| 2009 Bowl Eligible | Date | One Win Away | Eliminated | Date | One Loss Away | |||
| Non-BCS Conferences in Blue | Non-BCS Conferences in Blue | |||||||
| Iowa | 10-Oct | Georgia (Auburn next) | Miami-Ohio | 17-Oct | Wake Forest | |||
| Alabama | 10-Oct | Kentucky (Vandy next) | Ball State | 17-Oct | Virginia | |||
| Boise State | 14-Oct | Tennessee (UMiss next) | Rice | 17-Oct | Louisville | |||
| Cincinnati | 15-Oct | Arkansas (Troy next) | Akron | 31-Oct | Syracuse | |||
| Pittsburgh | 16-Oct | Duke (Ga Tech next) | Eastern Michigan | 24-Oct | Illinois | |||
| Penn State | 17-Oct | Michigan (Wisconsin next) | Western Kentucky | 24-Oct | Indiana | |||
| Georgia Tech | 17-Oct | Michigan St. (Purdue next) | New Mexico | 24-Oct | Purdue | |||
| Central Michigan | 17-Oct | Minnesota (S. Dk. St. next) | Vanderbilt | 31-Oct | Colorado | |||
| Florida | 17-Oct | Iowa State (Colorado next) | Washington State | 31-Oct | Washington | |||
| Texas | 17-Oct | Kansas (Nebraska next) | Maryland | 7-Nov | Western Michigan | |||
| Brigham Young | 17-Oct | Missouri (K-State next) | Colorado State | 7-Nov | Army | |||
| Texas Christian | 17-Oct | Oklahoma (Tx A&M next) | North Texas | 7-Nov | Buffalo | |||
| Idaho | 17-Oct | Texas A&M (OkU next) | Florida Int'l | 7-Nov | Tulane | |||
| West Virginia | 24-Oct | East Carolina (Tulsa next) | Memphis | 7-Nov | UTEP | |||
| Navy | 24-Oct | So. Miss. (Marshall next) | Utah State | 7-Nov | UNLV | |||
| Ohio State | 24-Oct | Marshall (USM next) | Hawai'i | |||||
| South Carolina | 24-Oct | UCF (Houston next) | San Jose State | |||||
| LSU | 24-Oct | SMU (UTEP next) | New Mexico State | |||||
| Oregon | 24-Oct | Kent State (Temple next) | Louisiana Tech | |||||
| Southern Cal | 24-Oct | Nevada (SJSU next) | Arkansas State | |||||
| Houston | 24-Oct | UL-Lafayette (MTSU next) | Florida Atlantic | |||||
| Utah | 24-Oct | UL-Monroe (WKU next) | ||||||
| South Florida | 30-Oct | |||||||
| Wisconsin | 31-Oct | |||||||
| Boston College | 31-Oct | |||||||
| Rutgers | 31-Oct | |||||||
| Ohio | 31-Oct | |||||||
| Temple | 31-Oct | |||||||
| Troy | 31-Oct | |||||||
| Notre Dame | 31-Oct | |||||||
| Miami-Florida | 31-Oct | |||||||
| Auburn | 31-Oct | |||||||
| Texas Tech | 31-Oct | |||||||
| California | 31-Oct | |||||||
| Virginia Tech | 5-Nov | |||||||
| Northern Illinois | 5-Nov | |||||||
| Northwestern | 7-Nov | |||||||
| North Carolina | 7-Nov | |||||||
| Kansas State | 7-Nov | |||||||
| Air Force | 7-Nov | |||||||
| Arizona | 7-Nov | |||||||
| Stanford | 7-Nov | |||||||
| Oregon State | 7-Nov | |||||||
| Clemson | 7-Nov | |||||||
| Mississippi | 7-Nov | |||||||
| Nebraska | 7-Nov | |||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 7-Nov | |||||||
| Fresno State | 7-Nov | |||||||
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