2012-2013 NCAA College Football Bowl Projections
CollegeBowlProjections.com gives you the first bowl predictions for the upcoming NCAA college football 2012-2013 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 2012-2013 college football bowl schedule, time, and what station you can find each game.
2012 College Football Bowl Championship Series Rules:
The 2012-2013 college football national championship game will be held in the Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida on Monday, January 7th, 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 2012 BCS bowl games are:
1. Fiesta Bowl
2. Sugar Bowl
3. Orange Bowl
Updated 12/02/2012
BOWL GAME |
MATCH-UP |
TEAMS |
POLL |
| Gildan New Mexico Bowl Albuquerque, NM December 15, 1 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: Temple 37 Wyoming 15 |
Mountain West vs. Pac-12 | Nevada vs. Arizona | Who will win?
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| Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise, ID December 15, 4:30 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: Ohio 24 Utah St. 23 |
WAC vs. MAC | Utah St. vs. Toledo | Who will win?
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| San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl San Diego, CA December 20, 8 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: TCU 31 La. Tech 24 |
Mountain West vs. BYU | San Diego St. vs. BYU | Who will win?
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| Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg, FL December 21, 7:30 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: Marshall 20 Florida Intl 10 |
Big East/Sun Belt vs. Conference USA | Ball St. vs. Central Florida | Who will win?
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| R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl New Orleans, LA December 22, 12 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: La.-Lafayette 32 San Diego St. 30 |
Conference USA vs. Sun Belt | East Carolina vs. La-Lafayette | Who will win?
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| MAACO Bowl Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV December 22, 3:30 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: Boise St. 56 Arizona St. 24 |
Pac-12 vs. Mountain West | Washington vs. Boise St. | Who will win?
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| Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Honolulu, HI December 24, 8 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: Southern Miss 24 Nevada 17 |
Conference USA vs. Mountain West | SMU vs. Fresno St. | Who will win?
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| Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Detroit, MI December 26, 7:30 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: Purdue 37 Western Michigan 32 |
MAC vs. Big 10 | C. Michigan vs. W. Kentucky | Who will win?
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| Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman Washington D.C. December 27, 3:00 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: Toledo 42 Air Force 41 |
Army vs. ACC | Bowling Green vs. San Jose St. | |
| Belk Bowl Charlotte, NC December 27, 6:30 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: North Carolina St. 31 Louisville 24 |
Big East vs. ACC | Cincinnati vs. Duke | |
| Bridgepoint Holiday Bowl San Diego, CA December 27, 9:45 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: Texas 21 California 10 |
Big 12 vs. Pac-12 | Baylor vs. UCLA | |
| Advocare 100 Independence Bowl Shreveport, LA December 28, 2 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: Missouri 41 North Carolina 24 |
SEC vs. ACC | Ohio vs. La-Monroe | |
| Russell Athletic Bowl Orlando, FL December 28, 5:30 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: Florida St. 18 Notre Dame 14 |
ACC vs. Big East | Virginia Tech vs. Rutgers | |
| Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas Houston, TX December 28, 9 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: Texas A&M 33 Northwestern 22 |
Big 10 vs. Big 12 | Minnesota vs. Texas Tech | |
| Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, TX December 29, 11:45 a.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: BYU 24 Tulsa 21 |
Conference USA vs. Mountain West | Rice vs. Air Force | |
| Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl San Francisco, CA December 29, 3:15 p.m. EST—ESPN or ESPN 2 2011 game: Illinois 20 UCLA 14 |
Pac-12 vs. Navy | Arizona St. vs. Navy | |
| New Era Pinstripe Bowl Bronx, NY December 29, 3:15 p.m. EST—ESPN or ESPN 2 2011 game: Syracuse 36 Kansas St 34 |
Big East vs. Big 12 | Syracuse vs. West Virginia | |
| Valero Alamo Bowl San Antonio, TX December 29, 6:45 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: Baylor 67 Washington 56 |
Big 12 vs. Pac-12 | Texas vs. Oregon St. | |
| Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl Tempe, AZ December 29, 10:15 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: Oklahoma 31 Iowa 14 |
Big 10 vs. Big 12 | Michigan St. vs. TCU | |
| Franklin American Mortgage Company Music City Bowl Nashville, TN December 31, 12 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: Mississippi St. 23 Wake Forest 17 |
ACC vs. SEC | N.C. St. vs. Vanderbilt | |
| Hyundai Sun Bowl El Paso, TX December 31, 2 p.m. EST—CBS 2011 game: Utah 30 Georgia Tech 27 |
ACC vs. Pac-12 | Georgia Tech vs. USC | |
| AutoZone Liberty Bowl Memphis, TN December 31, 3:30 p.m. EST—ABC 2011 game: Cincinnati 31 Vanderbilt 24 |
Big East/SEC vs. Conference USA | Iowa St. vs. Tulsa | |
| Chick-fil-A Bowl Atlanta, GA December 31, 7:30 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: Auburn 43 Virginia 24 |
ACC vs. SEC | Clemson vs. LSU | |
| Heart of Dallas Bowl Dallas, TX January 1, 12 p.m. EST—ESPN U 2011 game: Houston 30 Penn St. 14 |
Big 10 vs. Conference USA | Purdue vs. Oklahoma St. | |
| TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl Jacksonville, FL January 1, 12 p.m. EST—ESPN 2 2011 game: Florida 24 Ohio St. 17 |
Big 10 vs. SEC | Northwestern vs. Mississippi St. | |
| Outback Bowl Tampa, FL January 1, 1 p.m. EST—ABC or ESPN 2011 game: Michigan St. 33 Georgia 30 |
SEC vs. Big 10 | South Carolina vs. Michigan | |
| Capital One Bowl Orlando, FL January 1, 1 p.m. EST—ESPN or ABC 2011 game: South Carolina 30 Nebraska 13 |
Big 10 vs. SEC | Nebraska vs. Georgia | |
| AT&T Cotton Bowl Arlington, TX January 4, 8 p.m. EST—Fox 2011 game: Arkansas 29 Kansas St. 16 |
SEC vs. Big 12 | Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma | |
| BBVA Compass Bowl Birmingham, AL January 5, 1 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: SMU 28 Pittsburgh 6 |
Big East/C-USA vs. SEC/Sun Belt | Ole Miss vs. Pittsburgh | |
| GoDaddy.com Bowl Mobile, AL January 6, 9 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: Northern Illinois 38 Arkansas St. 20 |
Sun Belt vs. MAC | Kent St. vs. Arkansas St. | |
2012-2013 BCS Bowl Game Predictions |
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| Rose Bowl presented by Vizio Pasadena, CA January 1, 5 p.m. EST—ABC 2012 game: Oregon 45 Wisconsin 3 |
Pac-12 vs. Big 10 | Stanford vs. Wisconsin | |
| Discover Orange Bowl Miami, FL January 1, 8:30 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: West Virginia 70 Clemson 33 |
ACC vs. BCS | Florida St. vs. Northern Illinois | |
| Allstate Sugar Bowl New Orleans, LA January 2, 8:30 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: Michigan 23 Viginia Tech 20 |
SEC vs. BCS | Florida vs. Louisville | |
| Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Glendale, AZ January 3, 8:30 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: Oklahoma St. 41 Stanford 38 |
Big 12 vs. BCS | Kansas St. vs. Oregon | |
| BCS National Championship New Orleans, LA January 7, 8:30 p.m. EST—ESPN 2011 game: Alabama 21 LSU 0 |
BCS #1 vs. BCS #2 | Notre Dame vs. Alabama | |
I disagree with Texas A&M getting BCS Bowl over Florida. I think Florida should get the BCS bid and Texas A&M the Capitol one bid
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.
Yes, Iowa State will be in a bowl game. Their fans will fill the House and their players will Rock the House!