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Yup, but a 6-6 team with a streak could well get dropped from any bowl.

There are only so many 6-6 or better teams to go around.  Now 12 make the playoffs, which include some of the major bowl games obviously.  But it takes out about 6-8 teams that otherwise would go to the "Cap One" bowl et al.  That means lesser teams will go to what were fairly decent bowl games.  And fewer teams are available now for the Poulan Weedeater Boise Idaho Potato Bowl, and interest in those really minor bowls will be lessened, a lot I suspect.  They will be "NIT'd" into oblivion.

ESPN won't throw money at a December 15 bowl any more I suspect.  It'll be either "Playoffs or Bust" for most programs.  So, your team went 10-3 with a win in the Cap One Bowl, it will mean less than it does today I think, and a win in the Bluebonnet Bowl won't be worth the money spent to play there.

so, all the 6-6 teams still make a bowl

same number of teams, same number of post season games, just some referred to as playoff and not bowl

Same as it ever was 

I really think those minor bowls will cease and desist fairly soon, and I note that we'd have 6-8 fewer teams available for bowls with the playoffs.

so 3 or 4 fewer bowls
not dramatic

might be, but 6-6 seems to be the bar

I remain fascinated with why "we" humans are so addicted to rankings and "certainty" about who won some championship.  I know I used to be one, I disliked the bowl season because it had ambiguity.  Now I like it because it had ambiguity.

Maybe I'm not being clear.

I've noted before that this must be the rare interval where Texas/USC/Nebbie have been mediocre to bad for this many years.