After a weekend of conference championships, the college football postseason is set as the BCS and other various polls have set their field.
The bowl season kicks off on December 17th with three bowl games (New Orleans, Famous Idaho Potato, New Mexico Bowls) and concludes on January 9th for the BCS Championship Game between LSU and Alabama.
Speaking of the BCS Championship Game, this will be the second meeting between the Tigers and Crimson Tide and marks the first time that two teams from the same conference (SEC) will meet for the National Championship.
Here is how the rest of the field shapes up…
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 Jan. 9 New Orleans, La. BCS #1 vs. BCS #2 8:30 p.m., ESPN |
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| Orange Bowl | |||
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Jan. 4 Miami, Fla. ACC vs. at-large 8 p.m. ET, ESPN |
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| Sugar Bowl | ||
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Jan. 3 New Orleans, La. SEC vs. at-large 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN |
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| Fiesta Bowl | |||
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Jan. 2 Glendale, Ariz. Big 12 vs. at-large 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN |
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| Rose Bowl | ||
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Jan. 2 Pasadena, Calif. Big Ten vs. Pac-12 5 p.m. ET, ESPN |
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| Non-BCS Games | ||||||
| Bowl | Date | Location | Time | Matchup | Prediction | |
| GoDaddy.com | Jan. 8 | Mobile, Ala. | 9 p.m. | MAC No. 1 vs. Sun Belt No. 2 | N. Illinois vs. Arkansas State | |
| BBVA Compass | Jan. 7 | Birmingham, Ala. | 1 p.m. | SEC No. 8/9 vs. Big East No. 5/C-USA | SMU* vs. Pittsburgh | |
| Cotton | Jan. 6 | Arlington, Tex. | 8 p.m. | Big 12 No. 2 vs. SEC | Kansas State vs. Arkansas | |
| Outback | Jan. 2 | Tampa, Fla. | 1 p.m. | Big Ten No. 3 vs. SEC | Michigan State vs. Georgia | |
| Gator | Jan. 2 | Jacksonville, Fla. | 1 p.m. | Big Ten No. 4/5 vs. SEC No. 6 | Ohio State vs. Florida | |
| Capital One | Jan. 2 | Orlando, Fla. | 1 p.m. | Big Ten No. 2 vs. SEC No. 2 | Nebraska vs. South Carolina | |
| TicketCity | Jan. 2 | Dallas, Tex. | Noon | Big Ten No. 7 vs. C-USA | Penn State vs. Houston | |
| Chick-fil-A | Dec. 31 | Atlanta, Ga. | 7:30 p.m. | ACC No. 2 vs. SEC No. 5 | Virginia vs. Auburn | |
| Liberty | Dec. 31 | Memphis, Tenn. | 3:30 p.m. | C-USA No. 1 vs. Big East/SEC No. 8/9 | Cincinnati* vs. Vanderbilt | |
| Kraft Fight Hunger | Dec. 31 | San Francisco, Calif. | 3:30 p.m. | Pac-12 No. 6 vs. Army* | UCLA vs. Illinois* | |
| Sun | Dec. 31 | El Paso, Tex. | 2 p.m. | ACC No. 4 vs. Pac-12 No. 4 | Georgia Tech vs. Utah | |
| Meineke Car Care of Texas | Dec. 31 | Houston, Tex. | Noon | Big 12 No. 6 vs. Big Ten No. 6 | Texas A&M vs. Northwestern | |
| Insight | Dec. 30 | Tempe, Ariz. | 10 p.m. | Big 12 No. 4 vs. Big Ten No. 4/5 | Oklahoma vs. Iowa | |
| Music City | Dec. 30 | Nashville, Tenn. | 6:40 p.m. | ACC No. 6 vs. SEC No. 7 | Wake Forest vs. Miss. State | |
| Pinstripe | Dec. 30 | New York, N.Y. | 3:20 p.m. | Big 12 No. 7 vs. Big East No. 4 | Iowa State vs. Rutgers | |
| Armed Forces | Dec. 30 | Dallas, Tex. | Noon | BYU* vs. C-USA | BYU vs. Tulsa | |
| Alamo | Dec. 29 | San Antonio, Tex. | 9 p.m. | Big 12 No. 3 vs. Pac-12 No. 2 | Baylor vs. Washington | |
| Champs Sports | Dec. 29 | Orlando, Fla. | 5:30 p.m. | Big East No. 2 vs. ACC No. 3 | Notre Dame vs. Florida St. | |
| Holiday | Dec. 28 | San Diego, Calif. | 8 p.m. | Pac-12 No. 3 vs. Big 12 No. 5 | California vs. Texas | |
| Military | Dec. 28 | Washington D.C. | 4:30 p.m. | ACC No. 8 vs. Navy* | Air Force* vs. Toledo* | |
| Belk | Dec. 27 | Charlotte, N.C. | 8 p.m. | Big East No. 3 vs. ACC No. 5 | Louisville vs. N.C. State | |
| Little Caesars | Dec. 27 | Detroit, Mich. | 4:30 p.m. | MAC No. 2 vs. Big Ten No. 8 | W. Michigan vs. Purdue | |
| Independence | Dec. 26 | Shreveport, La. | 5 p.m. | MWC No. 3 vs. ACC No. 7 | Missouri* vs. N. Carolina | |
| Hawaii | Dec. 24 | Honolulu, Hawaii | 8 p.m. | WAC vs. C-USA | Nevada vs. Southern Miss | |
| Maaco | Dec. 22 | Las Vegas | 8 p.m. | MWC No. 1 vs. Pac-12 No. 5 | Boise State vs. Arizona State | |
| Poinsettia | Dec. 21 | San Diego, Calif. | 8 p.m. | MWC No. 2 vs. WAC | TCU vs. La. Tech | |
| Beef O’Brady’s | Dec. 20 | St. Petersburg, Fla. | 8 p.m. | Big East No. 6 vs. C-USA | FIU* vs. Marshall | |
| New Orleans | Dec. 17 | New Orleans, La. | 9 p.m. | Sun Belt No. 1 vs. C-USA | La.-Lafayette vs. San Diego State* | |
| Famous Idaho Potato | Dec. 17 | Boise, Idaho | 5:30 p.m. | MAC No. 3 vs. WAC | Ohio vs. Utah State | |
| New Mexico | Dec. 17 | Albuqurque, N.M. | 2 p.m. | MWC No. 4/5 vs. Pac-12 No. 7/WAC | Wyoming vs. Temple* | |
| * – Replacement team for conference that can’t fill bids. All games are on ESPN, except for the Sun (CBS), Liberty (ABC), Outback (ABC), Cotton (FOX), TicketCity (ESPNU), Gator (ESPN2) and Independence (ESPN2). If BYU is bowl-eligible, it will play in the Armed Forces Bowl. If Navy is bowl-eligible it will play in the Military Bowl. If Army is bowl-eligible, it will play in this year’s Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. If not, an ACC team will be selected. | ||||||
Ref: CBS Sports, NBC Sports (image)