Project Final BCS

[Johnny Mac]

Confirmed Bowls

Gildan New Mexico
Wyoming vs. Temple Albuquerque, N.M.
University Stadium
Dec. 17 2 p.m. ESPN

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Ohio vs. Utah State Boise, Idaho
Bronco Stadium
Dec. 17 5:30 p.m. ESPN

R+L Carriers New Orleans
SD State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette New Orleans
Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Dec. 17 9 p.m. ESPN

Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg
Florida International vs. Marshall St. Petersburg, Fla.
Tropicana Field
Dec. 20 8 p.m. ESPN

S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
TCU vs. Louisiana Tech San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium
Dec. 21 8 p.m. ESPN

MAACO Las Vegas
Boise St vs. Arizona State Las Vegas
Sam Boyd Stadium
Dec. 22 8 p.m. ESPN

Sheraton Hawaii
Nevada vs. Southern Miss Honolulu
Aloha Stadium
Dec. 24 8 p.m. ESPN

AdvoCare V100 Independence
Missouri vs. North Carolina Shreveport, La.
Independence Stadium
Dec. 26 5 p.m. ESPN2

Little Caesars
Western Michigan vs. Purdue Detroit
Ford Field
Dec. 27 4:30 p.m. ESPN

Belk
NC State vs. Louisville Charlotte, N.C.
Bank of America Stadium
Dec. 27 8 p.m. ESPN

Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman
Toledo vs. Air Force Washington, D.C.
RFK Stadium
Dec. 28 4:30 p.m. ESPN

Bridgepoint Education Holiday
Texas vs. Cal San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium
Dec. 28 8 p.m. ESPN

Champs Sports
Florida St vs. Notre Dame Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl
Dec. 29 5:30 p.m. ESPN

Valero Alamo
Baylor vs. Washington San Antonio
Alamodome
Dec. 29 9 p.m. ESPN

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
BYU vs. Tulsa Dallas
Gerald J. Ford Stadium
Dec. 30 Noon ESPN

New Era Pinstripe
Rutgers vs. Iowa State Bronx, N.Y.
Yankee Stadium
Dec. 30 3:20 p.m. ESPN

Franklin American Mortgage Music City
Wake Forest vs. Mississippi St Nashville, Tenn.
LP Field
Dec. 30 6:40 p.m. ESPN

Insight
Iowa vs. Oklahoma Tempe, Ariz.
Sun Devil Stadium
Dec. 30 10 p.m. ESPN

Meineke Car Care of Texas
Texas A&M vs. Northwestern Houston
Reliant Stadium
Dec. 31 Noon ESPN

Hyundai Sun
Georgia Tech vs. Utah El Paso, Texas
Sun Bowl
Dec. 31 2 p.m. CBS

AutoZone Liberty
Cincinnati vs. Vanderbilt Memphis, Tenn.
Liberty Bowl
Dec. 31 3:30 p.m. ABC

Kraft Fight Hunger
Illinois vs. UCLA San Francisco
AT&T Park
Dec. 31 3:30 p.m. ESPN

Chick-fil-A
Virginia vs. Auburn Atlanta
Georgia Dome
Dec. 31 7:30 p.m. ESPN

TicketCity
Houston vs. Penn State Dallas
Cotton Bowl
Jan. 2 Noon ESPNU

Outback
Michigan St vs. Georgia Tampa, Fla.
Raymond James Stadium
Jan. 2 1 p.m. ABC

Capital One
Nebraska vs. South Carolina Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl
Jan. 2 1 p.m. ESPN

Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl
Ohio State vs. Florida Jacksonville, Fla.
EverBank Field
Jan. 2 1 p.m. ESPN2

Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio
Wisconsin vs. Oregon Pasadena, Calif.
Rose Bowl
Jan. 2 5 p.m. ESPN

Tostitos Fiesta
Stanford vs. Oklahoma St Glendale, Ariz.
U. of Phoenix Stadium
Jan. 2 8:30 p.m. ESPN

Allstate Sugar
Michigan vs. Virginia Tech New Orleans
Louisiana Superdome
Jan. 3 8:30 p.m. ESPN

Discover Orange
West Virginia vs. Clemson Miami
Sun Life Stadium
Jan. 4 8:30 p.m. ESPN

AT&T Cotton
Kansas St vs. Arkansas Arlington, Texas
Cowboys Stadium
Jan. 6 8 p.m. FOX

BBVA Compass Bowl
SMU vs. Pittsburgh Birmingham, Ala.
Legion Field
Jan. 7 1 p.m. ESPN

GoDaddy.com
Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois Mobile, Ala.
Ladd-Peebles Stadium
Jan. 8 9 p.m. ESPN

Allstate BCS National Championship Game
LSU vs. Alabama New Orleans
Louisiana Superdome
Jan. 9 8:30 p.m. ESPN

[mr0zip0]

Here is my best guess, though a lot is up for grabs...

1. LSU - 1
2. Alabama - .912
3. Oklahoma State - .907
4. Stanford - .844
5. Oregon - .839
6. Boise State - .765
7. Arkansas - .745
8. Kansas State - .641
9. South Carolina - .635
10. Wisconsin - .621
11. Virginia Tech. - .599
12. Baylor - .5454
13. Michigan - .5451
14. Clemson - .512
15. Michigan State - .488
16. Oklahoma - .426
17. TCU - .372
18. Georgia - .371
19. Nebraska - .352
20. Southern Miss - .244
21. Penn State - .221
22. West Virginia - .188
23. Houston - .122
24. Missouri - .098
25. Notre Dame - .043

General Bowls
12/17 - New Mexico Bowl - Albuquerque, NM - Wyoming Cowboys (9-4) v. Western Michigan Broncos (7-6)
12/17 - Potato Bowl - Boise, ID - Temple Owls (9-4) v. Utah State Aggies (7-6)
12/17 - New Orleans Bowl - New Orleans, LA - Louisiana-Layfayette Ragin' Cajuns (8-5) v. Southern Methodist Mustangs(8-5)
12/20 - Beef 'O' Bradys Bowl - St. Petersburg, FL - Pittsburgh Panthers (7-6) v. Florida International Panthers (8-5)
12/21 - Poinsettia Bowl - San Diego, CA - San Diego State Aztecs (9-4) v. Lousiana Tech. Bulldogs (8-5)
12/22 - Las Vegas Bowl - Las Vegas, NV - #6 Boise State Broncos (12-1) v. California Bears (7-6)
12/24 - Hawaii Bowl - Honolulu, HI - #20 Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles (12-2) v. Nevada Wolfpack (7-6)
12/26 - Independence Bowl - Shreveport, LA - Wake Forest Demon Deacons (6-7) v. #17 TCU Horned Frogs (11-2)
12/27 - Pizza Bowl - Detroit, MI - Illinois Illini (6-7) v. Ohio Bobcats (10-4)
12/27 - Belk Bowl - Charlotte, NC - North Carolina Tar Heels (7-6) v. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (9-4)
12/28 - Military Bowl - Washington DC - Toledo Rockets (8-5) v. Marshall Thundering Herd (7-6)
12/28 - Holiday Bowl - San Diego, CA - UCLA Bruins (6-8) v. Purdue Boilermakers (7-6)
12/29 - Champs Sports Bowl - Orlando, FL - Georgia Tech. Yellow Jackets (9-4) v. #25 Notre Dame Irish (8-5)
12/29 - Alamo Bowl - San Antonio, TX - #12 Baylor Bears (10-3) v. Utah Utes (7-6)
12/30 - Armed Forces - Dallas, TX - Tulsa Hurricane (8-5) v. BYU Cougars (10-3)
12/30 - Pinstripe Bowl - Bronx, NY - #24 Missouri Tigers (8-5) v. Cincinnati Bearcats (9-4)
12/30 - Music City Bowl - Nashville, TN - North Carolina State Wolfpack (7-6) v. Vanderbilt Commodores (7-6)
12/30 - Insight Bowl - Tempe, AZ - #8 Kansas State Wildcats (10-3) v. #21 Penn State Nittany Lions (10-3)
12/31 - Texas Bowl - Houston, TX - Texas Longhorns (7-6) v. Ohio State Buckeyes (7-6)
12/31 - Sun Bowl - El Paso, TX - Virginia Cavaliers (9-4) v. Arizona State Sun Devils (6-7)
12/31 - Liberty Bowl - Memphis, TN - Louisville Cardinals (7-6) v. #23 Houston Cougars (13-1)
12/31 - Fight Hunger Bowl - San Francisco, CA - Washington Huskies (7-6) v. Air Force Falcons (8-5)
12/31 - Chick-fil-A Bowl - Atlanta, GA - Florida State Seminoles (9-4) v. Auburn Tigers (7-6)
1/2 - TicketCity Bowl - Dallas, TX - Texas A&M Aggies (6-7) v. Northwestern Wildcats (7-6)
1/2 - Outback Bowl - Tampa, FL - #15 Michigan State Spartans (10-4) v. #9 South Carolina Gamecocks (11-2)
1/2 - Capital One Bowl - Orlando, FL - #19 Nebraska Cornhuskers (10-3) v. #18 Georgia Bulldogs (10-4)
1/2 - Gator Bowl - Jacksonville, FL - Iowa Hawkeyes (8-5) v. Florida Gators (6-7)
1/6 - Cotton Bowl - Arlington, TX - #16 Oklahoma Sooners (9-4) v. #7 Arkansas Razor Backs (11-2)
1/7 - Compass Bowl - Birmingham, AL - Mississippi State Bulldogs (6-7) v. Iowa State Cyclones (7-6)
1/8 - GoDaddy.com Bowl - Mobile, AL - Northern Illinois Huskies (10-4) v. Arkansas State Red Wolves (11-2)

BCS Bowls
1/2 - Rose Bowl - Pasadena, CA - #5 Oregon Ducks (12-2) v. #10 Wisconsin Badgers (11-3)
1/2 - Fiesta Bowl - Glendale, AZ - #3 Oklahoma State Cowboys (10-3) v. #4 Stanford Cardinals (12-1)
1/3 - Sugar Bowl - New Orleans, LA - #13 Michigan Wolverines (11-2) v. #11 Virginia Tech. Hokies (11-3)
1/4 - Orange Bowl - Miami, FL - #14 Clemson Tigers (10-4) v. #22 West Virginia Mountaineers (10-3)
1/9 - BCS National Championship - New Orleans, LA - #1 LSU Tigers (14-0) v. #2 Alabama Crimson Tide (12-2)

Final Rankings
1. LSU Tigers (14-0)
2. Stanford Cardinals (12-1)
3. Oregon Ducks (12-2)
4. Alabama Crimson Tide (11-2)
5. Arkansas Razor Backs (11-2)
6. Boise State Broncos (12-1)
7. Oklahoma State Cowboys (10-3)
8. South Carolina Gamecocks (11-2)
9. Michigan Wolverines (11-2)
10. Baylor Bears (10-3)
11. Nebraska Cornhuskers (10-3)
12. TCU Horned Frogs (11-2)
13. Kansas State Wildcats (10-3)
14. Wisconsin Badgers (11-3)
15. Virginia Tech. Hokies (11-3)
16. West Virginia Mountaineers (10-3)
17. Penn State Nittany Lions (10-3)
18. Southern Miss Eagles (12-2)
19. Missouri Tigers (8-5)
20. Houston Cougars (13-1)
21. Michigan State Spartans (10-4)
22. Clemson Tigers (10-4)
23. Oklahoma Sooners (9-4)
24. Georgia Bulldogs (10-4)
25. BYU Cougars (10-3)

[T&P_Fan]

I think OK State gets the NCG, and Michigan goes to the Fiesta to play Standford. Alabama to the Sugar Bowl.

Lots of possibilities. Hoping for no rematch.

[Johnny Mac]

Coaches Poll is out

1. LSU
2. Bama
3. Ok State
4. Stanford
5. Oregon
6. Boise St
7. Arkansas
8. Wisconsin
9. South Carolina
10. K State
11. V Tech
12. Michigan (16 last week)
13. MSU (9 last week)
14. Clemson
15. TCU
16. Baylor
17. Houston
18. Georgia
19. Oklahoma

[T&P_Fan]

12 in the coaches poll is a good sign for UM. MSU also stays in the top 14. I thought OK State had a chance to move to #2.

[Johnny Mac]

12 in the coaches poll is a good sign for UM. MSU also stays in the top 14. I thought OK State had a chance to move to #2.

MSU has a SLIM to none shot of staying in top 14. They were #9 last week, that is a 4 spot drop. The problem is the computers dont like them, some had them as low as 20 last week. I dont think #13 in the Coaches poll is enough to keep them top 14, since coaches poll is likely going to be the highest they are going to be ranked in any of the components

And really BCS can only take 2 teams from Big Ten, so as long as Michigan is in top 14 also, I think its a moot point.

[Deleterious]

Twitter

based on current computer projections (OSU 2 in 4 of 6), OSU must now pass Bama in Harris poll by 5 points to be #2 overall.

[Johnny Mac]

Sagarin Poll, which is one of computer rankings used (I used the right rating) - has Michigan 23 and State 25

[Johnny Mac]

Massey, another computer used has Michigan 11 and MSU 17 (at least the link I saw I think was right)

[Buddha]

Michigan is in. State has no chance.

[Johnny Mac]

I am sick of hearing players and coaches who lose a chance to make BCS complaining they are not in it. You had a chance and blew it....STOP COMPLAINING. Especially if you have no title game arguments, because bowls could have picked other teams over you even before the BCS

[New_Age_X]

I'll take a Cap 1 bowl or Outback bowl for MSU. Sure it would have been nice for a BCS bowl but we lose so it is what it is.

Now I got a question for you guys on the bowl money thing. They say like a BCS game pays out like 20+ million or so right? And that money goes to each team in the B1G evenly or what? Cause of MSU still gets some money from it then its still winning for us at some point.

[Johnny Mac]

I'll take a Cap 1 bowl or Outback bowl for MSU. Sure it would have been nice for a BCS bowl but we lose so it is what it is.

Now I got a question for you guys on the bowl money thing. They say like a BCS game pays out like 20+ million or so right? And that money goes to each team in the B1G evenly or what? Cause of MSU still gets some money from it then its still winning for us at some point.

1. They were saying Houston cost their conference about 13 million by losing during their game(they said people are over-estimating the amount and they confirmed it to be around that number)

2. All bowl money is split amongst conference teams. Having Michigan in the BCS instead of Non BCS. It also pushes all the Big Ten teams up a slot. The worst bowl game is about a 750k payout. So it is a difference of about 10 millions or so dollars, which would give each team almost a million more by having a 2nd team in.

[Johnny Mac]

SBJ: BCS payouts grow along with big shares for Big Six conferences - NCAA Football - Sporting News

The Mountain West made just short of $13 mil last bowl season from BCS because of TCU

Although ACC/Big 12/Big East made $21 mil for only one team in it and Big Ten/Pac 10/SEC got $27 mil for having two teams in it. So maybe adding a second team only is about a $6 million dollar difference.

[JayVee]

I am sick of hearing players and coaches who lose a chance to make BCS complaining they are not in it. You had a chance and blew it....STOP COMPLAINING. Especially if you have no title game arguments, because bowls could have picked other teams over you even before the BCS

Who's saying this?

[Johnny Mac]

Who's saying this?

First was the coach of Southern Miss saying since they beat Houston they should be in BCS, uhm hello you lost to Marshall and UAB.

And then Kirk Cousins comes off whiny with this quote - "We belong in a BCS bowl game. I don't know how you can get punished for playing, and someone else gets to sit on the couch and get what they want." Uhm, all you had to do was win and you were in. Plus every team beside LSU has benefited this season by sitting on the couch and watching other teams lose.

[JayVee]

I think MSU is a BCS quality team. But they should have won one more game.

[Johnny Mac]

I think MSU is a BCS quality team. But they should have won one more game.

It's not really what he said but how he said it. I dont think 3 loss teams should be in the BCS, unless they won their conference or have had a ridiculously hard schedule, which MSU doesn't qualify for either. But that aside, I think Cousins quote comes off as whiny. If he had something like "Im disappointed, I feel we are a BCS quality team" or something like that, I might feel different.

[New_Age_X]

1. They were saying Houston cost their conference about 13 million by losing during their game(they said people are over-estimating the amount and they confirmed it to be around that number)

2. All bowl money is split amongst conference teams. Having Michigan in the BCS instead of Non BCS. It also pushes all the Big Ten teams up a slot. The worst bowl game is about a 750k payout. So it is a difference of about 10 millions or so dollars, which would give each team almost a million more by having a 2nd team in.

Sweet thanks J Mac.

[JayVee]

It's not really what he said but how he said it. I dont think 3 loss teams should be in the BCS, unless they won their conference or have had a ridiculously hard schedule, which MSU doesn't qualify for either. But that aside, I think Cousins quote comes off as whiny. If he had something like "Im disappointed, I feel we are a BCS quality team" or something like that, I might feel different.

I agree with you, by the way. But it's seriously hard for a 22-y-o, even one as mature as Cousins, to keep focus in the aftermath something that emotional. From experience, I would bet that he gives a different quote 24 hours later.

[Buddha]

I would expect almost any 22 year old kid to say something like that. No big deal.

It's the coaches crying and whining that bothers me. Kids are kids, the coaches are supposed to be grown men.

[mr0zip0]

I can't remember a bowl BCS standings that have ever come down to the wire like this before... ESPN and their selection show must love it.

[Johnny Mac]

First domino to fall?

Twitter is abuzz that VT is going to the Sugar Bowl, and Virginia a surprise pick to the Chick Fil A

[Johnny Mac]

And I would guess VT would play Michigan in that game.

I think, assuming it is true, it means

1. TCU did not crack top 16
2. VT was picked over K State and Boise for an at large

[The Ghost of Neifi]

Right now I'm hearing VT and Michigan

Whatever the case, Michigan is a lock for a BCS bowl. MSU is probably on the outside looking in

Which is somewhat of a shame. But the amount of whining that will go own in-state will be unbearable.

[mr0zip0]

Some more confirmations via CBS Sports...

Ohio Bobcats v. Utah State Aggies is the Potato Bowl

Louisiana-Layfayette Ragin' Cajuns are in the New Orleans Bowl

Florida International Panthers to the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl

Louisiana Tech. Bulldogs to the Poinsettia Bowl

Western Michigan Broncos to the Pizza Bowl

Texas Longhorns to the Holiday Bowl

Baylor Bears v. Washington Huskies in the Alamo Bowl

BYU to the Armed Forces Bowl

Texas A&M Aggies v. Northwestern Wildcats in the Texas Bowl

Penn State Nittany Lions v. Houston Cougars in the TicketCity Bowl (Wow, Penn State plummeted)

Ohio State Buckeyes v. Florida Gators in the Gator Bowl

Arkansas State Red Wolves to GoDaddy.com Bowl

[Johnny Mac]

Auburn v. Virginia in Chick Fil A
and
Notre Dame v. Florida State in Champs

are both all but confirmed as well

[mr0zip0]

Nothing really shocks me there other than Penn State's fall...

Western Michigan doesn't deserve the Pizza Bowl, they were only selected because they have "Michigan" in their name.

Northwestern has a shot at A&M, especially with A&M not even having a coach right now.

Ohio State v. Florida has quite the storyline thanks to Urban Meyer. Should be interesting.

[mr0zip0]

Weird picks by the Chick-fil-A... Auburn makes a little sense because they won it all last year, but Virginia? Odd... That all but confirms that Va. Tech. is in the BCS.

[Johnny Mac]

Weird picks by the Chick-fil-A... Auburn makes a little sense because they won it all last year, but Virginia? Odd... That all but confirms that Va. Tech. is in the BCS.

FSU played in it last year, and Virginia beat FSU. Also I know Champs Sports Bowl has been wanting ND v. FSU for weeks. Wonder if they told chick fil a they would open up 10 locations in Orlando if they passed on FSU

[Johnny Mac]

Cant tell if this guy is predicting or if this is official

Sources: ACC bowl picture set - CBSSports.com

It's titled ACC Bowl Picture is set, if so, here are ACC bowls


Clemson - Orange
Virginia Tech - Sugar
Virginia - Chick Fil-A
Florida State - Champs
Georgia Tech - Sun
NC State - Belk
Wake Forest - Music City
North Carolina - Independence

[mr0zip0]

This are coming in quickly...

Hawaii: Nevada v. Southern Miss (maybe the coach will shut up if he goes to Hawaii)

Pinstripe: Iowa State v. Rutgers

[dadair6]

Nothing really shocks me there other than Penn State's fall..

I'm sure the stink on the Penn State name has a lot to do with their fall. Nobody wants a week of scandal stories associated with the sponsors.

[mr0zip0]

Cant tell if this guy is predicting or if this is official

Sources: ACC bowl picture set - CBSSports.com

It's titled ACC Bowl Picture is set, if so, here are ACC bowls


Clemson - Orange
Virginia Tech - Sugar
Virginia - Chick Fil-A
Florida State - Champs
Georgia Tech - Sun
NC State - Belk
Wake Forest - Music City
North Carolina - Independence

Sounds like it will be correct, so he might just be going out on a bit of a limb, citing sources he doesn't have to seem important.

[mr0zip0]

I'm sure the stink on the Penn State name has a lot to do with their fall. Nobody wants a week of scandal stories associated with the sponsors.

I knew they would fall, but I thought Insight would be the pit, they fell all the way to the #8 selection! They aren't even on ESPN, they'll be on ESPNU.

[CMRivdog]

There are a large number of "Hoos living in the Atlanta area. Virginia Beat FSU and Georgia Tech. If VaTech is heading to the Sugar Bowl, this makes a lot of sense

[Johnny Mac]

Having already booked a hotel in Orlando (I assumed VT was going chick fil a, and its easy to cancel a hotel, but I wanted to book at team hotel), I dont mind one bit that Virginia jumped us, because I would rather spend 3 days in Orlando in late December than in Atlanta. It will be the first bowl game I have ever been to, and given local ties, I would rather play Notre Dame than Auburn as well. So I dont care that we are in a "lesser" bowl, because I like that bowl better this year.

[mr0zip0]

Tulsa to play BYU in the Armed Forces Bowl; California to play Texas in Holiday Bowl; Boise State to Las Vegas - No BCS for you.

[mr0zip0]

Big one confirmed....

TCU to Poinsettia... No BCS for any non AQ team.

--EDIT--

I don't want to keep making new posts... Oklahoma v. Iowa in the Insight Bowl

[wolverinefan]

I'm glad to see Western make a bowl.