November 4, 2009

Rivals.com Staff
Rivals.com College Football

Here are Rivals.com's bowl projections this week. We update these weekly, because situations obviously change.

A few notes:

A bowl's tie-in with a league doesn't necessarily mean it will get the third-, fourth-, fifth-, etc., place team from the league; rather, it means it gets the third, fourth, fifth, etc., selection from that league.
Notre Dame technically is part of the Big East's bowl lineup.
An asterisk denotes a team that will be in the bowl because a league will not be able to fulfill its obligation. This week, we're saying the ACC, Big 12 and Mountain West fall short of filling their bowl slots. In some situations, other conferences have deals to provide teams if the "original" conference can't fill its spots; in those instances, the fill-in conference first fills its own bowl slots. If the fill-in conference doesn't have enough bowl-eligible teams, the bowl then is allowed to pick an at-large team that is bowl eligible.

THE PROJECTIONS

NEW MEXICO BOWL

DATE/TIME: Dec. 19/4:30 p.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: Albuquerque, N.M.
MATCHUP: Western Athletic vs. Mountain West No. 4
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Fresno State vs. San Diego State

ST. PETERSBURG BOWL

DATE/TIME: Dec. 19/8 p.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: St. Petersburg, Fla.
MATCHUP: Big East No. 6 vs. Conference USA
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Rutgers vs. UCF

NEW ORLEANS BOWL

DATE/TIME: Dec. 20/8:30 p.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: New Orleans
MATCHUP: Conference USA vs. Sun Belt No. 1
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: East Carolina vs. Troy

LAS VEGAS BOWL

DATE/TIME: Dec. 22/8 p.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: Las Vegas
MATCHUP: Mountain West No. 1 vs. Pac-10 No. 4/5
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Utah vs. Oregon State

POINSETTIA BOWL

DATE/TIME: Dec. 23/8 p.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: San Diego
MATCHUP: Mountain West No. 2 vs. Pac-10 No. 6
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: BYU vs. Boise State*

HAWAII BOWL

DATE/TIME: Dec. 24/8 p.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: Honolulu
MATCHUP: Conference USA vs. Western Athletic
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: SMU vs. Nevada

LITTLE CAESARS PIZZA BOWL

DATE/TIME: Dec. 26/1 p.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: Detroit
MATCHUP: Big Ten No. 7 vs. Mid-American
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Northwestern vs. Central Michigan

MEINEKE CAR CARE

DATE/TIME: Dec. 26/4:30 p.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: Charlotte
MATCHUP: ACC No. 6 vs. Big East No. 3
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: North Carolina vs. Pittsburgh

EMERALD BOWL

DATE/TIME: Dec. 26/8 p.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: San Francisco
MATCHUP: ACC No. 7 vs. Pac-10 No. 4/5
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Boston College vs. Stanford

MUSIC CITY BOWL

DATE/TIME: Dec. 27/8:30 p.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: Nashville, Tenn.
MATCHUP: ACC No. 5 vs. SEC No. 6/7
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Florida State vs. South Carolina

INDEPENDENCE BOWL

DATE/TIME: Dec. 28/5 p.m.
TV: ESPN2
SITE: Shreveport, La.
MATCHUP: Big 12 No. 7 vs. SEC No. 8
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Kansas vs. Georgia

EAGLEBANK BOWL

DATE/TIME: Dec. 29/4:30 p.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: Washington, D.C.
MATCHUP: Army/C-USA vs. ACC No. 8
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Marshall vs. Northern Illinois*

CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL

DATE/TIME: Dec. 29/8 p.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: Orlando, Fla.
MATCHUP: ACC No. 4 vs. Big Ten No. 5
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Clemson vs. Minnesota

HUMANITARIAN BOWL

DATE/TIME: Dec. 30/4:30 p.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: Boise, Idaho
MATCHUP: Western Athletic vs. Mountain West No. 5
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Idaho vs. Colorado State

HOLIDAY BOWL

DATE/TIME: Dec. 30/8 p.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: San Diego
MATCHUP: Big 12 No. 3 vs. Pac-10 No. 2
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Oklahoma State vs. California

ARMED FORCES BOWL

DATE/TIME: Dec. 31/noon
TV: ESPN
SITE: Fort Worth, Texas
MATCHUP: Conference USA vs. Mountain West No. 3
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Southern Miss vs. Air Force

SUN BOWL

DATE/TIME: Dec. 31/2 p.m.
TV: CBS
SITE: El Paso, Texas
MATCHUP: Big 12 No. 5 vs. Pac-10 No. 3
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Texas Tech vs. Arizona

TEXAS BOWL

DATE/TIME: Dec. 31/3:30 p.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: Houston
MATCHUP: Navy vs. Big 12 No. 8
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Navy vs. Texas A&M

INSIGHT BOWL

DATE/TIME: Dec. 31/6 p.m.
TV: NFL Network
SITE: Tempe, Ariz.
MATCHUP: Big Ten No. 6 vs. Big 12 No. 6
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Michigan State vs. Missouri

CHICK-FIL-A BOWL

DATE/TIME: Dec. 31/7:30 p.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: Atlanta
MATCHUP: ACC No. 2 vs. SEC No. 5
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Miami vs. Arkansas

OUTBACK BOWL

DATE/TIME: Jan. 1/11 a.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: Tampa, Fla.
MATCHUP: Big Ten No. 3 vs. SEC No. 3/4
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Wisconsin vs. Tennessee

CAPITAL ONE BOWL

DATE/TIME: Jan. 1/1 p.m.
TV: ABC
SITE: Orlando, Fla.
MATCHUP: Big Ten No. 2 vs. SEC No. 2
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Ohio State vs. LSU

GATOR BOWL

DATE/TIME: Jan. 1/1 p.m.
TV: CBS
SITE: Jacksonville, Fla.
MATCHUP: ACC No. 3 vs. Big East No. 2
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Virginia Tech vs. Notre Dame

INTERNATIONAL BOWL

DATE/TIME: Jan. 2/noon
TV: ESPN2
SITE: Toronto
MATCHUP: Big East No. 4 vs. Mid-American
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: West Virginia vs. Temple

PAPAJOHNS.COM BOWL

DATE/TIME: Jan. 2/2 p.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: Birmingham, Ala.
MATCHUP: Big East No. 5 vs. SEC No. 9
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: USF vs. Kentucky

COTTON BOWL

DATE/TIME: Jan. 2/2 p.m.
TV: Fox
SITE: Dallas
MATCHUP: Big 12 No. 2 vs. SEC No. 3/4
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Oklahoma vs. Auburn

LIBERTY BOWL

DATE/TIME: Jan. 2/5:30 p.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: Memphis, Tenn.
MATCHUP: Conference USA No. 1 vs. SEC No. 6/7
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Houston vs. Ole Miss

ALAMO BOWL

DATE/TIME: Jan. 2/9 p.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: San Antonio
MATCHUP: Big Ten No. 4 vs. Big 12 No. 4
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Michigan vs. Nebraska

GMAC BOWL

DATE/TIME: Jan. 6/7 p.m.
TV: ESPN
SITE: Mobile, Ala.
MATCHUP: ACC No. 9 vs. MAC
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Middle Tennessee* vs. Ohio University

BCS MATCHUPS

ROSE BOWL

DATE/TIME: Jan. 1, 4:30 p.m.
TV: ABC
SITE: Pasadena, Calif.
MATCHUP: BCS vs. BCS
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Iowa vs. Oregon

SUGAR BOWL

DATE/TIME: Jan. 1/8:30 p.m.
TV: Fox
SITE: New Orleans
MATCHUP: BCS vs. BCS
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Cincinnati vs. Florida

FIESTA BOWL

DATE/TIME: Jan. 4/8 p.m.
TV: Fox
SITE: Glendale, Ariz.
MATCHUP: BCS vs. BCS
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: TCU vs. USC

ORANGE BOWL

DATE/TIME: Jan. 5/8 p.m.
TV: Fox
SITE: Miami
MATCHUP: BCS vs. BCS
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Georgia Tech vs. Penn State

BCS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

DATE/TIME: Jan. 7/8 p.m.
TV: ABC
SITE: Pasadena, Calif.
MATCHUP: BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2
THIS WEEK'S PROJECTION: Alabama vs. Texas