Here's a ranking of the bowls by the "fewest graduated" amongst both teams:
- Meinke Car Care Bowl: South Florida (44 GSR) vs. Clemson (60 GSR)
- Valero Alamo Bowl: Oklahoma State (59 GSR) vs. Arizona (48 GSR)
- Little Caesars Bowl: Toledo (65 GSR) vs. Florida International (46 GSR)
Here's a ranking of the bowl games by the "most graduated" amongst both teams:
- Hyundai Sun Bowl: Notre Dame (96 GSR) vs. Miami, FL (81 GSR)
- Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl: Army (85 GSR) vs. SMU (76 GSR)
- TicketCity Bowl: Northwestern (95 GSR) vs. Texas Tcch (69 GSR)
A PROPOSAL FOR UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS: It's about time that the NCAA, BCS and the Bowls get together and factor in the Graduation Success Rates (GSR) of all of the bowl eligible teams -- especially when determining what 6-6 teams get into bowl games. This year, there were two bowl eligible teams that were "overlooked" by the bowls; Temple; 8-4 record (56 GSR) and Western Michigan University; 6-6 record (59 GSR).
The ND GO IRISH BLOG's proposal is as follows;
- Any team that has a record better than 6-6 automatically "qualifies" for a bowl, if there are enough spots.
- All of the teams with 6-6 records would be ranked, for selection into bowl games, by their current GSR score for their football team. The team with the highest GSR would be ranked #1 among the 6-6 teams. If there were six spots available to teams with 6-6 records and there were 8 teams to pick from -- the six teams with the highest GSR would qualify for a bowl game. The two teams with the lowest GSR would not be playing in a bowl game.
If these rules were in effect this bowl season -- the following would have happened:
- Temple, with their 8-4 record -- would be playing in a bowl game.
- Western Michigan, with their 6-6 record and 59 GSR -- would be playing in a bowl game.
- Florida International, with their 6-6 record and 46 GSR -- would not be playing in a bowl game.
- Tennessee, with their 6-6 record and 53 GSR -- would not be playing in a bowl game.
- UTEP, with their 6-6 record and 57 GSR -- would have been the last team qualifying for a bowl game.
Here's the 2010 - 2011 Bowl Game Schedule
along with the GSR for the teams in each Bowl Game:
New Mexico Bowl -- December 18th
- UTEP: 57 GSR
- BYU: 62 GSR
uDrove Humanitarian Bowl -- December 18th
- Fresno State: 52 GSR
- Northern Illinois: 67 GSR
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl -- December 18th
- Troy: 75 GSR
- Ohio: 71 GSR
Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl -- December 21st
- Southern Mississippi: 84 GSR
- Louisville: 63 GSR
MAACO Las Vegas Bowl -- December 22nd
- Utah: 62 GSR
- Boise State: 63 GSR
San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl -- December 23rd
- San Diego State: 55 GSR
- Naval Academy: 92 GSR
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl
- Hawaii: 46 GSR
- Tulsa: 66 GSR
Little Caesars Bowl -- December 26th
- Toledo: 65 GSR
- Florida International: 46 GSR
AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl -- December 27th
- Georgia Tech: 49 GSR
- Air Force Academy: 86 GSR
Champs Sports Bowl -- December 28th
- North Carolina State: 56 GSR
- West Virginia: 72 GSR
Insight Bowl -- December 28th
- Missouri: 71 GSR
- Iowa: 79 GSR
Military Bowl -- December 29th
- Maryland: 64 GSR
- East Carolina: 63 GSR
Texas Bowl -- December 29th
- Illinois: 76 GSR
- Baylor: 64 GSR
Valermo Alamo Bowl -- December 29th
- Oklahoma State: 59 GSR
- Arizona: 48 GSR
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl -- December 30th
- Army: 85 GSR
- SMU: 76 GSR
New Era Pinstripes Bowl -- December 30th
- Kansas State: 69 GSR
- Syracuse: 76 GSR
Franklin American Mortgage Music Bowl -- December 30th
- North Carolina: 75 GSR
- Tennessee: 53 GSR
Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl -- December 30th
- Washington: 82 GSR
- Nebraska: 68 GSR
Meineke Car Care Bowl -- December 31st
- South Florida: 46 GSR
- Clemson: 60 GSR
Hyundai Sun Bowl -- December 31st
- Miami, FL: 81 GSR
- Notre Dame: 96 GSR
Auto Zone Liberty Bowl -- December 31st
- UCF: 70 GSR
- Georgia: 68 GSR
Chick-fil-A Bowl -- December 31st
- Florida State: 64 GSR
- South Carolina: 57 GSR
TicketCity Bowl -- January 1st
- Northwestern: 95 GSR
- Texas Tech: 69 GSR
Outback Bowl -- January 1st
- Penn State: 84 GSR
- Florida: 67 GSR
Capital One Bowl -- January 1st
- Michigan State: 55 GSR
- Alabama: 67 GSR
Gator Bowl -- January 1st
- Michigan: 72 GSR
- Mississippi State: 64 GSR
Rose Bowl presented by VIZIO -- January 1st
- Wisconsin: 65 GSR
- TCU: 71 GSR
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl -- January 1st
- Oklahoma: 44 GSR
- UCONN: 77 GSR
Discover Orange Bowl -- January 3rd
- Virginia Tech: 79 GSR
- Stanford: 83 GSR
AllState Sugar Bowl -- January 4th
- Arkansas: 55 GSR
- Ohio State: 63 GSR
GoDaddy.com Bowl -- January 6th
- Miami, OH: 79 GSR
- Middle Tennessee: 55 GSR
AT&T Cotton Bowl -- January 7th
- Texas A&M: 57 GSR
- LSU: 67 GSR
BBVA Compass Bowl -- January 8th
- Pittsburgh: 69 GSR
- Kentucky: 63 GSR
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl -- January 9th
- Boston College: 90 GSR
- Nevada: 66 GSR
Tostitos BCS National Championship Game -- January 10th
- Auburn: 63 GSR
- Oregon: 54 GSR
