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College Football Schedule: Bowls

Rankings reflect my College Football Rankings. This week's rankings only (not past weeks) reflect a correction: Stanford's game against San Jose State was being counted as being against San Diego State. It shouldn't affect anything at the top and certainly not anything in the Golden Bowl, but it does affect three conferences' ratings, and as a direct result the Mountain West has retaken the lead over the MAC, implying they may have been almost always ahead all along. SDSU has been a constant in the Bottom 10, though its ranking in it isn't affected. Lineal titles also updated. All times Eastern.

BOWL	Teams	LOCATION	DATE/ TIME/ CHANNEL
TOP 25 TEAMS
FedEx BCS National Championship Game	#1 Florida	Miami	Jan. 8, 2009, 8 p.m.
Princeton-Yale/2004 Auburn-Utah Unif.	#2 Oklahoma	Dolphin Stadium	FOX
Tostitos Fiesta	#9 Ohio State	Glendale, Ariz.	Jan. 5, 2009, 8 p.m.
	#3 Texas	University of Phoenix Stadium	FOX
Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi	#5 Penn State	Pasadena, Calif.	Jan. 1, 2009, 4:30 p.m.
	#4 USC	Rose Bowl	ABC
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia	#10 TCU	San Diego	Dec. 23, 8 p.m.
For Creation of 2008 Boise State Title	#6 Boise State	Qualcomm Stadium	ESPN
Allstate Sugar	#8 Utah	New Orleans	Jan. 2, 2009, 8 p.m.
2006-7 Boise State Title	#7 Alabama	Superdome	FOX
AT&T Cotton	#11 Texas Tech	Dallas	Jan. 2, 2009, 2 p.m.
	#16 Mississippi	Cotton Bowl	FOX
GMAC	#25 Tulsa	Mobile, Ala.	Jan. 6, 2009, 8 p.m.
	#12 Ball State	Ladd-Peebles Stadium	ESPN
Valero Alamo	Northwestern	San Antonio	Dec. 29, 8 p.m.
	#13 Missouri	Alamodome	ESPN
Outback	South Carolina	Tampa, Fla.	Jan. 1, 2009, 11 a.m.
	#14 Iowa	Raymond James Stadium	ESPN
Capital One	Michigan State	Orlando, Fla.	Jan. 1, 2009, 1 p.m.
	#15 Georgia	Florida Citrus Bowl	ABC
Pacific Life Holiday	#17 Oklahoma State	San Diego	Dec. 30, 8 p.m.
	#20 Oregon	Qualcomm Stadium	ESPN
Meineke Car Care	#18 North Carolina	Charlotte, N.C.	Dec. 27, 1 p.m.
	#22 West Virginia	Bank of America Stadium	ESPN
Pioneer Las Vegas	#19 BYU	Las Vegas	Dec. 20, 8 p.m.
	Arizona	Sam Boyd Stadium	ESPN
Brut Sun	Oregon State	El Paso, Texas	Dec. 31, 2 p.m.
	#21 Pittsburgh	Sun Bowl	CBS
FedEx Orange	#23 Virginia Tech	Miami	Jan. 1, 2009, 8:30 p.m.
	Cincinnati	Dolphin Stadium	FOX
Champs Sports	#24 Florida State	Orlando, Fla.	Dec. 27, 4:30 p.m.
	Wisconsin	Florida Citrus Bowl	ESPN
OTHER POSITIVE B POINT TEAMS
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces	Houston	Fort Worth, Texas	Dec. 31, Noon
	Air Force	Amon G. Carter Stadium	ESPN
BOWL SUBDIVISION
EagleBank Bowl	Wake Forest	Washington, D.C.	Dec. 20, 11 a.m.
	Navy	RFK Stadium	ESPN
New Mexico	Colorado State	Albuquerque	Dec. 20, 2:30 p.m.
	Fresno State	University Stadium	ESPN
St. Petersburg	South Florida	St. Petersburg. Fla.	Dec. 20, 4:30 p.m.
	Memphis	Tropicana Field	ESPN2
R+L Carriers New Orleans	Southern Miss	New Orleans	Dec. 21, 8:15 p.m.
	Troy	Superdome	ESPN
Sheraton Hawaii	Hawaii	Honolulu	Dec. 24, 8 p.m.
	Notre Dame	Aloha Stadium	ESPN
Motor City	Central Michigan	Detroit	Dec. 26, 8 p.m.
	Florida Atlantic	Ford Field	ESPN
Emerald	California	San Francisco	Dec. 27, 8 p.m.
	Miami (FL)	AT&T Park	ESPN
Independence	Louisiana Tech	Shreveport, La.	Dec. 28, 8:15 p.m.
	Northern Illinois	Independence Stadium	ESPN
Papajohns.com	Rutgers	Birmingham, Ala.	Dec. 29, 3 p.m.
	NC State	Legion Field	ESPN
Roady's Humanitarian	Nevada	Boise, Idaho	Dec. 30, 4:30 p.m.
	Maryland	Bronco Stadium	ESPN
Texas	Central Michigan	Houston	Dec. 30, 8 p.m.
	Rice	Reliant Stadium	NFL Network
Gaylord Hotels Music City	Vanderbilt	Nashville, Tenn.	Dec. 31, 3:30 p.m.
	Boston College	LP Field	ESPN
Insight	Kansas	Tempe, Ariz.	Dec. 31, 5:30 p.m.
	Minnesota	Sun Devil Stadium	NFL Network
Chick-fil-A	LSU	Atlanta	Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m.
	Georgia Tech	Georgia Dome	ESPN
Konica Minolta Gator	Nebraska	Jacksonville, Fla.	Jan. 1, 2009, 1 p.m.
	Clemson	Jacksonville Municipal Stadium	CBS
AutoZone Liberty	Kentucky	Memphis, Tenn.	Jan. 2, 2009, 5 p.m.
	East Carolina	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	ESPN
International	Connecticut	Toronto	Jan. 3, 2009, Noon
	Buffalo	Rogers Centre	ESPN2

Who SHOULD be going to which bowls?

Based on my College Football Rankings, which I will put up... fairly soon. I hope. The Golden Bowl Selection Show is being delayed to 6 PM PT, maybe even until tomorrow, because my computer abruptly aborted, Excel wasn't autorecovering the file I was doing my planning on for some reason, and that means I need to go all the way home to transfer back the post-championship-weekend RPI. I've selected one at large, have some idea of at least two others, and pretty much know who my top two and bottom three teams will be, if not in what order.

Teams in parenthesis reflect the probability that Boise State won't be selected by the BCS; asterisks indicate at-large selections. Because of the "winning records before .500" rule, incidentally, Notre Dame will have to settle for one of the –AL spots, probably the Motor City if Boise State doesn't go to the BCS. All times Eastern.

BOWL	Teams	My Picks	DATE/TIME/CHANNEL
EagleBank Bowl	ACC #9	Maryland	Dec. 20, 11 a.m.
	Navy	Navy	ESPN
New Mexico	Mountain West #4	Colorado State	Dec. 20, 2:30 p.m.
	WAC #3	Nevada (Fresno State)	ESPN
St. Petersburg	Big East (#6?)	South Florida	Dec. 20, 4:30 p.m.
	Conference USA #5	Southern Miss	ESPN2
Pioneer Las Vegas	Mountain West #1	TCU	Dec. 20, 8 p.m.
	Pac-10 #4(/5)	California or Oregon State	ESPN
R+L Carriers New Orleans	C-USA #4 (Southern Miss rates higher but is 6-6)	Rice	Dec. 21, 8:15 p.m.
	Sun Belt #1	Troy	ESPN
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia	Mountain West #2	BYU	Dec. 23, 8 p.m.
	Pac-10 #7 (WAC #4 if none)	Louisiana Tech (Nevada)	ESPN
Sheraton Hawaii	WAC #2 (gen. Hawaii)	Hawaii	Dec. 24, 8 p.m.
	Pac-10 #6 (C-USA #7 if none)	Northern Illinois*	ESPN
Motor City	MAC #1/2	Ball State	Dec. 26, 8 p.m.
	Big Ten #7	Minnesota (Louisiana Tech*)	ESPN
Meineke Car Care	ACC #5/6/7 (gen. 6)	Clemson	Dec. 27, 1 p.m.
	Big East #3	West Virginia	ESPN
Champs Sports	ACC #4	Georgia Tech	Dec. 27, 4:30 p.m.
	Big Ten #(4/)5	Northwestern (Wisconsin)	ESPN
Emerald	Pac-10 #(4/)5	Oregon State or California	Dec. 27, 8 p.m.
	ACC #5/6/7 (gen. 7)	Miami (FL)	ESPN
Independence	SEC #8 (or Sun Belt; Fla. Atlantic technically rates higher)	Louisiana-Lafayette	Dec. 28, 8:15 p.m.
	Big 12 #7	Central Michigan*	ESPN
Papajohns.com	Big East (#5?)	Connecticut	Dec. 29, 3 p.m.
	SEC #9 (Sun Belt if none)	Arkansas State	ESPN
Valero Alamo	Big Ten #4(/5)	Mich. State (Northwestern)	Dec. 29, 8 p.m.
	Big 12 #4/5	Nebraska	ESPN
Roady's Humanitarian	WAC #1 (gen. BSU)	Fresno State (Boise State)	Dec. 30, 4:30 p.m.
	ACC #8	Wake Forest	ESPN
Texas	Big 12 #8	Bowling Green*	Dec. 30, 8 p.m.
	Conference USA #6	Memphis	NFL Network
Pacific Life Holiday	Big 12 #3	Missouri	Dec. 30, 8 p.m.
	Pac-10 #2	Oregon	ESPN
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces	Conference USA #3?	Houston	Dec. 31, Noon
	Mountain West #3	Air Force	ESPN
Brut Sun	Pac-10 #3	Arizona	Dec. 31, 2 p.m.
	Big 12 #5/Big East #2	Pittsburgh	CBS
Gaylord Hotels Music City	SEC #6/7 (Team's Pref.)	Vanderbilt	Dec. 31, 3:30 p.m.
	ACC #5/6/7 (gen. 5; must pick Chmp. Gm. Loser if >8 wins)	Boston College	ESPN
Insight	Big 12 #6	Kansas	Dec. 31, 5:30 p.m.
	Big Ten #6	Wisconsin (Minnesota)	NFL Network
Chick-fil-A	SEC #5	LSU	Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m.
	ACC #2	North Carolina	ESPN
Outback	SEC #3/4 (East)	South Carolina	Jan. 1, 2009, 11 a.m.
	Big Ten #3	Iowa (Michigan State)	ESPN
Capital One	Big Ten #2	Ohio State (Iowa)	Jan. 1, 2009, 1 p.m.
	SEC #2	Georgia	ABC
Konica Minolta Gator	Big 12 #4/Big East #2	Oklahoma State	Jan. 1, 2009, 1 p.m.
	ACC #3	Florida State	CBS
Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi	BCS (Big Ten #1)	Penn State	Jan. 1, 2009, 4:30 p.m.
	BCS (Pac-10 #1)	USC	ABC
FedEx Orange	BCS	Cincinnati	Jan. 1, 2009, 8:30 p.m.
	BCS (ACC #1)	Virginia Tech	FOX
AT&T Cotton	Big 12 #2	Texas Tech	Jan. 2, 2009, 2 p.m.
	SEC #3/4 (West)	Mississippi	FOX
AutoZone Liberty	SEC #6/7 (Team's Pref.)	Kentucky	Jan. 2, 2009, 5 p.m.
	Conference USA #1	East Carolina	ESPN
Allstate Sugar	BCS	Utah (Ohio State)	Jan. 2, 2009, 8 p.m.
	BCS (SEC #1)	Boise State (Alabama)	FOX
International	Big East (#4?)	Rutgers	Jan. 3, 2009, Noon
	MAC #3	Western Michigan	ESPN2
Tostitos Fiesta	BCS	Alabama (Utah)	Jan. 5, 2009, 8 p.m.
	BCS (Big 12 #1)	Texas	FOX
GMAC	Conference USA #2	Tulsa	Jan. 6, 2009, 8 p.m.
	MAC #1/2	Buffalo	ESPN
FedEx BCS National Championship Game	BCS #1	Florida	Jan. 8, 2009, 8 p.m.
	BCS #2	Oklahoma	FOX