[NU Sports] Projected standings after week 12/Bowl projection

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

No argument on the standings - I think our Sweet Sioux game is really the only competitive one next weekend. So the question becomes whether we're in fourth with Iowa at 5-3 (but a game better overall) or tied with Illinois for fifth at 4-4.


> Penn State: Rose
> Ohio State:  BCS at large
> Michigan State: Outback Bowl
> Iowa: Alamo Bowl
> NU: Champs Sports Bowl
> Wisconsin: Insight Bowl
> Minnesota: Motor City Bowl

You left out the Citrus, but I agree on the pecking order. Should we lose to Illinois, both Minnesota and Iowa would be one game behind us (both overall and in league play) and I think Wisky probably leaps us then as well - but Minnesota's lost their charming story angle.

So the big question -- aside from our Illini game -- is whether we get that extra BCS spot. I was pretty sure OSU was going to get it, but I'm becoming less sure with Oregon State's run. The Beavers have two tough games left at Arizona an against rival Oregon, but if they win out, they get the Rose Bowl bid. If that happens, USC would certainly be taken by the Fiesta Bowl ahead of OSU (and they could be automatically in with a top 4 finish) and the Bucks could be left out.

So we can still probably go anywhere from Tampa to Arizona, but it's probably either Orlando or San Antonio depending on what happens next weekend.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT