Let's be honest, some D-level bowl being forced to take a 5-win team would be hilarious. It just would. I hope for this to happen every year, and I'm always disappointed. But this year is a little different -- Conference USA and the MAC seem to be a bit down, the Sun Belt is a house fire, and there are more bowls than ever.
If 80 teams don't hit six wins, someone else has to benefit by getting four extra weeks of practice, so why not Vanderbilt? Right? RIGHT? Right.
Once all the 6-win teams are taken, bowls must take the 5-win teams in order of Academic Progress Rate.