You know who winning their bowl games helps PSU? PSU. Look at the BIG12, PAC12, and ACC. They all have crap conferences right now but were all still in the playoff hunt late in the season.
On top of that, you can’t compare bowl records by conference because you have such a varying degree of opponents. Pitt beat Eastern Michigan, while Minny beat Auburn. Yet in the “Conference Bowl Record”, those wins have the same weight. Pretty stupid.
Bottom line, PSU winning their bowl game helps PSU the most. No one really cares about bowls outside the playoffs at this point.
On top of that, you can’t compare bowl records by conference because you have such a varying degree of opponents. Pitt beat Eastern Michigan, while Minny beat Auburn. Yet in the “Conference Bowl Record”, those wins have the same weight. Pretty stupid.
Bottom line, PSU winning their bowl game helps PSU the most. No one really cares about bowls outside the playoffs at this point.