College Football's Post-Week 12 Bowl Projections

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With 12 weeks in the books, college football’s bowl and national title picture is starting to come into focus.

Alabama and Florida State are headed for an intriguing national championship in Pasadena - provided both teams finish the season without a loss. The Crimson Tide still has to play Auburn, while the Seminoles’ toughest game is a desperate Florida team in the Swamp or the ACC Championship.

With Stanford’s loss to USC, Oregon jumps back to projected Pac-12 champion. The Ducks are projected to play Ohio State, while Wisconsin earns a second spot for the Big Ten in our BCS picks.

Washington State’s upset win over Arizona means the Cougars are just one win away from bowl eligibility. If Mike Leach’s team can knock off Utah this week, Washington State should find a home as an at-large selection. The Pac-12 will likely have more teams bowl eligible than available spots. However, with an opening in the Poinsettia and potentially the Hawaii Bowl, the Pac-12 should be able to find spots for its bowl-eligible teams.

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The bowl season doesn’t start until December, but with less than one month to go in the season, it's never too early to take a look at what the matchups might look like.
The post-Week 12 bowl projections are a mixture between projections for the next few weeks, how things would look if the season ended today, and the results from the first 12 weeks of action. Expect more changes over the next few weeks. With several teams projected to be right around the six-win mark, more at-large spots in bowls should open in the next month.

A few teams barely missed the projections this week, including Syracuse and Utah from BCS conferences. And Texas State, Arkansas State, Ohio, FAU, ULM and Troy from the non-BCS ranks.

College Football's Post-Week 12 Bowl Projections for 2013


Bowl	Tie-In	Date	Projection
New Mexico	Dec. 21	Pac-12 vs. MWC	Colo. State vs. Oregon State
Famous Idaho Potato	Dec. 21	MAC vs. MWC	UNLV vs. Bowling Green
Las Vegas	Dec. 21	Pac-12 vs. MWC	Boise State vs. USC
New Orleans	Dec. 21	Sun Belt vs. CUSA	UL Lafayette vs. Tulane
Beef 'O' Brady's	Dec. 23	American vs. CUSA	Toledo* vs. MTSU
Hawaii	Dec. 24	MWC vs. CUSA	SJSU vs. Rice
Little Caesars Pizza	Dec. 26	MAC vs. Big Ten	No. Illinois vs. Maryland*
Poinsettia	Dec. 26	Army vs. MWC	Utah State vs. Buffalo*
Military	Dec. 27	CUSA vs. ACC	E. Carolina vs. Boston College
Texas	Dec. 27	Big 12 vs. Big Ten	K-State vs. Iowa
Fight Hunger	Dec. 27	BYU vs. Pac-12	BYU vs. Washington
Pinstripe	Dec. 28	American vs. Big 12	Cincinnati vs. Notre Dame
Belk	Dec. 28	American vs. ACC	Houston vs. North Carolina
Russell Athletic	Dec. 28	American vs. ACC	Louisville vs. Miami
Buffalo Wild Wings	Dec. 28	Big 12 vs. Big Ten	Texas vs. Michigan
Armed Forces	Dec. 30	MWC vs. Navy	Navy vs. SDSU
Music City	Dec. 30	ACC vs. SEC	Georgia vs. Pittsburgh
Alamo	Dec. 30	Big 12 vs. Pac-12	Oklahoma vs. Stanford
Holiday	Dec. 30	Pac-12 vs. Big 12	Arizona State vs. Texas Tech
AdvoCare V100	Dec. 31	ACC vs. SEC	Georgia Tech vs. Arizona*
Sun	Dec. 31	Pac-12 vs. ACC	UCLA vs. Virginia Tech
Liberty	Dec. 31	SEC vs. CUSA	Tennessee vs. Marshall
Chick-fil-A	Dec. 31	SEC vs. ACC	South Carolina vs. Duke
Gator	Jan. 1	SEC vs. Big Ten	Ole Miss vs. Minnesota
Heart of Dallas	Jan. 1	Big Ten vs. CUSA	North Texas vs. Washington State*
Outback	Jan. 1	SEC vs. Big Ten	Missouri vs. Nebraska
Capital One	Jan. 1	SEC vs. Big Ten	Michigan State vs. Texas A&M
Rose	Jan. 1	BCS vs. BCS	Ohio State vs. Oregon
Fiesta	Jan. 1	BCS vs. BCS	Fresno State vs. Baylor
Sugar	Jan. 2	BCS vs. BCS	Auburn vs. UCF
Cotton	Jan. 3	SEC vs. Big 12	LSU vs. Oklahoma State
Orange	Jan. 3	BCS vs. BCS	Clemson vs. Wisconsin
BBVA Compass	Jan. 4	SEC vs. American	Vanderbilt vs. Rutgers
GoDaddy	Jan. 5	MAC vs. Sun Belt	Ball State vs. Western Kentucky
National Title	Jan. 6	BCS vs. BCS	Alabama vs. Florida State