Archive for October 23, 2011

2011-2012 Bowl Projections, Week 8

New Mexico Bowl - Wyoming vs. Florida International (not enough eligible teams from Pac 12)

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl - Ball State vs. Nevada

New Orleans Bowl - UTEP vs. Louisiana-Lafayette

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl - Western Kentucky vs. Pittsburgh (not enough eligible teams from C-USA)

Poinsettia Bowl - San Diego State vs. San Jose State

Las Vegas Bowl - TCU vs. California

Hawai’i Bowl - Hawai’i vs. Southern Miss

Independence Bowl - Colorado State vs. North Carolina State

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl - Purdue vs. Toledo

Belk Bowl - Miami (FL) vs. Rutgers

Military Bowl - Virginia vs. Northern Illinois (Navy not bowl eligible)

Holiday Bowl - Texas vs. Arizona State

Champs Sports Bowl - Georgia Tech vs. West Virginia

Alamo Bowl - Texas A&M vs. Oregon

Armed Forces Bowl - Brigham Young vs. Southern Methodist

Pinstripe Bowl - Eastern Michigan vs. Notre Dame (not enough eligible teams from the Big 12)

Music City Bowl - Wake Forest vs. Mississippi State

Insight Bowl - Texas Tech vs. Illinois

Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas - Baylor vs. Iowa

Sun Bowl - Florida State vs. Washington

Liberty Bowl - Houston vs. Vanderbilt

Fight Hunger Bowl - North Carolina vs. Utah (Army not bowl eligible)

Chick-Fil-A Bowl - Florida vs. Virginia Tech

TicketCity Bowl - Ohio State vs. Tulsa

Outback Bowl - Wisconsin vs. Georgia

Capital One Bowl - Penn State vs. South Carolina

Gator Bowl - Nebraska vs. Auburn

Cotton Bowl - Oklahoma vs. Arkansas

BBVA Compass Bowl - Syracuse vs. Ohio (not enough teams from the SEC)

GoDaddy.com Bowl - Temple vs. Arkansas State

Rose Bowl - Michigan State vs. Stanford

Fiesta Bowl - Kansas State vs. Boise State

Sugar Bowl - Alabama vs. Michigan

Orange Bowl - Clemson vs. Cincinnati

BCS Title Game - LSU vs. Oklahoma State

Right now I have neither Kentucky nor Louisville making bowl games. Tennessee and Ole Miss are winnable games, but the Wildcats would need to beat either Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, or Georgia assuming they beat Tennessee and Ole Miss. Of Louisville’s five remaining games, the Cardinals have West Virginia and Syracuse, likely meaning they need to beat all of Connecticut, Pittsburgh, and South Florida, who currently all have similar records.

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