Bowl Projections: 2008 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)

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All rankings and records below represent the projected final Rogers Poll.

BOWL (TIES) PROJECTED MATCH-UP
FedEx BCS National Championship Game
(BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2)

#1 Texas (12-1) - vs - #2 Florida (12-1)
Tostitos Fiesta
(BCS vs. BCS)

#4 Oklahoma (11-1) - vs - #7 Utah (12-0)
Allstate Sugar
(BCS vs. BCS)

#6 Alabama (12-1) - vs - #15 Cincinnati (11-2)
FedEx Orange
(BCS vs. BCS)

#21 Florida State (10-3) - vs - #3 Boise State (12-0)
Rose Bowl presented by Citi
(BCS vs. BCS)

#9 Penn State (11-1) - vs - #5 USC (11-1)
GMAC
(C-USA vs. MAC)

#48 East Carolina (8-5) - vs - #29 Western Michigan (9-3)
International
(Big East vs. MAC)

#37 Connecticut (8-4) - vs - #44 Northern Illinois (8-4)
AutoZone Liberty
(C-USA vs. SEC)

#14 Tulsa (12-1) - vs - #47 Ole Miss (7-5)
AT&T Cotton
(Big XII vs. SEC)

#10 Texas Tech (11-1) - vs - #35 LSU (8-4)
Konica Minolta Gator
(ACC vs. Big XII/Big East/Notre Dame)

#22 Miami (9-3) - vs - #25 Pittsburgh (8-4)
Capital One
(SEC vs. Big Ten)

#12 Georgia (10-2) - vs - #11 Ohio State (10-2)
Outback
(Big Ten vs. SEC)

#17 Michigan State (9-3) - vs - #36 South Carolina (8-4)
Chick-fil-A
(SEC vs. ACC)

#40 Kentucky (8-4) - vs - #18 North Carolina (10-3)
Insight
(Big XII vs. Big Ten)

#58 Kansas (6-6) - vs - #41 Minnesota (8-4)
Gaylord Hotels Music City
(ACC vs. SEC)

#39 Boston College (8-4) - vs - #57 Vanderbilt (6-6)
Brut Sun
(Pac-10 vs. Big XII/Big East/Notre Dame)

#24 Oregon State (8-4) - vs - #27 Nebraska (8-4)
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
(Mountain West vs. C-USA)

#20 BYU (10-2) - vs - #56 Houston (7-5)
Pacific Life Holiday
(Pac-10 vs. Big XII)

#23 Arizona (9-3) - vs - #16 Missouri (10-3)
Texas
(Big XII* vs. C-USA)

#54 Akron (7-5) - vs - #42 Rice (8-4)
Roady's Humanitarian
(WAC vs. ACC)

#51 Nevada (7-5) - vs - #67 Maryland (6-6)
Valero Alamo
(Big Ten vs. Big XII)

#30 Northwestern (9-3) - vs - #19 Oklahoma State (9-3)
PapaJohns.com
(Big East vs. SEC*)

#49 West Virginia (7-5) - vs - #61 FIU (7-5)
Independence
(SEC* vs. Big XII*)

#50 Buffalo (7-5) - vs - #59 UL Lafayette (7-5)
Emerald
(Pac-10 vs. ACC)

#31 California (8-4) - vs - #52 Georgia Tech (7-5)
Champs Sports
(ACC vs. Big Ten)

#32 Wake Forest (8-4) - vs - #33 Iowa (8-4)
Meineke Car Care
(Big East vs. ACC)

#26 USF (9-3) - vs - #34 Virginia Tech (8-4)
Motor City
(MAC vs. Big Ten)

#8 Ball State (13-0) - vs - #60 Wisconsin (6-6)
Sheraton Hawaii
(WAC vs. Pac-10*)

#63 Hawaii (7-6) - vs - #55 Bowling Green (7-6)
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia
(Mountain West vs. Pac-10*)

#38 Air Force (8-4) - vs - #64 Louisiana Tech (7-5)
R+L Carriers New Orleans
(C-USA vs. Sun Belt)

#68 Memphis (7-5) - vs - #28 Troy (9-3)
Eagle Bank
(ACC* vs. Navy)

#45 Central Michigan (8-4) - vs - #43 Navy (8-4)
Pioneer Las Vegas
(Mountain West vs. Pac-10)

#13 TCU (10-2) - vs - #46 Oregon (7-5)
St. Petersburg
(Big East vs. C-USA)

#62 Notre Dame (6-6) - vs - #66 Southern Miss (6-6)
New Mexico
(WAC vs. Mountain West)

#53 Fresno State (7-5) - vs - #69 UNLV (6-6)


* Not enough Big XII teams to fill Texas Bowl. At-large used to fill game.
* Not enough SEC teams to fill PapaJohns.com Bowl. Sun Belt has agreement to fill game.
* Not enough Big XII teams to fill Independence Bowl. Sun Belt has agreement to fill game.
* Not enough SEC teams to fill Independence Bowl. At-large used to fill game.
* Not enough ACC teams to fill Eagle Bank Bowl. MAC has agreement to fill game.
* Not enough Pac-10 teams to fill Hawaii Bowl. At-large used to fill game.
* Not enough Pac-10 teams to fill Poinsettia Bowl. WAC has agreement to fill game.

The following teams were bowl eligible, but were not slated to appear in a bowl.
- #65 Rutgers (6-6), Big East
- #72 Arkansas State (6-6), Sun Belt
- #77 San Jose State (6-6), WAC