, International
- Still alive: Akron, Bowling Green, Northern Illinois
Mountain West
- Bowl eligible (4): Air Force, BYU, TCU, Utah
- Bowl affiliations (4): Poinsettia, Armed Forces, Las Vegas, New Mexico
- Still alive: Colorado State, UNLV
Sun Belt
- Bowl eligible (1): Troy
- Bowl affiliations (1): New Orleans
- Still alive: Arkansas State, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Louisiana-Lafayette, Middle Tennessee State
Western Athletic
- Bowl eligible (5): Boise State, Fresno State, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, San Jose State
- Bowl affiliations (3): Humanitarian, Hawaii, New Mexico
- Still alive: Hawaii
Independents
- Bowl eligible (2): Notre Dame, Navy
- Bowl affiliations (2): Sun or Gator, EagleBank
- Still alive: None
