College Football Post-Week 3 Bowl Projections

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College Football Post-Week 3 Bowl Projections

By Steven Lassan, 9/18/12, 6:00 AM EDT

Athlon runs down the bowl projections following the Week 3 action.

College football's bowl season is still a few months away, but it's never too early to take a look at what the matchups might look like. With only three weeks of results in the books, it's hard to make long-term projections about teams, especially with several teams still playing overmatched non-conference games.

With very little data to work with, the post-Week 3 bowl projections are a mixture between preseason projections, how things would look if the season ended today, and a small dose of the results so far this year. Expect more changes over the next few weeks, especially as we see how teams perform in conference games.

2012-2013 Post-Week 3 College Football Bowl Projections

Bowl	Date	Tie-In	Projected Matchup
New Mexico	Dec. 15	MWC vs. Pac-12	Utah vs. Wyoming
Famous Idaho Potato	Dec. 15	MAC vs. WAC	Utah State vs. N. Illinois
Poinsettia	Dec. 20	BYU vs. MWC	BYU vs. San Diego State
Beef 'O'Brady's	Dec. 21	Big East vs. C-USA	Vanderbilt* vs. Louisiana Tech*
New Orleans	Dec. 22	Sun Belt vs. C-USA	UL Lafayette vs. Southern Miss
Las Vegas	Dec. 22	MWC vs. Pac-12	Washington vs. Boise State
Hawaii	Dec. 24	C-USA vs. MWC	Fresno State vs. SMU
Little Caesars	Dec. 26	Big Ten vs. MAC	Purdue vs. Toledo
Military	Dec. 27	ACC vs. Army	Marshall* vs. Miami
Belk	Dec. 27	ACC vs. Big East	Georgia Tech vs. Cincinnati
Holiday	Dec. 27	Big 12 vs. Pac-12	UCLA vs. TCU
Independence	Dec. 28	ACC vs. SEC	Wake Forest vs. Arkansas
Russell Athletic	Dec. 28	ACC vs. Big East	Clemson vs. Rutgers
Meineke Car Care	Dec. 28	Big Ten vs. Big 12	Texas Tech vs. Iowa
Armed Forces	Dec. 29	C-USA vs. MWC	Nevada vs. UTEP
Kraft Fight Hunger	Dec. 29	Pac-12 vs. Navy	Navy vs. Arizona State
Pinstripe	Dec. 29	Big East vs. Big 12	Baylor vs. Connecticut
Alamo	Dec. 29	Big 12 vs. Pac-12	Stanford vs. Kansas State
Buffalo Wild Wings	Dec. 29	Big Ten vs. Big 12	Oklahoma State vs. N'Western
Music City	Dec. 31	SEC vs. ACC	Virginia vs. Missouri
Sun	Dec. 31	ACC vs. Pac-12	Arizona vs. NC State
Liberty	Dec. 31	SEC vs. C-USA	Texas A&M vs. East Carolina
Chick-fil-A	Dec. 31	ACC vs. SEC	Virginia Tech vs. Miss. State
TicketCity	Jan. 1	Big Ten vs. C-USA	Illinois vs. Tulsa
TaxSlayer.com Gator	Jan. 1	SEC vs. Big Ten	Tennessee vs. Wisconsin
Capital One	Jan. 1	SEC vs. Big Ten	Georgia vs. Michigan State
Outback	Jan. 1	SEC vs. Big Ten	Nebraska vs. Florida
Cotton	Jan. 4	Big 12 vs. SEC	West Virginia vs. So. Carolina
BBVA Compass	Jan. 5	SEC vs. Big East	Auburn vs. South Florida
GoDaddy.com	Jan. 6	MAC vs. Sun Belt	Arkansas State vs. Ohio

BCS Bowls
Rose	Jan. 1	BCS vs. BCS	Michigan vs. USC
Orange	Jan. 1	BCS vs. BCS	Florida State vs. Texas
Sugar	Jan. 2	BCS vs. BCS	LSU vs. Notre Dame
Fiesta	Jan. 3	BCS vs. BCS	Oklahoma vs. Louisville
National Title	Jan. 7	BCS vs. BCS	Oregon vs. Alabama