Bowl Projections: 2009 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
BCS National Championship Game
(BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2)


#1 Texas (13-0) - vs - #2 Florida (13-0)
Tostitos Fiesta
(BCS vs. BCS)


#3 Cincinnati (12-0) - vs - #8 Iowa (11-1)
Allstate Sugar
(BCS vs. BCS)


#7 Boise State (13-0) - vs - #6 Alabama (12-1)
FedEx Orange
(BCS vs. BCS)


#20 Clemson (10-3) - vs - #5 TCU (12-0)
Rose, presented by Citi
(BCS vs. BCS)


#4 Oregon (11-1) - vs - #10 Ohio State (10-2)
Capital One
(Big Ten vs. SEC)


#16 Wisconsin (10-2) - vs - #11 LSU (10-2)
Gator
(ACC vs. Big XII/Big East/Notre Dame)


#18 Virginia Tech (9-3) - vs - #13 Notre Dame (10-2)
AT&T Cotton
(Big XII vs. SEC)


#17 Oklahoma (9-3) - vs - #44 Auburn (7-5)
Outback
(Big Ten vs. SEC)


#25 Penn State (9-3) - vs - #29 Georgia (8-4)
International
(Big East vs. MAC)


#37 Louisville (7-5) - vs - #41 Northern Illinois (8-4)
AutoZone Liberty
(C-USA vs. SEC)


#12 Houston (12-1) - vs - #54 Mississippi State (6-6)
Meineke Car Care
(ACC vs. Big East)


#59 North Carolina (7-5) - vs - #21 Pittsburgh (9-3)
Chick-fil-A
(ACC vs. SEC)


#15 Miami (10-2) - vs - #38 Tennessee (7-5)
Independence
(Big XII vs. SEC)


#49 Texas Tech (7-5) - vs - #57 Arkansas (6-6)
Brut Sun
(Pac-10 vs. Big XII/Big East/Notre Dame)


#28 Arizona (8-4) - vs - #34 Missouri (8-4)
Gaylord Hotels Music City
(ACC vs. SEC)


#22 Boston College (9-3) - vs - #45 Kentucky (7-5)
Pacific Life Holiday
(Big XII vs. Pac-10)


#24 Oklahoma State (9-3) - vs - #9 USC (10-2)
Emerald
(ACC vs. Pac-10)


#56 Florida State (6-6) - vs - #48 Oregon State (7-5)
Valero Alamo
(Big XII vs. Big Ten)


#31 Nebraska (8-5) - vs - #40 Minnesota (7-5)
Texas
(Big XII vs. Navy or C-USA)


#66 Iowa State (6-6) - vs - #33 Navy (9-4)
Roady's Humanitarian
(Mountain West vs. WAC)


#73 San Diego State (6-6) - vs - #26 Fresno State (9-3)
Insight
(Big XII vs. Big Ten)


#47 Kansas (7-5) - vs - #61 Michigan State (6-6)
Champs Sports
(ACC vs. Big Ten)


#19 Georgia Tech (10-3) - vs - #51 Purdue (6-6)
Little Caesars Pizza
(Big Ten* vs. MAC)


#53 Arkansas State (7-5) - vs - #39 Bowling Green (8-5)
Sheraton Hawaii
(C-USA vs. WAC)


#43 SMU (8-4) - vs - #65 Nevada (7-6)
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
(Mountain West vs. C-USA)


#32 Air Force (8-4) - vs - #50 Southern Miss (8-5)
Maaco Las Vegas
(Mountain West vs. Pac-10)


#14 Utah (10-2) - vs - #36 Washington (7-5)
SDCCU Poinsettia
(Mountain West vs. Pac-10 or WAC)


#30 BYU (8-4) - vs - #58 Stanford (6-6)
GMAC
(ACC* vs. MAC)


#42 UL Monroe (8-4) - vs - #27 Central Michigan (10-3)
R+L Carriers New Orleans
(C-USA vs. Sun Belt)


#60 UCF (7-5) - vs - #23 Troy (9-3)
PapaJohns.com
(Big East vs. SEC)


#46 West Virginia (7-5) - vs - #63 South Carolina (6-6)
New Mexico
(Mountain West vs. WAC)


#69 Colorado State (6-6) - vs - #35 Idaho (8-4)
St. Petersburg
(Big East vs. C-USA)


#52 USF (7-5) - vs - #67 Marshall (6-6)
EagleBank
(ACC or MAC vs. Army or C-USA)


#62 Ohio (7-5) - vs - #72 East Carolina (6-6)


* Not enough ACC teams to fill GMAC Bowl. At-large used to fill game.
* Not enough Big Ten teams to fill Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. At-large used to fill game.

The following teams were bowl eligible, but were not slated to appear in a bowl.
- #55 Connecticut (6-6), Big East
- #64 California (6-6), Pac-10
- #70 Tulsa (6-6), C-USA
- #74 Middle Tennessee (6-6), Sun Belt
- #78 Kent State (6-6), MAC
- #82 Temple (6-6), MAC
- #83 Western Michigan (6-6), MAC