Week 5 wrap up

Well, this season is finally getting some spice added.  We're also far enough into the season to see where bowl eligibility comes into play.  Eight Power 5 teams have the chance to become bowl eligible next week.


ACC Wheel of Destiny

Atlantic
Controls destiny:
Florida State (2-0) has tiebreakers over Boston College and Wake Forest.
Clemson (1-0) has a tiebreaker over Louisville.
Syracuse (1-0) has a tiebreaker over Wake Forest.

Needs help:
Louisville (1-1) needs two Clemson losses, but has a tiebreaker over NC State.
NC State (0-1) needs a Louisville loss.

Just start winning:
Boston College (0-2) lost to FSU.
Wake Forest (0-2) lost to Syracuse and FSU.

Coastal
Controls destiny:
Duke (2-0) has a tiebreaker over Georgia Tech.
UNC (1-0) has a tiebreaker over Georgia Tech.
Pitt (1-0) has a tiebreaker over Virginia Tech.
Miami and UVA have not started conference play.

Needs help:
Virginia Tech (0-1) needs two Pitt losses.

Just start winning:
Georgia Tech (0-2) lost to Duke and UNC.

Bowl eligibility:
One win away: none
Two wins away:  Florida State, NC State, Duke, UNC, Clemson

SEC

East
Controls destiny:
Florida (3-0) has tiebreakers over Kentucky and Tennessee.
Georgia (2-1) has tiebreakers over Vanderbilt and South Carolina.

Needs help:
Kentucky (2-1) has tiebreakers over South Carolina and Missouri, but needs two Florida losses.
Missouri (1-1) has a tiebreaker over South Carolina, but needs a Kentucky loss.

Just start winning:
Tennessee (0-2) lost to Florida.
Vanderbilt (0-2) lost to Georgia.
South Carolina (0-3) lost to Georgia and Kentucky.

West
Controls destiny:
LSU (2-0) has tiebreakers over Auburn and Mississippi State.
Texas A&M (2-0) has tiebreakers over Arkansas and Mississippi State.
Ole Miss (2-1) has a tiebreaker over Alabama.

Needs help:
Alabama (1-1) needs an Ole Miss loss.
Mississippi State (1-2) has a tiebreaker over Auburn, but needs three losses each from LSU and A&M.
Arkansas (1-1) needs two Texas A&M losses.

Just start winning:
Auburn (0-2) lost to LSU and Mississippi State.

Bowl eligibility:
One win away: Florida
Two wins away:  Georgia, Missouri, LSU, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Alabama

B1G

East
Controls destiny:
Penn State (1-0) has a tiebreaker over Rutgers
Ohio State (1-0) has a tiebreaker over Indiana.
Michigan State (1-0) has a cross divisional win.
Michigan (1-0) has a tiebreaker over Maryland.

Needs help:
Rutgers (0-1) needs two Penn State losses.
Maryland (0-1) needs two Michigan losses.
Indiana (0-1) needs two Ohio State losses.

West
Controls destiny:
Northwestern (1-0) has a tiebreaker over Minnesota.
Iowa (1-0) has a tiebreaker over Wisconsin.
Illinois (1-0) has a tiebreaker over Nebraska.
Purdue (0-1) has a cross divisional loss.

Needs help:
Minnesota (0-1) needs two Northwestern losses.
Wisconsin (0-1) needs two Iowa losses.
Nebraska (0-1) needs two Illinois losses.

Bowl eligibility:
One win away: Ohio State, Michigan State, Northwestern, Iowa
Two wins away:  Penn State, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois

Ohio State and Northwestern both have the chance to become the first bowl eligible team of 2015, as they are the only 5 win teams to play at noon.

Pac-12

North
Controls destiny:
Stanford (3-0) has a tiebreaker over Oregon State.
Cal (2-0) has a tiebreaker over Washington.
Oregon (1-1) only has played cross-divisional games.

Needs help:
Oregon State (0-1) needs two Stanford losses.
Washington (0-1) needs two Cal losses.
Washington State (0-1) needs two Cal losses.

South
Controls destiny:
Utah (1-0) has a cross-divisional win.
USC (1-1) has a tiebreaker over Arizona State.
Colorado (0-1) has a cross divisional loss.

Needs help:
Arizona State (1-1) has a tiebreaker over UCLA, but needs a USC loss.
UCLA (1-1) has a tiebreaker over Arizona, but needs an Arizona State loss.
Arizona (0-2) needs a UCLA loss plus an extra Utah loss.

Bowl eligibility:
One win away:  Cal
Two wins away:  Stanford, Utah, UCLA

Big 12
Controls destiny:
TCU (2-0) has tiebreakers over Texas Tech and Texas.
Oklahoma State (2-0) has tiebreakers over Texas and Kansas State.
Baylor (1-0) has a tiebreaker over Texas Tech.
Oklahoma (1-0) has a tiebreaker over West Virginia.
Iowa State (1-0) has a tiebreaker over Kansas.

Needs help:
Kansas (0-1) needs two Iowa State losses.
West Virginia (0-1) needs two Oklahoma losses.
Kansas State (0-1) needs two OK State losses.
Texas Tech (0-1) needs three TCU losses and three Baylor losses.

Just start winning:
Texas (0-2) lost to Oklahoma State and TCU.

Bowl eligibility:
One win away:  TCU, Oklahoma State
Two wins away:  Baylor, Oklahoma