Monday, November 12, 2012

NCAA Football - Bowl Projections

We just completed another wild weekend in college football! For the 2nd time in 2 weeks the #1 team in the BCS was beat. This week #2 happened to fall as well. K-State was beat down in Waco by Baylor, while Stanford figured out a way to slow down Oregon's high-octane offensive attack. These surprises opened up the door for Notre Dame to become the new #1 for the 1st time since the BCS began. And guess what boys and girls? The weekend surprises also opened up the door for an old BCS friend, the SEC. Just a week after it appeared the SEC's reign was over, now it looks like a virtual lock that an SEC team will play for the National Championship. Alabama jumps right back up to #2 a week after they lost, while Georgia and Florida follow right behind them. Aside from the title race, it will also be interesting to see if there are enough bowl eligible teams to fill the slate of bowl games. I had to project some teams climbing back to .500 just to get enough teams in the projections. A lot can and will change over the next few weeks. The Ringer Poll is what we use here. This is where your favorite team would likely be headed if the Ringer Poll is what determined the BCS and bowl games were to be set today. (Rankings are based on current Ringer Poll)

December 15
New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM) - Arizona St. vs. Nevada
Famous Idaho Potato (Boise, ID) - Utah St. vs. Ohio

December 20
Poinsettia (San Diego, CA) - San Diego St. vs. BYU

December 21
Beef O'Brady's (St. Petersburg, FL) - Central Florida vs. Bowling Green

December 22
New Orleans (New Orleans, LA) - Arkansas St. vs. Toledo
Maaco (Las Vegas, NV) - 16 Oregon St. vs. 22 Boise St.

December 24
Hawaii (Honolulu, HI) - Fresno St. vs. San Jose St.

December 26
Little Caesar's Pizza (Detroit, MI) - 23 Kent St. vs. UL-Lafayette

December 27
Military (Washington, DC) - Central Michigan vs. Western Kentucky
Belk (Charlotte, NC) - NC State vs. Cincinnati
Holiday (San Diego, CA) - 17 UCLA vs. West Virginia

December 28
Independence (Shreveport, LA) - Louisiana Tech vs. Iowa St.
Russell Athletic (Orlando, FL) - 21 Louisville vs. Miami
Meineke Car Care (Houston, TX) - Texas Tech vs. Michigan St.

December 29
Armed Forces (Dallas, TX) - Air Force vs. East Carolina
Pinstripe (Bronx, NY) - TCU vs. Syracuse
Kraft Fight Hunger (San Francisco, CA) - Washington vs. Navy
Alamo (San Antonio, TX) - 13 Oklahoma vs. USC
Buffalo Wild Wings (Tempe, AZ) - 21 Oklahoma St. vs. Minnesota

December 31
Music City (Nashville, TN) - Ole Miss vs. Duke
Sun (El Paso, TX) - Virginia Tech vs. Arizona
Liberty (Memphis, TN) - Tulsa vs. Vanderbilt
Chick Fil A (Atlanta, GA) - 24 Mississippi St. vs. Georgia Tech

January 1
Heart of Dallas (Dallas, TX) - Baylor vs. Purdue
Gator (Jacksonville, FL) - 12 South Carolina vs. Northwestern
Outback (Tampa, FL) - 9 LSU vs. Wisconsin
Capital One (Orlando, FL) - 7 Florida vs. 20 Michigan

January 4
Cotton (Arlington, TX) - 10 Texas A&M vs. 14 Texas

January 5
BBVA Compass (Birmingham, AL) - Ball St. vs. UL-Monroe

January 6
Godaddy.com (Mobile, AL) - 25 Northern Illinois vs. Middle Tennessee


BCS Bowls

January 1
Rose (Pasadena, CA) - 11 Stanford vs. 15 Nebraska
Orange (Miami, FL) - 5 Florida St. vs. 18 Rutgers

January 2
Sugar (New Orleans, LA) - 3 Georgia vs. 8 Clemson

January 3
Fiesta (Glendale, AZ) - 4 Oregon vs. 6 Kansas St.

January 7
BCS National Championship (Miami, FL) - 1 Notre Dame vs. 2 Alabama

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