I said initially that I may also do college football bowl projections, and I have decided to do so. Each week, I will update my projected matchups for bowl games. As we get deeper into the year, I will go more into my reasoning, but you will see my preseason predictions here. The key question facing bowl projecting in 2013 is whether the SEC has a reserved slot for its champion (even if it has a loss).
This year, Penn St. is the only non-transitional FBS team on sanctions and ineligible for bowl games.
*** designates a conference being unable to fill its slot in a particular bowl game.
Gildan New Mexico Bowl: Colorado St. (Mountain West #4) vs. Arizona St. (Pac-12 #7)
Maaco Bowl Las Vegas: San Diego St. (Mountain West #1) vs. Washington (Pac-12 #5)
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Fresno St. (Mountain West #6) vs. Toledo (MAC #3)
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Louisiana-Lafayette (Sun Belt #1) vs. Louisiana Tech (C-USA)
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg: Bowling Green (American #6***) vs. East Carolina (C-USA)
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl: Hawaii (Mountain West #5) vs. Southern Miss (C-USA)
Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl: Central Michigan (Big Ten #8***) vs. Northern Illinois (MAC #1)
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl: New Mexico (Mountain West #2) vs. Notre Dame (Army***)
Military Bowl: Syracuse (ACC #8) vs. UAB (C-USA)
Texas Bowl: Kansas St. (Big 12 #6) vs. Iowa (Big Ten #6)
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: Arizona St. (Pac-12 #6) vs. BYU (BYU / ACC #9)
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl: Baylor (Big 12 #4) vs. Wisconsin (Big Ten #4)
New Era Pinstripe Bowl: West Virginia (Big 12 #7) vs. Temple (American #4)
Belk Bowl: Georgia Tech (ACC #5) vs. Rutgers (American #3)
Russell Athletic Bowl: Virginia Tech (ACC #3) vs. Cincinnati (American #2)
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl: San Jose St. (Mountain West #3) vs. Navy (Navy / C-USA)
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl: Duke (ACC #6) vs. Ole Miss (SEC #7)
Valero Alamo Bowl: Oklahoma St. (Big 12 #3) vs. USC (Pac-12 #2)
Holiday Bowl: TCU (Big 12 #5) vs. UCLA (Pac-12 #3)
AdvoCare V100 Bowl: NC State (ACC #7) vs. Louisiana-Monroe (SEC #10***)
Hyundai Sun Bowl: North Carolina (ACC #4) vs. Oregon St. (Pac-12 #4)
AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Middle Tennessee (C-USA #1) vs. Arkansas (SEC #8)
Chick-fil-A Bowl: Miami (FL) (ACC #2) vs. Texas A&M (SEC #5)
TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl: Northwestern (Big Ten #5) vs. Vanderbilt (SEC #6)
Heart of Dallas Bowl: Michigan St. (Big Ten #7) vs. Tulsa (C-USA)
Capital One Bowl: Michigan (Big Ten #2) vs. Georgia (SEC #2)
Outback Bowl: Nebraska (Big Ten #3) vs. Florida (SEC #4)
AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic: Oklahoma (Big 12 #2) vs. LSU (SEC #3)
BBVA Compass Bowl: Houston (American #5) vs. Tennessee (SEC #9)
GoDaddy.com Bowl: Ohio (MAC #2) vs. Western Kentucky (Sun Belt #2)
Rose Bowl Game: Ohio St. (Big Ten #1) vs. Stanford (Pac-12 #1)
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: Texas (Big 12 #1) vs. Louisville (BCS At-Large)
Allstate Sugar Bowl: South Carolina (SEC #1) vs. Clemson (BCS At-Large)
Discover Orange Bowl: Florida St. (ACC #1) vs. Boise St. (BCS At-Large)
VIZIO BCS National Championship Game: Alabama (BCS #1) vs. Oregon (BCS #2)
