College Football Bowl Projections
Posted 4 August 2009
Projected Winning Teams are in Bold
A team in Red represents an at-large bid needed when the tie-in conference doesn't have enough projected bowl-eligible teams.
(Note:  this includes the case when there are enough teams, but one of them is projected to be in a BCS bowl.)
A team in Blue represents a non-BCS conference team predicted for selection in a BCS bowl.
Bowl	Host City / Sponsor	Date	TV	Conference Tie-Ins	Team1	Team2
New Mexico	Albuquerque	19-Dec	ESPN	MWC vs WAC	UTEP	Fresno State
Saint Pete	St. Petersburg - Tampa FL	19-Dec	ESPN	Big East vs CUSA	Florida Int'l	Marshall
New Orleans	New Orleans / R&L Carriers	20-Dec	ESPN	CUSA vs SBC	Rice	Troy
Silver	Las Vegas / MAACO	22-Dec	ESPN	MWC vs Pac10	Brigham Young	Arizona
Poinsettia	San Diego / San Diego County CU	23-Dec	ESPN	MWC vs Pac10	Colorado State	Arizona State
Hawai'i	Honolulu / Sheraton Hotels	24-Dec	ESPN	CUSA vs WAC	East Carolina	Boise State
Emerald	San Francisco / Emerald Nuts	26-Dec	ESPN	ACC vs Pac10	Miami-Florida	Oregon State
Queen City	Charlotte / Meineke Car Care	26-Dec	ESPN	ACC vs Big East	Wake Forest	Cincinnati
Motor City	Detroit	26-Dec	ESPN	Big 10+1 vs MAC	Minnesota	Central Michigan
Music City	Nashville / Gaylord Hotels	27-Dec	ESPN	ACC vs SEC	North Carolina	South Carolina
Independence	Shreveport LA	28-Dec	ESPN	XII vs SEC	UL-Lafayette	Kentucky
Tangerine	Orlando / Champs Sports	29-Dec	ESPN	ACC vs Big 10+1	Boston College	Northwestern
National	Washington DC / Eagle Bank	30-Dec	ESPN	ACC vs Army/CUSA	Clemson	Houston
Holiday	San Diego / Pacific Life	30-Dec	ESPN	XII vs Pac10	Kansas	Oregon
Humanitarian	Boise / Roady's Truck Stops	30-Dec	ESPN	MWC vs WAC	Utah	Nevada
Texas	Houston	30-Dec	NFL	XII vs Navy	Nebraska	Navy
Armed Forces	Fort Worth / Bell Helicopter	31-Dec	ESPN	MWC vs CUSA	Air Force	Southern Miss.
Sun	El Paso / Brut Aftershave	31-Dec	CBS	Pac10 vs Big East	California	West Virginia
Peach	Atlanta / Chick-Fil-A	31-Dec	ESPN	ACC vs SEC	Florida State	Vanderbilt
Copper	Tempe / Insight.com	31-Dec	NFL	Big 10+1 vs XII	Wisconsin	Oklahoma State
Citrus	Orlando / Capital One	1-Jan	ABC	Big 10+1 vs SEC	Ohio State	Mississippi
Gator	Jacksonville / Konica Minolta	1-Jan	CBS	ACC vs BEC/ND	Virginia Tech	Notre Dame
Hall of Fame	Tampa / Outback Steakhouse	1-Jan	ESPN	Big 10+1 vs SEC	Michigan State	Georgia
Rose	Pasadena, California	1-Jan	ABC	Big 10+1 vs Pac10	Penn State	Southern Cal
Sugar	New Orleans / Allstate	1-Jan	FOX	BCS vs BCS	Pittsburgh	Alabama
Cotton	Arlington TX / AT&T	2-Jan	FOX	XII vs SEC	Texas Tech	LSU
Liberty	Memphis / Autozone	2-Jan	ESPN	CUSA vs SEC	Tulsa	Arkansas
International	Toronto, Canada	2-Jan	ESPN2	Big East vs MAC	South Florida	Temple
Birmingham	Birmingham / Papa John's Pizza	2-Jan	ESPN	Big East vs SEC	Toledo	Louisiana Tech
Alamo	San Antonio TX / Valero	2-Jan	ESPN	Big 10+1 vs XII	Iowa	Missouri
Fiesta	Glendale AZ / Tostitos Chips	4-Jan	FOX	BCS vs BCS	Texas Christian	Texas
Orange	Miami FL / FedEx	5-Jan	FOX	BCS vs BCS	Rutgers	Georgia Tech
Gulf Coast	Mobile / GMAC	6-Jan	ESPN	ACC vs MAC	Arkansas State	Ball State
BCS Championship	Pasadena, California	7-Jan	FOX	BCS	Florida	Oklahoma
Notes on EagleBank Bowl:  I think a bowl game played in our nation's capitol should be called something like the National Bowl.
I also feel that if Army (U.S. Military Academy) fails to become Bowl Eligible then the Air Force Academy (if eligible) should be
allowed to play in Army's place.  This year, however, a C-USA team is scheduled to replace Army if necessary.
Notes on Outback Bowl:  Just as for years I kept referring to the John Hancock Bowl as the Sun Bowl, which eventually did
revert to its original name, I will still refer to other bowls by their original names.  Also, the NCAA website lists the conference
tie-ins as Big Ten vs ACC, but the Outback Bowl's website clearly states it will be Big Ten vs SEC on 1 Jan 2010.
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