Bowl Outlook (Saturday afternoon update)

Okay, so some things have not gone according to plan. NC State upsets Carolina, Oklahoma is destroying the Cowboys, Clemson lost, and Mississippi lost. Here's where things stand.

• Ole Miss loss to Mississippi State could cost them the Cotton Bowl, if Arkansas upsets LSU.
• North Carolina lost a chance to move up in the bowls due to Clemson’s loss to South Carolina when the Heels got upset on a late field goal block by NC State.
• Oklahoma State’s BCS at-large spot is slipping away at Norman. Now they have to hold off Nebraska for the Cotton Bowl.
• OU’s win (with a Missouri loss) could give the Sooners the Alamo Bowl.
• Six teams playing for two bowl spots: Connecticut, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Notre Dame, UCLA (all 6-5) and UAB (5-6).

As for the Aggies, OSU's loss could be good news for us. Now that the Cowboys consume one of the Big XII's contractual bowl berths, Texas A&M likely gets bumped down to the Texas Bowl or Independence Bowl.