2011-2012 NCAA College Football Bowl Projections
CollegeBowlProjections.com gives you the first bowl predictions for the upcoming NCAA college football 2011-2012 season. Find out where your team will go bowling next season. Give us your bowl projections in the comments section and see if you can top our predictions for the upcoming college football season. View below the 2011-2012 college football bowl schedule, time, and what station you can find each game.
2011 College Football Bowl Championship Series Rules:
The 2011-2012 college football national championship game will be held in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana on Monday, January 9th, 2012. The Bowl Championship Series will select teams according to the rules below.
Conference champions for each BCS bowl game:
Atlantic Coast Conference-Orange Bowl
Big Ten Conference-Rose Bowl
Big 12 Conference-Fiesta Bowl
Pac-12 Conference-Rose Bowl
Southeastern Conference-Sugar Bowl
If any bowl game loses their conference champion to the national championship game, they will receive first chose for a replacement team.
The selection order for the 2011 BCS bowl games are:
1. Fiesta Bowl
2. Sugar Bowl
3. Orange Bowl
The Rose Bowl has first option to select the top Big Ten and Pac-12 teams remaining.
Preseason | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14
BOWL GAME |
MATCH-UP |
TEAMS |
POLL |
| Gildan New Mexico Bowl Albuquerque, NM December 17, 2 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: BYU 52 UTEP 24 |
Mountain West vs. Pac-12 | Temple 37 Wyoming 15
MAC: 1-0 Mountain West: 0-1 |
Who will win?
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| Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise, ID December 17, 5:30 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: N Illinois 40 Fresno St 17 |
WAC vs. MAC | Ohio 24 Utah St. 23
MAC: 2-0 WAC: 0-1 |
Who will win?
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| R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl New Orleans, LA December 17, 9 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Troy 48 Ohio 21 |
Conference USA vs. Sun Belt |
La.-Lafayette 32 San Diego St. 30 Sun Belt: 1-0 |
Who will win?
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| Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg, FL December 20, 8 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Louisville 31 So Miss 28 |
Big East vs. Conference USA | Marshall 20 Florida International 10 C-USA: 1-0 Sun Belt: 1-1 |
Who will win?
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| San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl San Diego, CA December 21, 8 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: San Diego St 35 Navy 14 |
Mountain West vs. WAC | TCU 31 Louisiana Tech 24 Mountain West: 1-2 WAC: 0-2 |
Who will win?
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| MAACO Bowl Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV December 22, 8 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Boise St 26 Utah 3 |
Pac-12 vs. Mountain West | Boise St. 56 Arizona St. 24
Mountain West: 2-2 |
Who will win?
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| Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Honolulu, HI December 24, 8 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Tulsa 62 Hawaii 35 |
Conference USA vs. WAC | Southern Miss 24 Nevada 17
C-USA: 2-0 WAC: 0-3 |
Who will win?
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| Advocare 100 Independence Bowl Shreveport, LA December 26, 5 p.m. EST—ESPN 2 2010 game: Air Force 14 Georgia Tech 7 |
Mountain West vs. ACC | Missouri 41 North Carolina 24
Big 12: 1-0 ACC: 0-1 |
Who will win?
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| Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Detroit, MI December 27, 4:30 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Florida Int’l 34 Toledo 32 |
MAC vs. Big 10 | Purdue 37 Western Michigan 32
Big Ten: 1-0 MAC: 2-1 |
Who will win?
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| Belk Bowl Charlotte, NC December 27, 8 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: South Florida 31 Clemson 26 |
Big East vs. ACC | North Carolina St. 31 Louisville 24 ACC: 1-1 Big East: 0-1 |
Who will win?
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| Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman Washington D.C. December 28, 4:30 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Maryland 51 East Carolina 20 |
Navy vs. ACC | Toledo 42 Air Force 41
MAC: 3-1 Mountain West: 2-3 |
Who will win?
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| Bridgepoint Holiday Bowl San Diego, CA December 28, 9 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Washington 19 Nebraska 7 |
Big 12 vs. Pac-12 | Texas 21 California 10
Big 12: 2-0 Pac-12: 0-2 |
Who will win?
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| Champs Sports Bowl Orlando, FL December 29, 5:30 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: NC State 23 West Virginia 7 |
ACC vs. Big East or Notre Dame | Florida St. 18 Notre Dame 14
ACC: 2-1 Independent: 0-1 |
Who will win?
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| Valero Alamo Bowl San Antonio, TX December 29, 9 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Oklahoma St 36 Arizona 10 |
Big 12 vs. Pac-12 | Baylor 67 Washington 56
Big 12: 3-0 Pac-12: 0-3 |
Who will win?
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| Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, TX December 30, 12 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Army 16 SMU 14 |
Conference USA vs. BYU | BYU 24 Tulsa 21
Independent: 1-1 C-USA: 2-1 |
Who will win?
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| New Era Pinstripe Bowl Bronx, NY December 30, 3:20 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Syracuse 36 Kansas St 34 |
Big East vs. Big 12 | Rutgers 27 Iowa St. 13
Big East: 1-1 Big 12: 3-1 |
Who will win?
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| Franklin American Mortgage Company Music City Bowl Nashville, TN December 30, 6:40 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: North Carolina 30 Tennessee 27 |
ACC vs. SEC | Mississippi St. 23 Wake Forest 17 SEC: 1-0 ACC: 2-2 |
Who will win?
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| Insight Bowl Tempe, AZ December 30, 10 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Iowa 27 Missouri 24 |
Big 10 vs. Big 12 | Oklahoma 31 Iowa 14
Big 12: 4-1 Big Ten: 1-1 |
Who will win?
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| Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas Houston, TX December 31, 12 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Illinois 38 Baylor 14 |
Big 10 vs. Big 12 | Texas A&M 33 Northwestern 22 Big 12: 5-1 Big Ten: 1-2 |
Who will win?
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| Hyundai Sun Bowl Houston, TX December 31, 2 p.m. EST—CBS 2010 game: Notre Dame 33 Miami 17 |
ACC vs. Pac-12 | Utah 30 Georgia Tech 27
Pac-12: 1-3 ACC: 2-3 |
Who will win?
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| AutoZone Liberty Bowl Memphis, TN December 31, 3:30 p.m. EST—ABC 2010 game: Central Florida 10 Georgia 6 |
SEC vs. Conference USA | Cincinnati 31 Vanderbilt 24 Big East: 2-1 SEC: 1-1 |
Who will win?
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| Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl San Francisco, CA December 31, 3:30 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Nevada 20 Boston College 13 |
Pac-12 vs. Army,ACC or MAC | Illinois 20 UCLA 14
Big Ten: 2-2 Pac-12: 1-4 |
Who will win?
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| Chick-fil-A Bowl Atlanta, GA December 31, 7:30 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Florida St 26 South Carolina 17 |
ACC vs. SEC | Auburn 43 Virginia 24
SEC: 2-1 ACC: 2-4 |
Who will win?
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| TicketCity Bowl Dallas, TX January 2, 12 p.m. EST—ESPN U 2010 game: Texas Tech 45 Northwestern 38 |
Big 10 vs. Conference USA | Houston 30 Penn St. 14
C-USA: 3-1 Big Ten: 2-3 |
Who will win?
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| Outback Bowl Tampa, FL January 2, 1 p.m. EST—ABC 2010 game: Florida 37 Penn St 24 |
SEC vs. Big 10 | Michigan St. 33 Georgia 30
Big Ten: 3-3 SEC: 2-2 |
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| Capital One Bowl Orlando, FL January 2, 1 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Alabama 49 Michigan St 7 |
Big 10 vs. SEC | South Carolina 30 Nebraska 13
SEC: 3-2 Big Ten: 3-4 |
Who will win?
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| Gator Bowl Jacksonville, FL January 2, 1 p.m. EST—ESPN 2 2010 game: Mississippi St 52 Michigan 14 |
Big 10 vs. SEC | Florida 24 Ohio St. 17
SEC: 4-2 Big Ten: 3-5 |
Who will win?
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| AT&T Cotton Bowl Arlington, TX January 6, 8 p.m. EST—Fox 2010 game: LSU 41 Texas A&M 24 |
SEC vs. Big 12 | Arkansas 29 Kansas St. 16
SEC: 5-2 Big 12: 6-2 |
Who will win?
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| BBVA Compass Bowl Birmingham, AL January 7, 1 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Pitt 27 Kentucky 10 |
Big East vs. SEC | SMU 28 Pittsburgh 6
C-USA: 4-1 Big East: 3-2 |
Who will win?
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| GoDaddy.com Bowl Mobile, AL January 8, 1 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Miami(OH) 35 Middle Tennessee 21 |
Sun Belt vs. MAC | Northern Illinois 38 Arkansas St. 20 MAC: 4-1 Sun Belt: 1-2 |
Who will win?
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| Rose Bowl presented by Vizio Pasadena, CA January 2, 5 p.m. EST—ABC 2010 game: TCU 21 Wisconsin 19 |
Pac-12 vs. Big 10 | Oregon 45 Wisconsin 38
Pac-12: 2-4 Big Ten: 3-6 |
Who will win?
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| Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Glendale, AZ January 2, 8:30 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Oklahoma 48 UConn 20 |
Big 12 vs. BCS | Oklahoma St. 41 Stanford 38
Big 12: 6-1 Pac-12: 2-5 |
Who will win?
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| Allstate Sugar Bowl New Orleans, LA January 3, 8 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Ohio St 31 Arkansas 26 |
SEC vs. BCS | Michigan 23 Viginia Tech 20
Big Ten: 4-6 ACC: 2-5 |
Who will win?
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| Discover Orange Bowl Miami, FL January 4, 8 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Stanford 40 Virginia Tech 12 |
ACC vs. BCS | West Virginia 70 Clemson 33
Big East: 3-1 ACC: 2-6 |
Who will win?
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| Allstate BCS National Championship New Orleans, LA January 9, 8 p.m. EST—ESPN 2010 game: Auburn 22 Oregon 19 |
BCS #1 vs. BCS #2 | Alabama 21 LSU 0
SEC: 6-3 |
Who will win?
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Why should LSU have to beat Alabama twice to win the National Championship? If Alabama wins, their should be a tie-breaker a week later to settle the issue.
Iowa State will play in a bowl this year.