Having multiple undefeated teams is nice for BCS insanity, but what really will finally break the bank is not too many at the top, it's too many at the bottom. If there aren't enough teams to fill the useless bowl games that no one but the teams in them care about the bowl system really goes down. We've been close a few times to not having enough qualifying teams, but this year it looks pretty good that they will fill up the requisite number. There are 68 bowl spots available which is hilariously more than half of the D1 teams. It would be an issue every year if the season was still 11 games, but luckily the season has been extended to 12 games so that some truly mediocre teams get to go to bowl games. Examples from last year include: 6-6 (4-4) Colorado St, 6-6 (4-4) Memphis, 6-6 (4-4) Southern Miss, 6-6 Notre Dame, 6-6 (4-2) Florida Atlantic, 7-5 (3-5) Wisconsin, 6-6 (5-3) Northern Illinois, 6-6 (4-4) NC State, 6-6 (4-4) Vanderbilt, 7-5 (3-5) Minnesota, 6-6 (2-6) Kentucky (I find this one particularly egregious since two were Sun Belt teams and one was Norfolk St.
This year so far 32 teams are eligible and only 9 are surely not. There are 81 more teams available for 36 more spots. It's pretty likely that it wont be a problem this year and those spots will be filled. But if you are a true BCS hater (like I am) you'll be rooting for those 81 other teams to finish 5-7.
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