NCAA Football - Week 8 Bowl Projections

It was a wild weekend in the college football world. Oklahoma got beat at home by Texas Tech to lose their top ranking in the Ringer Poll, and Michigan St. stunned Wisconsin with a game-winning Hail Mary. Plenty more is sure to change in the coming weeks, but here is who could be playing in each bowl game if the season were to end today. (Rankings are based on current Ringer Poll)

December 17
New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM) - Eastern Michigan vs. Florida International
Famous Idaho Potato (Boise, ID) - Nevada vs. Northern Illinois
New Orleans (New Orleans, LA) - UTEP vs. Arkansas St.

December 20
Beef O'Brady's (St. Petersburg, FL) - South Florida vs. Tulsa

December 21
Poinsettia (San Diego, CA) - San Diego St. vs. Western Michigan

December 22
Maaco (Las Vegas, NV) - TCU vs. Purdue

December 24
Hawaii (Honolulu, HI) - Hawaii vs. SMU

December 26
Independence (Shreveport, LA) - Miami vs. Wyoming

December 27
Little Caesar's Pizza (Detroit, MI) - Ohio St. vs. Toledo
Belk (Charlotte, NC) - 25 West Virginia vs. Wake Forest

December 28
Military (Washington, DC) - North Carolina vs. Temple
Holiday (San Diego, CA) - 17 Texas A&M vs. 24 Arizona St.

December 29
Champs Sports (Orlando, FL) - Florida St. vs. Notre Dame
Alamo (San Antonio, TX) - 21 Texas Tech vs. Washington

December 30
Armed Forces (Dallas, TX) - BYU vs. East Carolina
Pinstripe (Bronx, NY) - Rutgers vs. Virginia
Music City (Nashville, TN) - NC State vs. Mississippi St.
Insight (Tempe, AZ) - 19 Penn St. vs. 23 Texas

December 31
Meineke Car Care (Houston, TX) - Illinois vs. Baylor
Sun (El Paso, TX) - Georgia Tech vs. Cal
Liberty (Memphis, TN) - 18 Houston vs. Vanderbilt
Kraft Fight Hunger (San Francisco, CA) - Bowling Green vs. UCLA
Chick-Fil-A (Atlanta, GA) - 15 Virginia Tech vs. Florida

January 2
Ticket City (Dallas, TX) - Iowa vs. Southern Miss
Capital One (Orlando, FL) - 11 Arkansas vs. 12 Wisconsin
Gator (Jacksonville, FL) - 16 Michigan vs. 20 Georgia
Outback (Tampa, FL) - 13 Nebraska vs. 14 South Carolina

January 6
Cotton (Arlington, TX) - 9 Oklahoma vs. Auburn

January 7
BBVA Compass (Birmingham, AL) - Syracuse vs. Ball St.

TBD
Godaddy.com (Mobile, AL) - Ohio vs. Louisiana-Lafayette

BCS Bowls

January 2
Rose (Pasadena, CA) - 3 Stanford vs. 10 Michigan St.

January 3
Sugar (New Orleans, LA) - 4 Boise St. vs. 8 Kansas St.

January 4
Orange (Miami, FL) - 6 Clemson vs. 22 Cincinnati

January 5
Fiesta (Glendale, AZ) - 5 Oklahoma St. vs. 7 Oregon

January 9
BCS National Championship (New Orleans, LA) - 1 LSU vs. 2 Alabama