The Bowl Selection Show is an annual televised special used to announce which NCAA football teams will participate in the college bowl games. While many of the college bowl games are affiliated with certain college football conferences and give conference members the first opportunity to participate in their games, the exact match-ups of all 35 college bowl games are not official announced until the Bowl Selection Show.http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/nov/18/bcs-influence-has-made-bowl-games-virtually-meanin/

The teams are selected by the BCS committee based on their regular-season record, which must include a winning record with over six wins. The top two teams in the BCS standings at the end of the season automatically earn bids to play in the BCS Championship Game to determine the champion of NCAA Football. The remainder of the teams that play in the total of five BCS bowl games are determined by a number of factors including automatic bids for specific conferences, BCS standings and other criteria.http://www.bcsfootball.org/news/story?id=4819597

For the 2010 college football season, the Bowl Selection Show aired on ESPN, home of the Bowl Championship Series games, on December 5, 2010, at 9:00 p.m. EST. The participants in each of the 2010-11 college bowl games were announced at that time.http://www.bcsfootball.org/news/story?id=5542380

• 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

• New Mexico Bowl - December 19, 2009 - 4:30 p.m. EST
  • Wyoming vs Fresno State

• St. Petersburg Bowl - December 19, 2009 - 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Rutgers vs Central Florida

• New Orleans Bowl - December 20, 2009 - 8:30 p.m. EST
  • Southern Miss vs Middle Tennessee

• Las Vegas Bowl - December 22, 2009 - 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Oregon State vs BYU

• Poinsettia Bowl - December 23, 2009 - 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Utah vs California

• Hawaii Bowl - December 24, 2009 - 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Nevada vs SMU

• Emerald Bowl - December 26, 2009 - 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Boston College vs USC

• Meineke Car Care Bowl - December 26, 2009 - 4:30 p.m. EST
  • Pittsburgh vs North Carolina

• Little Caesars Pizza Bowl - December 26, 2009 - 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Marshall vs Ohio

• Music City Bowl - December 27, 2009 - 8:30 p.m. EST
  • Kentucky vs Clemson

• Independence Bowl - December 28, 2009 - 5:00 p.m. EST
  • Texas A&M vs Georgia

• Champs Sports Bowl - December 29, 2009 - 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Miami vs Wisconsin

• EagleBank Bowl - December 29, 2009 - 4:30 p.m. EST
  • UCLA vs Temple

• Holiday Bowl - December 30, 2009 - 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Arizona vs Nebraska

• Humanitarian Bowl - December 30, 2009 - 4:30 p.m. EST
  • Bowling Green vs Idaho

• Armed Forces Bowl - December 31, 2009 - Noon EST
  • Houston vs Air Force

• Sun Bowl - December 31, 2009 - 2:00 p.m. EST
  • Oklahoma vs Stanford

• Texas Bowl - December 31, 2009 - 3:30 p.m. EST
  • Navy vs Missouri

• Insight Bowl - December 31, 2009 - 6:00 p.m. EST
  • Minnesota vs Iowa State

• Chick-fil-A Bowl - December 31, 2009 - 7:30 p.m. EST
  • Virginia Tech vs Tennessee

• Outback Bowl - January 1, 2010 - 11:00 a.m. EST
  • Northwestern vs Auburn

• Capital One Bowl - January 1, 2010 - 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Penn State vs LSU

• Gator Bowl - January 1, 2010 - 1:00 p.m. EST
  • West Virginia vs Florida State

• Rose Bowl - January 1, 2010 - 4:30 p.m. EST
  • Oregon vs Ohio State

• Sugar Bowl - January 1, 2010 - 8:30 p.m. EST
  • Florida vs Cincinnati

• Cotton Bowl - January 2, 2010 - 2:00 p.m. EST
  • Oklahoma State vs Ole Miss

• Liberty Bowl - January 2, 2010 - 5:30 p.m. EST
  • Arkansas vs East Carolina

• International Bowl - January 2, 2010 - Noon EST
  • South Florida vs Northern Illinois

• PapaJohns.com Bowl - January 2, 2010 - 2:00 p.m. EST
  • South Carolina vs UConn

• Alamo Bowl - January 2, 2010 - 9:00 p.m. EST
  • Michigan State vs Texas Tech

• Fiesta Bowl - January 4, 2010 - 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Boise State vs TCU

• Orange Bowl - January 5, 2010 - 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Iowa vs Georgia Tech

• GMAC Bowl - January 6, 2010 - 7:00 p.m. EST
  • Central Michigan vs Troy

• BCS Championship Game - January 7, 2010 - 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Alabama Crimson Tide vs Texashttp://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard?confId=80&seasonYear=2009&seasonType=3&weekNumber=16