Although Kansas State is already almost assured a bowl bid despite the potential of finishing the season 5-7, the Wildcats would rather become bowl eligible with a win Saturday over West Virginia.

Due to the high number of bowl games this year, and a lack of bowl eligible teams, the NCAA did approve a system that would allow 5-7 teams to receive a bowl invites Monday.

The system rely’s on the Academic Progress Rate. Teams with 5-7 records eligible to receive a bowl bid must be in the top five APR ranking, and currently Kansas State sits only behind Nebraska with a 976 APR.

A win Saturday against West Virginia would make Kansas State bowl eligible no matter what with a 6-6 record.

Does the NCAA need to rethink the number of bowl games they allow each year? If you ask Coach Bill Snyder he say’s that it’s only number 158 on his list of things to worry about,”Whatever they do will be fine with me.”

Snyder went on to say that he’s sure there are enough complaints about having to many bowl games but he explained that the possibility of having low record teams make bowl games is what built the K-State program under his direction.

“This program got started by being able to get to bowl games when we probably weren’t a very good football team. It made a difference in the perception, it made a difference in the confidence level of the people who play the game,” said Snyder.

Getting a win Saturday is still at the top of everyone’s list for a number of reasons.

Quarterback Joe Hubener said he wants to be able to send this years seniors out on a “good note.”

“We have a chance to finish the season 6-6 and have a chance to finish with a winning season. That is how we want to finish,” said Hubener.

Kansas State and West Virginia face off at Bill Snyder Family Stadium Saturday in a 3:30 pm kick off.