Updated CBS Sportsline Bowl Projections

[Bulls Are We]

UF now in the National Championship game -- BARF

http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/bowls/predictions

Bowl Predictions    

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BCS National Title

Jan. 8

Glendale, Ariz.

BCS #1 vs. BCS #2  

Comment: With Rutgers upsetting Louisville, Florida now moves back into the title picture had has put itself in position to run the table and face the No. 1 team in the nation in Ohio State. Florida last won the national title in 1996, while Ohio State will be playing for its second in five years (winning it all in 2002).

Post your National Championship game picks.

 

Updated Nov. 9

Each week, college football producer J. Darin Darst will predict where your team will land during the bowl season. Don't agree? Post your picks on the message board.

The champions of selected conferences are contractually committed to certain bowls, unless they are No. 1 or No. 2. (ACC: Orange; Big Ten: Rose; Big 12: Fiesta; Pac-10: Rose; SEC: Sugar).

If a Bowl loses a host team to the title game, then the bowl gets first choice at a replacement team. The rest of the selection order is as follows: Sugar, Orange, Fiesta.

Notre Dame earns an automatic berth if it is in the top eight of the final BCS Standings, while non-BCS schools can earn bids if ranked in the top 12 of the final BCS Standings.  

Sugar Bowl

Jan. 3

New Orleans, La.

BCS vs. BCS  

Comment: By losing Florida to the national title, the Sugar Bowl will select Notre Dame. Auburn will be ranked high enough to receive an at-large bid and give the Sugar Bowl a replacement SEC team. Louisville could also land here.  

Post your Sugar Bowl picks.

  Orange Bowl

Jan. 2

Miami, Fla.

BCS vs. BCS  

Comment: In the ever-changing ACC, Wake Forest is now our favorite to win the conference and play in the Orange Bowl. Rutgers is the odds-on favorite to win the Big East Conference and land here.

Post your Orange Bowl picks.

Fiesta Bowl

Jan. 1

Glendale, Ariz.

BCS vs. BCS  

Comment: Texas will win the Big 12 conference and land here. Boise State goes undefeated and grabs an automatic bid for being ranked in the Top 12 of the BCS. If Boise State falls, Louisville or an SEC team could land here.

Post your Fiesta Bowl picks.

  Rose Bowl

Jan. 1

Pasadena, Calif.

BCS vs. BCS  

Comment: California gets the edge in the Pac-10 now that USC lost to Oregon State. The Rose Bowl will also select a one-loss Michigan as a replacement Big Ten school.

Post your Rose Bowl picks.

Non-BCS Games  

Bowl Date Matchup Prediction  

GMAC Jan. 7 C-USA No. 2 vs. MAC Tulsa vs. Central Michigan  

International Jan. 6 MAC No. 3 vs. Big East No. 4/5 Western Michigan vs. Pittsburgh  

Capital One Jan. 1 SEC No. 2 vs. Big Ten No. 2 Tennessee vs. Wisconsin  

Outback Jan. 1 Big Ten No. 3 vs. SEC Penn State vs. LSU  

Cotton Jan. 1 Big 12 No. 2 vs. SEC Nebraska vs. Arkansas  

Gator Jan. 1 ACC No. 3 vs. Big 12 or Big East Clemson vs. Oklahoma  

MPC Computers Dec. 31 WAC vs. ACC No. 8 San Jose State vs. Florida State  

Chick-fil-A Dec. 30 ACC No. 2 vs. SEC No. 5 Georgia Tech vs. South Carolina  

Meineke Car Care Dec. 30 ACC No. 5/6 vs. Big East/Navy Boston College vs. Navy  

Liberty Dec. 30 C-USA No. 1 vs. SEC Houston vs. Kentucky  

Alamo Dec. 30 Big 12 No. 4/5 vs. Big Ten No. 4/5 Missouri vs. Purdue  

Insight Dec. 29 Big Ten No. 6 vs. Big 12 No. 6 Wyoming* vs. Oklahoma State  

Sun Dec. 29 Big 12 or Big East vs. Pac-10 No. 3 Louisville vs. Wash. State  

Music City Dec. 29 SEC No. 6 vs. ACC No. 5/6 Georgia vs. Miami (Fla.)  

Champs Sports Dec. 29 Big Ten No. 4/5 vs. ACC No. 4 Iowa vs. Virginia Tech  

Holiday Dec. 28 Pac-10 No. 2 vs. Big 12 No. 3 Southern Cal. vs. Texas A&M  

Texas Dec. 28 Big 12 vs. Big East or C-USA Texas Tech vs. West Virginia  

Independence Dec. 28 Big 12 No. 7/8 vs. SEC No. 8 Kansas State vs. Alabama  

Emerald Dec. 27 ACC No. 4/5 vs. Pac-10 No. 4/5 Maryland vs. Oregon  

Motor City Dec. 26 MAC vs. Big Ten No. 7 Ohio vs. Cincinnati*  

Hawaii Dec. 24 Pac-10 No. 6 vs. WAC Arizona State vs. Hawaii  

Armed Forces Dec. 23 MWC No. 2/3 vs. C-USA No. 4 TCU vs. East Carolina  

Birmingham Dec. 23 C-USA vs. Big East or MAC Southern Miss vs. South Florida  

New Mexico Dec. 23 MWC No. 4 vs. WAC New Mexico vs. Nevada  

New Orleans Dec. 22 Sun Belt vs. C-USA Middle Tennessee vs. Rice  

Las Vegas Dec. 21 Pac-10 No. 4 vs. MWC No. 1 Oregon State vs. BYU  

Poinsettia Dec. 19 MWC No. 2/3 vs. at-large Utah vs. Northern Illinois  

Note: Teams in bold have accepted bowl bids.  

* - Teams fill in for conferences that don't have enough bowl-eligible teams

[Mag Pie]

Boise needs to fall off now!!  People talk about weak schedules, but who the hell have they played?

[outrunner]

So we could finish 7-5 and go to the Birmingham Bowl, and Cincinnati could go 6-6 and go to the Motor City Bowl. If I'm not mistaken Motor City > Birmingham.

[aly20xx]

i dont want gators in the nc game  >

[Mag Pie]

I'd rather go to Birmingham then Motor City.  We'd bring a lot more people since its WAY closer...and not as cold.

[aly20xx]

id rather play in toronto than play in b'ham

[gobulls83]

So we could finish 7-5 and go to the Birmingham Bowl, and Cincinnati could go 6-6 and go to the Motor City Bowl. If I'm not mistaken Motor City > Birmingham.

1. Cincinnati killed us, so that makes any "we're better than them" argument moot.

2. USF isn't 7-5 yet, and personally, after seeing the last two weeks, I think we will win one of the two road games (WVU/Louisville; probably Louisville) to go 8-4 with a win Saturday..

3. Given the location, Cincy will be a better draw than USF will; if you don't understand by now that records have absolutely nothing to do with picking bowl participants at that low level, than you never will.

[Guest r_to_the_izzo]

id rather play in toronto than play in b'ham

Go ahead. You and the 5 others that will make it to Toronto in Janurary. If your not frozen give me a call.

[aly20xx]

^^ thts excatly why....any team selected to the international bowl wont be expected to bring a huge fan base with them....

[aly20xx]

how many fans do u think will travel to b'ham