NCAA Football Bowl Projections

12/8/13

In just a few short hours everyone will know where their favorite team is headed for bowl season. Ohio State blew their chance to play for a national title and opened the door Auburn to get in and play Florida State in the final BCS National Championship Game. Michigan State, Stanford, Baylor, and UCF all locked up bids in a BCS bowl by winning their conference championship. Alabama and Ohio State will surely get invites to a BCS bowl. This leaves two spots open. Clemson will most likely fill in for Florida State in the Orange Bowl, meaning the final spot will probably come down to who the Sugar Bowl sees as more appealing, Oregon or Oklahoma. Here is one final look at where everyone could be bowling this season. (Rankings based on Ringer Poll)

December 21
Gildan New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque, NM) - Arizona vs. Colorado State
Las Vegas Bowl (Las Vegas, NV) - 20 Fresno State vs. 25 USC
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Boise, ID) - Buffalo vs. San Diego State
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (New Orleans, LA) - UL-Lafayette vs. Tulane

December 23
Beef O'Brady's Bowl (St. Petersburg, FL) - East Carolina vs. Ohio

December 24
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl (Honolulu, HI) - Boise State vs. Western Kentucky 

December 26
Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl (Detroit, MI) - Bowling Green vs. Pittsburgh
San Diego CU Poinsettia Bowl (San Diego, CA) - 22 Northern Illinois vs. Utah State

December 27
The Military Bowl (Washington, DC) - North Carolina vs. Marshall
Texas Bowl (Houston, TX) - Michigan vs. Washington State
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (San Francisco, CA) - Washington vs. BYU

December 28
New Era Pinstripe Bowl (Bronx, NY) - Notre Dame vs. Rutgers
Belk Bowl (Charlotte, NC) - Cincinnati vs. Georgia Tech
Russell Athletic Bowl (Orlando, FL) - 17 Louisville vs. Miami
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl (Tempe, AZ) - Nebraska vs. Kansas State

December 30
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth, TX) - Navy vs. Middle Tennessee
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl (Nashville, TN) - Vanderbilt vs. Maryland
Valero Alamo Bowl (San Antonio, TX) - 11 Oregon vs. Texas
Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl (San Diego, CA) - 16 Arizona State vs. Texas Tech

December 31
AdvoCare V100 Bowl (Shreveport, LA) - Boston College vs. Oregon State
Hyundai Sun Bowl (El Paso, TX) - 17 UCLA vs. Virginia Tech
AutoZone Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN) - Ole Miss vs. Rice
Chick-Fil-A Bowl (Atlanta, GA) - 21 Duke vs. 23 Georgia

January 1
Heart of Dallas Bowl (Dallas, TX) - North Texas vs. Syracuse
TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, FL) - 24 Texas A&M vs. Minnesota
Outback Bowl (Tampa, FL) - 14 LSU vs. Iowa
Capital One Bowl (Orlando, FL) - 8 South Carolina vs. 19 Wisconsin

January 3
AT&T Cotton Bowl - 9 Missouri vs. 13 Oklahoma State

January 4
BBVA Compass Bowl - Mississippi State vs. Houston

January 5
Godaddy.com Bowl (Mobile, AL) - Ball State vs. Arkansas State

BCS Bowls
January 1
Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio (Pasadena, CA) - 4 Michigan State vs. 7 Stanford
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, AZ) - 6 Baylor vs. 15 UCF

January 2
Allstate Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA) - 3 Alabama vs. 12 Oklahoma

January 3
Discover Orange Bowl (Miami, FL) - 5 Ohio State vs. 10 Clemson

January 6
Vizio BCS National Championship Game (Pasadena, CA) - 1 Florida State vs. 2 Auburn