Bowl Projections: Week 7

Author:
Steven Lassan
Publish date:
Oct 16, 2011

With seven weeks in the book, it's time to take a look at how teams project to the postseason. There's going to be a lot of changes over the next couple of weeks, especially as teams battle just to get to six wins.


Bowl	Date	Tie-Ins	Projected Matchup
New Mexico	Dec. 17	MWC vs. Pac-12	Colorado State vs. Northwestern*
Idaho Potato	Dec. 17	MAC vs. WAC	Toledo vs. Nevada
New Orleans	Dec. 17	C-USA vs. Sun Belt	Marshall vs. UL Lafayette
St. Petersburg	Dec. 20	Big East vs. C-USA	UCF vs. Pittsburgh
Poinsettia	Dec. 21	MWC vs. WAC	Air Force vs. Fresno State
Las Vegas	Dec. 22	MWC vs. Pac-12	TCU vs. UCLA
Hawaii	Dec. 24	C-USA vs. WAC	Hawaii vs. Southern Miss
Independence	Dec. 26	ACC vs. MWC	San Diego State vs. Wake Forest
Little Caesars	Dec. 27	Big Ten vs. MAC	Northern Illinois vs. Ohio State
Belk	Dec. 27	ACC vs. Big East	Cincinnati vs. North Carolina
Military	Dec. 28	ACC vs. Navy	Navy vs. Virginia
Holiday	Dec. 28	Big 12 vs. Pac-12	Baylor vs. Arizona State
Champs Sports	Dec. 29	ACC vs. Big East	Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech
Alamo	Dec. 29	Big 12 vs. Pac-12	Texas A&M vs. Washington
Armed Forces	Dec. 30	BYU vs. C-USA	BYU vs. Tulsa
Pinstripe	Dec. 30	Big 12 vs. Big East	Rutgers vs. Missouri
Music City	Dec. 30	ACC vs. SEC	Miami vs. Tennessee
Insight	Dec. 30	Big Ten vs. Big 12	Michigan vs. Texas
Car Care	Dec. 31	Big Ten vs. Big 12	Texas Tech vs. Penn State
Sun	Dec. 31	ACC vs. Pac-12	Florida State vs. California
Liberty	Dec. 31	C-USA vs. SEC	Mississippi State vs. Houston
Fight Hunger	Dec. 31	Army vs. Pac-12	Utah vs. Syracuse*
Chick-fil-A	Dec. 31	ACC vs. SEC	Virginia Tech vs. Auburn
TicketCity	Jan. 2	Big Ten vs. C-USA	SMU vs. Iowa
Outback	Jan. 2	Big Ten vs. SEC	South Carolina vs. Michigan State
Capital One	Jan. 2	Big Ten vs. SEC	Georgia vs. Nebraska
Gator	Jan. 2	Big Ten vs. SEC	Florida vs. Illinois
Rose	Jan. 2	BCS vs. BCS	Wisconsin vs. Stanford
Fiesta	Jan. 2	BCS vs. BCS	Oklahoma State vs. Oregon
Sugar	Jan. 3	BCS vs. BCS	LSU vs. Boise State
Orange	Jan. 4	BCS vs. BCS	Clemson vs. West Virginia
Cotton	Jan. 6	Big 12 vs. SEC	Arkansas vs. Kansas State
BBVA Compass	Jan. 7	Big East vs. SEC	South Florida vs. Vanderbilt
GoDaddy.com	Jan. 8	MAC vs. Sun Belt	Temple vs. FIU
National Title	Jan. 9	BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2	Alabama vs. Oklahoma

* Current standings and projections indicate some conferences may fail to fulfill their tie-ins for 2011.