The 6-6 Florida State Seminoles are currently preparing to face Southern Mississippi in the Independence Bowl on December 27th, but very detailed report posted on Reddit questions whether Florida State is officially bowl eligible, just days before the game.

According to Reddit user bakonydraco, Florida State’s win over FCS school Delaware State, a 77-6 blowout on November 18th, may not count towards the Seminoles’ bowl eligibility per NCAA rules.

Via Reddit:

“For an FCS opponent to be countable towards bowl eligibility, the FCS program must have awarded at least 90% of the FCS scholarship limit. After our own investigation, we have determined and confirmed that Delaware State has not met the 90% threshold set by the NCAA. As a result, Florida State’s bowl countable record is 5-6, thus making them ineligible for a bowl game this season.”

Bakonydraco received scholarship data from Delaware State, and found that the team awarded 87 percent of the scholarship limit over the last two year period. Bakonydraco also notes that it’s possible Florida State could receive a waiver from the NCAA for the win to count.

“The most obvious is that Florida State applies for a Waiver under 18.7.2.1.1.1. We do not believe they have already applied for the waiver, and there was really no reason to for a number of reasons:

Florida State had preseason CFP hopes and had no expectation of being borderline bowl eligible.

Given how hard the data was to get, we don’t believe anyone had any reason to suspect Delaware State was below the 90% mark.”

The PR director for the Independence Bowl told the Orlando Sentinel that he expects Florida State to play next Wednesday.

“This is a matter between the NCAA, Florida State and Delaware State. We’re continuing preparations for our game.”

A Florida State spokesman told the Tampa Bay Times the school had no comment on the report. We have reached out to the NCAA for clarification.

Update: Per Brett McMurphy, “Multiple bowl and industry sources said there’s basically nothing that can be done this late about the oversight, so FSU goes bowling while three other more deserving teams stay home.”