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2007-08 NCAA football bowl games

2007–08 NCAA football bowl games
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Bowl sites by state
Season 2007
Regular season August 30–December 1
Number of bowls 32
All-star games 4
Bowl games December 20, 2007 –
January 7, 2008 (not counting post-BCS all-star games)
National Championship 2008 BCS Championship Game
Location of Championship Louisiana Superdome,
New Orleans, Louisiana
Champions LSU Tigers
Bowl Challenge Cup winner Mountain West
Bowl Record by Conference
Conference Bowls Record Final AP Poll
SEC 9 7–2 (0.778) 5
Big 12 8 5–3 (0.625) 5
Big Ten 8 3–5 (0.375) 5
ACC 8 2–6 (0.250) 3
Pac-10 6 4–2 (0.667) 4
Conference USA 6 2–4 (0.333) 0
Mountain West 5 4–1 (0.800) 1
Big East 5 3–2 (0.600) 2
WAC 4 1–3 (0.250) 1
MAC 3 0–3 (0.000) 0
Sun Belt 1 1–0 (1.000) 0
Independents 1 0–1 (0.000) 0
Bowl Record by Conference
Conference Bowls Record Final AP Poll
SEC 9 7–2 (0.778) 5
Big 12 8 5–3 (0.625) 5
Big Ten 8 3–5 (0.375) 5
ACC 8 2–6 (0.250) 3
Pac-10 6 4–2 (0.667) 4
Conference USA 6 2–4 (0.333) 0
Mountain West 5 4–1 (0.800) 1
Big East 5 3–2 (0.600) 2
WAC 4 1–3 (0.250) 1
MAC 3 0–3 (0.000) 0
Sun Belt 1 1–0 (1.000) 0
Independents 1 0–1 (0.000) 0

The 2007–08 NCAA football bowl games concluded the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS regular season in college football.

A total of 32 team-competitive plus four all-star postseason games were played. To fill the 64 available bowl slots from the 119 schools in the Bowl Subdivision, a total of seven teams with non-winning seasons participated in bowl games—all seven had a .500 (6-6) season.

For the 2007-08 season, NCAA bylaws stipulated that any team that finished with at least a 6-6 overall regular season record can only be selected to fill a conference tie-in bowl slot once all other available conference teams are chosen.

The Big Ten had ten teams who finished with a 6-6 or better regular season record, but only were allocated six slots not including BCS-qualifying Ohio State and Illinois. As a result, Northwestern and Iowa who finished with a 6-6 record did not qualify for a bowl game. Other teams that were left out of the bowl games were Louisville of the Big East; and the SEC's South Carolina, despite the fact that their conference had two BCS-qualifying teams (LSU and Georgia). The MAC's Ohio and Sun Belt members Troy and Louisiana-Monroe also failed to receive invitations. The Troy Trojans (at 8-4) were the most notable absentee from the bowl games, losing their season finale to Florida Atlantic on the last day of the season.


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