It is almost certain that by the end of the day there will be more bowl eligible teams than spots. So some 6 win teams will be staying home.
The ACC has 10 bowl eligible teams, but Virginia Tech will become #11 assuming they beat Marshall on December 1st.
The ACC has 10 clear bowl tie-ins, with the 10th being listed as the Gasparilla Bowl (Tampa) OR the First Responders Bowl (Dallas). Joe Giglio is assuming that the ACC will send teams to both Tampa AND Dallas. That must be based on the assumption that the Big 10 won’t fill a spot in the First Responders Bowl (Dallas) and that spot would go to the ACC. That may be the case, but the Big 10 situation has some uncertainty. But if the ACC does send teams to both Tampa and Dallas, then that would be 11 teams for 11 bowls (assuming VT wins).
So with a lot still to be clarified (especially with respect to the Dallas game), here is my early handicapping on where Wake ends up:
Gasparilla Bowl - Tampa, FL on 12/20 at 8pm (50% chance)
First Responders Bowl – Dallas, TX on 12/26 at 1:30pm (20% chance)
Quick Lane Bowl – Detroit, MI on 12/26 at 5:15pm (10% chance)
Independence Bowl – Shreveport, LA on 12/27 at 1:30pm (10% chance)
Other Bowl (10% chance)
It would be premature to rule out Detroit and Shreveport, but I don’t think they are likely. It also seems possible (although even more unlikely) that Wake ends up in a bowl outside of the ACC tie-ins.
The Gasparilla Bowl won’t be desirable for any ACC team because more of the game prep will need to take place during exams. Wake finishes exams on 12/15.