Through 8 weeks...........(remaining schedule)
Bowl Eligible Teams in the Big Ten:
Ohio State
Michigan
Penn State
Wisconsin
Purdue
Teams 1 Win Away from being Bowl Eligible:
Illinois (vs. Ball St, @ Minn, @ tOSU, vs. N'Western)
Northwestern (@ Purdue, vs. Iowa, vs. Indiana, @ Illinois)
Indiana (@ Wisc, vs. Ball St, @ N'Western, vs. Purude)
Michigan State (@ Iowa, vs. scUM, @ Purdue, vs. Penn St)
Teams Still With an Outside Chance:
Iowa (vs. Mich St, @ N'Western, vs. Minn, vs. W Mich)
No Chance In Hell:
Minnesota (@ scUM, vs. Illinois, @ Iowa, vs. Wisc)
Bowl Eligible Teams in the SEC:
South Carolina
Kentucky
Alabama
Teams 1 Win Away from being Bowl Eligible:
Florida (vs. Georgia, vs. Vandy, @ South Car, vs. FAU, vs. Florida St)
Georgia (vs. Florida, vs. Troy, vs. Auburn, vs. Kentucky, @ Ga Tech)
Auburn (vs. Miss, vs. Tenn Tech, @ Georgia, vs. Alabama)
Teams 2 Wins Away from being Bowl Eligible:
Tennessee (vs. South Car, vs. La Lafayette, vs. Arkansas, vs. Vandy, @ Kentucky)
Vanderbilt (vs. Miami (OH), @ Florida, vs. Kentucky, @ Tenn, vs. Wake Forest)
Arkansas (vs. Fla Int'l, vs. South Car, @ Tenn, vs. Miss St, @ LSU)
Mississippi State (@ Kentucky, vs. Bama, @ Arkansas, vs. Miss)
No Chance in Hell:
Mississippi (@ Auburn, vs. N'West St, vs. LSU, @ Miss St)
So really, every team in the Big Ten with the exception of Minnesota has a chance or is already Bowl Eligible. If Iowa doesn't win today, I think they'll easily win their last 3 games. On to the SEC.....All the teams with 1 win away should be able to win atleast 1 of their remaining. The teams with two wins away, all of them has a chance of NOT making it. They still have a tough road ahead of them. So the Big Ten has an excellent chance of having more bowl eligible teams than the SEC. However, in SEC fan's eyes, it will show the "strength of the SEC because they just beat up on eachother"....but I guess the Big Ten doesn't.