College Football Post-Week 6 Bowl Projections

College football's bowl season is inching closer, but it's never too early to take a look at what the matchups might look like. With six weeks of results in the books, it's hard to make long-term projections about teams, especially with several teams just getting into conference play. 

With little data to work with, the post-Week 6 bowl projections are a mixture between preseason projections, how things would look if the season ended today, and a 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 6 College Football Bowl Projections

Bowl	Date	Tie-In	Projected Matchup
New Mexico	Dec. 15	MWC vs. Pac-12	Arizona vs. Nevada
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	East Carolina vs. Connecticut
New Orleans	Dec. 22	Sun Belt vs. C-USA	UL Lafayette vs. Tulsa
Las Vegas	Dec. 22	MWC vs. Pac-12	UCLA vs. Boise State
Hawaii	Dec. 24	C-USA vs. MWC	Fresno State vs. SMU
Little Caesars	Dec. 26	Big Ten vs. MAC	Minnesota vs. Toledo
Military	Dec. 27	ACC vs. Army	Duke vs. Marshall*
Belk	Dec. 27	ACC vs. Big East	NC State vs. Cincinnati
Holiday	Dec. 27	Big 12 vs. Pac-12	Stanford vs. Baylor
Independence	Dec. 28	ACC vs. SEC	Wake Forest vs. La. Tech*
Russell Athletic	Dec. 28	ACC vs. Big East	Miami vs. Rutgers
Meineke Car Care	Dec. 28	Big Ten vs. Big 12	Iowa vs. Texas Tech
Armed Forces	Dec. 29	C-USA vs. MWC	Houston vs. Air Force
Kraft Fight Hunger	Dec. 29	Pac-12 vs. Navy	Navy vs. Washington
Pinstripe	Dec. 29	Big East vs. Big 12	Pittsburgh vs. Iowa State
Alamo	Dec. 29	Big 12 vs. Pac-12	Oregon State vs. Texas
Buffalo Wild Wings	Dec. 29	Big Ten vs. Big 12	Okla. State vs. Northwestern
Music City	Dec. 31	SEC vs. ACC	Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech
Sun	Dec. 31	ACC vs. Pac-12	Arizona State vs. Va. Tech
Liberty	Dec. 31	SEC vs. C-USA	Arkansas vs. UCF**
Chick-fil-A	Dec. 31	ACC vs. SEC	Clemson vs. Miss. State
Heart of Dallas	Jan. 1	Big Ten vs. C-USA	Purdue vs. TCU
TaxSlayer.com Gator	Jan. 1	SEC vs. Big Ten	Texas A&M vs. Michigan State
Capital One	Jan. 1	SEC vs. Big Ten	Florida vs. Nebraska
Outback	Jan. 1	SEC vs. Big Ten	Wisconsin vs. Georgia
Cotton	Jan. 4	Big 12 vs. SEC	Oklahoma vs. LSU
BBVA Compass	Jan. 5	SEC vs. Big East	Vanderbilt vs. UL Monroe*
GoDaddy.com	Jan. 6	MAC vs. Sun Belt	W. Kentucky vs. Ohio
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Rose	Jan. 1	BCS vs. BCS	Michigan vs. USC
Orange	Jan. 1	BCS vs. BCS	Florida State vs. Louisville
Sugar	Jan. 2	BCS vs. BCS	South Carolina vs. Kansas State
Fiesta	Jan. 3	BCS vs. BCS	West Virginia vs. Notre Dame
National Title	Jan. 7	BCS vs. BCS	Oregon vs. Alabama

* Indicates an at-large team due to a conference unable to fill bowl slots according to Athlon's projections.

** UCF is appealing a postseason ban and for now, is eligible to compete in the 2012 postseason.

by Steven Lassan

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(published Oct. 9, 2012)

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