Rankings reflect my College Football Rankings. This week’s rankings only (not past weeks) reflect a correction: Stanford’s game against San Jose State was being counted as being against San Diego State. It shouldn’t affect anything at the top and certainly not anything in the Golden Bowl, but it does affect three conferences’ ratings, and as a direct result the Mountain West has retaken the lead over the MAC, implying they may have been almost always ahead all along. SDSU has been a constant in the Bottom 10, though its ranking in it isn’t affected. Lineal titles also updated. All times Eastern.
| BOWL | Teams | LOCATION | DATE/ TIME/ CHANNEL |
| TOP 25 TEAMS | |||
| FedEx BCS National Championship Game | #1 Florida | Miami | Jan. 8, 2009, 8 p.m. |
| Princeton-Yale/2004 Auburn-Utah Unif. | #2 Oklahoma | Dolphin Stadium | FOX |
| Tostitos Fiesta | #9 Ohio State | Glendale, Ariz. | Jan. 5, 2009, 8 p.m. |
| #3 Texas | University of Phoenix Stadium | FOX | |
| Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi | #5 Penn State | Pasadena, Calif. | Jan. 1, 2009, 4:30 p.m. |
| #4 USC | Rose Bowl | ABC | |
| San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia | #10 TCU | San Diego | Dec. 23, 8 p.m. |
| For Creation of 2008 Boise State Title | #6 Boise State | Qualcomm Stadium | ESPN |
| Allstate Sugar | #8 Utah | New Orleans | Jan. 2, 2009, 8 p.m. |
| 2006-7 Boise State Title | #7 Alabama | Superdome | FOX |
| AT&T Cotton | #11 Texas Tech | Dallas | Jan. 2, 2009, 2 p.m. |
| #16 Mississippi | Cotton Bowl | FOX | |
| GMAC | #25 Tulsa | Mobile, Ala. | Jan. 6, 2009, 8 p.m. |
| #12 Ball State | Ladd-Peebles Stadium | ESPN | |
| Valero Alamo | Northwestern | San Antonio | Dec. 29, 8 p.m. |
| #13 Missouri | Alamodome | ESPN | |
| Outback | South Carolina | Tampa, Fla. | Jan. 1, 2009, 11 a.m. |
| #14 Iowa | Raymond James Stadium | ESPN | |
| Capital One | Michigan State | Orlando, Fla. | Jan. 1, 2009, 1 p.m. |
| #15 Georgia | Florida Citrus Bowl | ABC | |
| Pacific Life Holiday | #17 Oklahoma State | San Diego | Dec. 30, 8 p.m. |
| #20 Oregon | Qualcomm Stadium | ESPN | |
| Meineke Car Care | #18 North Carolina | Charlotte, N.C. | Dec. 27, 1 p.m. |
| #22 West Virginia | Bank of America Stadium | ESPN | |
| Pioneer Las Vegas | #19 BYU | Las Vegas | Dec. 20, 8 p.m. |
| Arizona | Sam Boyd Stadium | ESPN | |
| Brut Sun | Oregon State | El Paso, Texas | Dec. 31, 2 p.m. |
| #21 Pittsburgh | Sun Bowl | CBS | |
| FedEx Orange | #23 Virginia Tech | Miami | Jan. 1, 2009, 8:30 p.m. |
| Cincinnati | Dolphin Stadium | FOX | |
| Champs Sports | #24 Florida State | Orlando, Fla. | Dec. 27, 4:30 p.m. |
| Wisconsin | Florida Citrus Bowl | ESPN | |
| OTHER POSITIVE B POINT TEAMS | |||
| Bell Helicopter Armed Forces | Houston | Fort Worth, Texas | Dec. 31, Noon |
| Air Force | Amon G. Carter Stadium | ESPN | |
| BOWL SUBDIVISION | |||
| EagleBank Bowl | Wake Forest | Washington, D.C. | Dec. 20, 11 a.m. |
| Navy | RFK Stadium | ESPN | |
| New Mexico | Colorado State | Albuquerque | Dec. 20, 2:30 p.m. |
| Fresno State | University Stadium | ESPN | |
| St. Petersburg | South Florida | St. Petersburg. Fla. | Dec. 20, 4:30 p.m. |
| Memphis | Tropicana Field | ESPN2 | |
| R+L Carriers New Orleans | Southern Miss | New Orleans | Dec. 21, 8:15 p.m. |
| Troy | Superdome | ESPN | |
| Sheraton Hawaii | Hawaii | Honolulu | Dec. 24, 8 p.m. |
| Notre Dame | Aloha Stadium | ESPN | |
| Motor City | Central Michigan | Detroit | Dec. 26, 8 p.m. |
| Florida Atlantic | Ford Field | ESPN | |
| Emerald | California | San Francisco | Dec. 27, 8 p.m. |
| Miami (FL) | AT&T Park | ESPN | |
| Independence | Louisiana Tech | Shreveport, La. | Dec. 28, 8:15 p.m. |
| Northern Illinois | Independence Stadium | ESPN | |
| Papajohns.com | Rutgers | Birmingham, Ala. | Dec. 29, 3 p.m. |
| NC State | Legion Field | ESPN | |
| Roady’s Humanitarian | Nevada | Boise, Idaho | Dec. 30, 4:30 p.m. |
| Maryland | Bronco Stadium | ESPN | |
| Texas | Central Michigan | Houston | Dec. 30, 8 p.m. |
| Rice | Reliant Stadium | NFL Network | |
| Gaylord Hotels Music City | Vanderbilt | Nashville, Tenn. | Dec. 31, 3:30 p.m. |
| Boston College | LP Field | ESPN | |
| Insight | Kansas | Tempe, Ariz. | Dec. 31, 5:30 p.m. |
| Minnesota | Sun Devil Stadium | NFL Network | |
| Chick-fil-A | LSU | Atlanta | Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. |
| Georgia Tech | Georgia Dome | ESPN | |
| Konica Minolta Gator | Nebraska | Jacksonville, Fla. | Jan. 1, 2009, 1 p.m. |
| Clemson | Jacksonville Municipal Stadium | CBS | |
| AutoZone Liberty | Kentucky | Memphis, Tenn. | Jan. 2, 2009, 5 p.m. |
| East Carolina | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | ESPN | |
| International | Connecticut | Toronto | Jan. 3, 2009, Noon |
| Buffalo | Rogers Centre | ESPN2 | |