Who SHOULD Be Going to Which Bowls?

The bowls if selections were based on my C Ratings, out soon. If two teams are separated by an “or”, then I’m weighing whether teams would select based strictly on the standings, or if non-BCS teams have to be conference champions. An asterisk denotes teams filling for conferences and alternate conferences unable to fill all tie-ins. Not going to bowls despite being bowl-eligible: Purdue and Ball State.

  • Gildan New Mexico Bowl: MWC #4 (Wyoming or Air Force) v. Pac-12 #7 (UCLA or *Western Kentucky)
  • Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: MAC (Ohio) v. WAC (Utah State)
  • R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: C-USA #5 (*Illinois or Marshall) v. Sun Belt (Arkansas State)
  • Beef’O’Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl: Big East #6 (Pittsburgh) v. C-USA #4 (Marshall or SMU)
  • San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl: MWC (San Diego State or Boise State) v. WAC (Nevada)
  • MAACO Bowl Las Vegas: MWC (TCU) v. Pac-12 #5 (California or Washington)
  • Sheraton Hawaii Bowl: C-USA ? (Tulsa or Southern Miss) v. Hawaii/WAC (Louisiana Tech)
  • AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl (Shreveport): ACC #7 (Virginia) v. MWC (Air Force or San Diego State)
  • Little Caesar’s Bowl (Detroit): Big 10 #8/Sun Belt (Northwestern or Illinois) v. MAC (Toledo)
  • Belk Bowl (Charlotte): ACC #5 (Georgia Tech) v. Big East (Rutgers)
  • Military Bowl (Washington DC): ACC #8/MAC #4 (Wake Forest) v. Navy/Big 12 #8 (*Temple)
  • Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl (San Diego): Big 12 #5 (Baylor) v. Pac-12 (Arizona State or Utah)
  • Champs Sports Bowl (Orlando): ACC (Florida State) v. Big East (Notre Dame)
  • Valero Alamo Bowl (San Antonio): Big 12 (Missouri) v. Pac-12 (Stanford or Arizona State)
  • Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl (Dallas): C-USA (SMU or Tulsa) v. BYU
  • New Era Pinstripe Bowl (New York): Big 12 #7 (Iowa State) v. Big East #4 (Cincinnati)
  • Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl: ACC #6 (NC State) v. SEC #7/8 (Auburn)
  • Insight Bowl (Tempe): Big 12 #4 (Kansas State) v. Big 10 #5 (Penn State or Iowa)
  • Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas (Houston): Big 12 #6 (Texas) v. Big 10 #6 (Iowa or Ohio State)
  • Hyundai Sun Bowl (El Paso): ACC #4 (North Carolina; would be Miami (FL)) v. Pac-12 #4 (Utah or California)
  • AutoZone Liberty Bowl (Memphis): C-USA (Southern Miss or Houston) v. SEC #7/8 (Mississippi State)
  • Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (San Francisco): Pac-12 #6/ACC #9 (Washington or UCLA) v. Army/ACC #9 (*Western Michigan)
  • Chick-fil-A Bowl (Atlanta): ACC (Virginia Tech) v. SEC #5 (Vanderbilt)
  • TicketCity Bowl (Dallas): Big 10 #7/Big 12 #8 (Ohio State or Northwestern) v. C-USA #7/Big 12 #8 (*Western Kentucky or *Wyoming)
  • Outback Bowl (Tampa): Big 10 (Nebraska or Michigan State) v. SEC -4 (East) (Georgia)
  • Capitol One Bowl (Orlando): Big 10 (Michigan or Nebraska) v. SEC (South Carolina)
  • TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl (Jacksonville): Big 10 #4 (Michigan State or Penn State) v. SEC #6 (Florida)
  • Rose Bowl Game pres. by Vizio (Pasadena, CA): Big 10 (Wisconsin) v. Pac-12 (Oregon)
  • Tostitos Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, AZ): Big 12 (Oklahoma) v. BCS (Boise State or Stanford)
  • Allstate Sugar Bowl (New Orleans): SEC (Alabama) v. BCS (Houston or Michigan)
  • Discover Orange Bowl (Miami): ACC (Clemson) v. BCS/Big East ? (West Virginia)
  • AT&T Cotton Bowl (Cowboys Stadium): Big 12 (Texas A&M) v. SEC -4 (West) (Arkansas)
  • BBVA Compass Bowl (Birmingham): Big East #5 (Louisville) v. SEC #9/Sun Belt (Louisiana-Lafayette)
  • GoDaddy.com Bowl (Mobile): MAC (Northern Illinois) v. Sun Belt (Florida International)
  • BCS National Championship Game: BCS (LSU) v. BCS (Oklahoma State)

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