Bowl Projections: 2008 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)

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All rankings and records below represent the projected final Rogers Poll.

BOWL (TIES) PROJECTED MATCH-UP
FedEx BCS National Championship Game
(BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2)


#2 Oklahoma (12-1) - vs - #3 Florida (12-1)
Tostitos Fiesta
(BCS vs. BCS)


#1 Texas (11-1) - vs - #6 Utah (12-0)
Allstate Sugar
(BCS vs. BCS)


#7 Alabama (12-1) - vs - #13 Cincinnati (11-2)
FedEx Orange
(BCS vs. BCS)


#16 Boston College (10-3) - vs - #4 Boise State (12-0)
Rose Bowl presented by Citi
(BCS vs. BCS)


#9 Penn State (11-1) - vs - #5 USC (11-1)
GMAC
(C-USA vs. MAC)


#44 East Carolina (8-5) - vs - #27 Western Michigan (9-3)
International
(Big East vs. MAC)


#35 Connecticut (8-4) - vs - #57 Buffalo (7-6)
AutoZone Liberty
(C-USA vs. SEC)


#20 Tulsa (11-2) - vs - #58 Vanderbilt (6-6)
AT&T Cotton
(Big XII vs. SEC)


#10 Texas Tech (11-1) - vs - #30 Ole Miss (8-4)
Konica Minolta Gator
(ACC vs. Big XII/Big East/Notre Dame)


#33 Florida State (8-4) - vs - #34 West Virginia (8-4)
Capital One
(SEC vs. Big Ten)


#15 Georgia (9-3) - vs - #10 Ohio State (10-2)
Outback
(Big Ten vs. SEC)


#14 Michigan State (9-3) - vs - #43 South Carolina (7-5)
Chick-fil-A
(SEC vs. ACC)


#49 LSU (7-5) - vs - #26 Georgia Tech (9-3)
Insight
(Big XII vs. Big Ten)


#42 Kansas (7-5) - vs - #46 Wisconsin (7-5)
Gaylord Hotels Music City
(ACC vs. SEC)


#47 Miami (7-5) - vs - #65 Kentucky (6-6)
Brut Sun
(Pac-10 vs. Big XII/Big East/Notre Dame)


#24 Oregon State (8-4) - vs - #25 Nebraska (8-4)
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
(Mountain West vs. C-USA)


#36 Air Force (8-4) - vs - #56 Houston (7-5)
Pacific Life Holiday
(Pac-10 vs. Big XII)


#18 Oregon (9-3) - vs - #19 Oklahoma State (9-3)
Texas
(Big XII* vs. C-USA)


#58 NC State (6-6) - vs - #22 Rice (9-3)
Roady's Humanitarian
(WAC vs. ACC)


#53 Nevada (7-5) - vs - #48 Clemson (7-5)
Valero Alamo
(Big Ten vs. Big XII)


#28 Northwestern (9-3) - vs - #21 Missouri (9-4)
PapaJohns.com
(Big East vs. SEC*)


#45 Rutgers (7-5) - vs - #67 FAU (6-6)
Independence
(SEC* vs. Big XII*)


#41 Central Michigan (8-4) - vs - #72 UL Lafayette (6-6)
Emerald
(Pac-10 vs. ACC)


#29 California (8-4) - vs - #39 Wake Forest (7-5)
Champs Sports
(ACC vs. Big Ten)


#37 Virginia Tech (8-5) - vs - #32 Iowa (8-4)
Meineke Car Care
(Big East vs. ACC)


#23 Pittsburgh (8-4) - vs - #31 North Carolina (8-4)
Motor City
(MAC vs. Big Ten)


#8 Ball State (13-0) - vs - #55 Minnesota (7-5)
Sheraton Hawaii
(WAC vs. Pac-10*)


#60 Hawaii (7-6) - vs - #59 Notre Dame (6-6)
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia
(Mountain West vs. Pac-10*)


#12 TCU (10-2) - vs - #61 Louisiana Tech (7-5)
R+L Carriers New Orleans
(C-USA vs. Sun Belt)


#63 Southern Miss (6-6) - vs - #40 Troy (8-4)
Eagle Bank
(ACC vs. Navy)


#52 Maryland (7-5) - vs - #38 Navy (8-4)
Pioneer Las Vegas
(Mountain West vs. Pac-10)


#17 BYU (10-2) - vs - #51 Arizona (7-5)
St. Petersburg
(Big East vs. C-USA)


#50 USF (7-5) - vs - #80 Memphis (6-6)
New Mexico
(WAC vs. Mountain West)


#54 Fresno State (7-5) - vs - #66 Colorado State (6-6)


* Not enough Big XII teams to fill Texas Bowl. At-large used to fill game.
* Not enough Big XII teams to fill Independence Bowl. Sun Belt has agreement to fill game.
* Not enough SEC teams to fill PapaJohns.com Bowl. Sun Belt has agreement to fill game.
* Not enough SEC teams to fill Independence Bowl. At-large used to fill game.
* Not enough Pac-10 teams to fill Hawaii Bowl. At-large used to fill game.
* Not enough Pac-10 teams to fill Poinsettia Bowl. WAC has agreement to fill game.

The following teams were bowl eligible, but were not slated to appear in a bowl.
- #64 Bowling Green (6-6), MAC
- #68 Northern Illinois (6-6), MAC
- #69 Arkansas State (6-6), Sun Belt
- #78 San Jose State (6-6), WAC