Midshipmen likely to go bowling with Wake Forest

It is becoming more and more likely that Navy's opponent in the EagleBank Bowl will be Wake Forest.

Ball State's decision to decline an offer to play Boise State in the Roady's Humanitarian Bowl greatly increased that possibility. It now appears the Humanitarian Bowl will select Maryland and the way the rest of the Atlantic Coast Conference is sorting out Wake Forest may be the only team left for the EagleBank Bowl.

Both the NCAA and the ACC have reiterated that bowl eligible teams within the conference must be placed in a precise order based on overall record, head-to-head results and other clearly defined...