The Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee on Thursday voted to adopt a proposal that allows conferences more flexibility to fill bowl game opportunities if there aren't enough deserving teams.
Under the proposal, if all deserving teams have been selected for bowl games and all schools who meet an exception other than the exception for 5-7 teams have been selected, a conference that has an unfulfilled bowl commitment can choose which of its 5-7 teams will participate in that bowl.
The conference must choose a 5-7 team that has achieved at least the minimum 930 multiyear Academic Progress Rate required to be eligible to participate in the postseason.
The FBS Oversight Committee's action is not final until the Division I Cabinet reviews it during its June meeting.
Currently, if a 5-7 team needs to be selected to participate, those teams become available as alternates in descending order of their multiyear Academic Progress Rate.
