Good week for USF's bowl status, with the Bulls picking up the seventh win they needed to get bowl-eligible, then two unexpected bonuses, with Rutgers losing at Syracuse and Connecticut beating Notre Dame in double overtime.

The Notre Dame loss is good for the Big East, and for the St. Petersburg Bowl as well. With Notre Dame dropping to 6-5, it makes it less likely that the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville will exercise its right to choose the Fighting Irish instead of the No. 2 Big East team.

If Notre Dame were to win at Stanford next week, the Gator Bowl could still contractually choose the Irish, even over a 10-win Cincinnati or Pittsburgh team. If a Big East team fills the Gator Bowl slot, it's one less team USF is competing with for the remaining bowls.

If, for instance, Cincinnati won the league and Pittsburgh went to Jacksonville, the Bulls (7-3) would be competing with Rutgers (7-3) and West Virginia (7-3) for a spot in the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte -- those two teams play each other on Dec. 5.

If Rutgers or West Virginia weren't picked by Charlotte, they would be possibilities for St. Petersburg, which is joined by the Papajohns.com Bowl in Birmingham and the International Bowl in Toronto as the last three bowls in the Big East lineup.

Connecticut's win puts the Huskies at 5-5, and they can clinch bowl eligibility with a home win this week against Syracuse. That'd be a plus for USF, as the Bulls wouldn't want to go to East Hartford with Connecticut's bowl fate hinging on a win or loss against USF.

So where do you see the Bulls playing in the postseason? Which Big East team do you see playing in St. Petersburg?