Bowl Projections

Rather than holding a playoff like other sports, college football teams play in bowl games at the conclusion of each season. In the weeks leading up to the official announcement, sports broadcasters, writers, and bloggers make their predictions as to who will play in each of the games.http://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls/projections

While many of the bowl games have specific teams they invite each season, such as affiliations with certain conferences, many of the teams, including those in the Bowl Championship Series games, will not know their fate until the selection show airs each year. Similarly, while many conferences have affiliations with certain bowl games, which team within that conference is not often known until the official announcements are made. To become eligible to play in a bowl game, teams must win at least six of their 12 games during the regular season. Should one conference not have enough eligible teams for their bowl games, another eligible team from another conference will play as a replacement.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2424711

• New Mexico Bowl - December 18, 2:00 p.m. EST
  • BYU Cougars vs UTEP Miners

• uDrove Humanitarian Bowl - December 18, 5:30 p.m., EST
  • Northern Illinois Huskies vs Fresno State Falcons

• R & L Carriers New Orleans Bowl - December 18, 9:00 p.m. EST
  • Ohio Bobcats vs Troy Trojans

• Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl - December 21, 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Southern Miss Golden Eagles vs Louisville Cardinals

• MAACO Las Vegas Bowl - December 22, 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Utah Utes vs. Boise State Broncos

• San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl - December 23, 8:00 p.m. EST
  • San Diego State Aztecs vs. Navy Midshipmen

• Sheraton Hawaii Bowl - December 24, 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Hawaii Warriors vs Tulsa Golden Hurricane

• Little Caesars Pizza Bowl - December 26, 8:30 p.m. EST
  • Florida International Owls vs Toledo Rockets

• AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl - December 27, 5:00 p.m. EST
  • Air Force Falcons vs Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

• Champs Sports Bowl - December 28, 6:30 p.m. EST
  • West Virginia Mountaineers vs North Carolina State Wolfpack

• Insight Bowl - December 28, 10:00 p.m. EST
  • Iowa Hawkeyes vs Missouri Tigers

• Military Bowl (formerly EagleBank Bowl) - December 29, 2:30 p.m. EST
  • East Carolina Pirates vs Maryland Terrapins

• Texas Bowl - December 29, 6:00 p.m. EST
  • Illinois Fighting Illini vs Baylor Bears

• Valero Alamo Bowl - December 29, 9:15 p.m. EST
  • Oklahoma State Cowboys vs Arizona Wildcats

• Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl - December 30, noon EST
  • Army Black Knights vs SMU Mustangs

• New Era Pinstripe Bowl - December 30, 3:20 p.m. EST
  • Kansas State Wildcats vs Syracuse Orange

• Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl - December 30, 6:40 p.m. EST
  • North Carolina Tar Heels vs Tennessee Volunteers

• Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl - December 30, 10:00 p.m. EST
  • Washington Huskies vs Nebraska Cornhuskers

• Meineke Car Care Bowl - December 31, noon EST
  • South Florida Bulls vs Clemson Tigers

• Hyundai Sun Bowl - December 31, 2:00 p.m. EST
  • Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs Miami Hurricanes

• Autozone Liberty Bowl- December 31, 3:30 p.m. EST
  • Georgia Bulldogs vs Central Florida Golden Knights

• Chick-fil-A Bowl - December 31, TBD
  • South Carolina Gamecocks vs Florida State Seminoles

• TicketCity Bowl (formerly Dallas Football Classic) - January 1, noon EST
  • Northwestern Wildcats vs Texas Tech Red Raiders

• Outback Bowl - January 1, 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Florida Gators vs Penn State Nittany Lions

• Capital One Bowl - January 1, 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Michigan State Spartans vs Alabama Crimson Tide

• Gator Bowl - January 1, 1:30 p.m. EST
  • Mississippi State Bulldogs vs Michigan Wolverines

• Rose Bowl - January 1, 5:00 p.m. EST
  • TCU Horned Frogs vs Wisconsin Badgers

• Tostitos Fiesta Bowl - January 1, 8:30 p.m. EST
  • UConn Huskies vs Oklahoma Sooners

• Discover Orange Bowl - January 3, 8:30 p.m. EST
  • Stanford Cardinal vs Virginia Tech Hokies

• Allstate Sugar Bowl - January 4, 8:30 p.m. EST
  • Ohio State Buckeyes vs Arkansas Razorbacks

• GoDaddy.com Bowl (formerly GMAC Bowl) - January 6, 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders vs Miami RedHawks

• AT&T Cotton Bowl - January 7, 8:00 p.m. EST
  • LSU Tigers vs Texas A&M Aggies

• BBVA Compass Bowl (formerly Birmingham Bowl and PapaJohns.com Bowl) - January 8, noon EST
  • Pittsburgh Panthers vs Kentucky Wildcats

• Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (formerly Emerald Bowl) - January 9, 9:00 p.m. EST
  • Nevada Wolf Pack vs Boston College Eagles

• Tostitos BCS National Championship Game - January 10, 8:30 p.m. EST
  • Auburn Tigers vs Oregon Ducks

The match-ups of all 34 2009-2010 bowl games were announced on December 6, 2009, on FOX's Bowl Selection Show. Alabama and Texas played for the national title in the BCS Championship Game on January 7, 2010, with the Alabama Crimson Tide winning the championship, while Oregon took on Ohio State in the New Year's Day Rose Bowl match-up. To round out the BCS games, Georgia Tech and Iowa played in the Orange Bowl, TCU and Boise State played in the Fiesta Bowl and Florida and Cincinnati played in the Sugar Bowl.http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/bowls/yearly_results.php?year=2009