Bowl Projections: Week 8

Published Oct. 27, 2009 10:30 p.m. ET

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Predicting and projecting the possible 2009-2010 post-season matchups.

CFN's Week 8 bowl projections
Bowl date	Bowl	Conference ties	Projected matchup
Dec. 19	New Mexico Bowl	Mountain West vs. WAC	Northern Illinois* vs. Fresno State
Dec. 19	St. Petersburg Bowl	Big East vs. C-USA	South Florida vs. UCF
Dec. 20	R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl	C-USA vs. Sun Belt No. 1	Marshall vs. Troy
Dec. 22	MAACO Las Vegas Bowl	Mountain West No. 1 vs. Pac-10 No. 4	Utah vs. Arizona State
Dec. 23	Poinsettia Bowl	Mountain West vs. Pac-10	BYU vs. Oregon State
Dec. 24	Sheraton Hawaii Bowl	C-USA vs. WAC	Southern Miss vs. Nevada
Dec. 26	Emerald Bowl	ACC No. 7 vs. Pac-10 No. 5	Duke vs. Stanford
Dec. 26	Meineke Car Care Bowl	ACC No. 6 vs. Big East	North Carolina vs. Pitt
Dec. 26	Motor City Bowl	Big Ten No. 7 vs. MAC	Minnesota vs. Central Michigan
Dec. 27	Music City Bowl	ACC vs. SEC	Boston College vs. Tennessee
Dec. 28	Independence Bowl	Big 12 No. 7 vs. SEC No. 8	Iowa State vs. Auburn
Dec. 29	Champs Sports Bowl	ACC No. 4 vs. Big Ten No. 4 or 5	Clemson vs. Michigan
Dec. 30	EagleBank Bowl	ACC No. 8 vs. Army or C-USA	Florida State vs. East Carolina
Dec. 30	Pacific Life Holiday Bowl	Big 12 No. 3 vs. Pac-10 No. 2	Nebraska vs. California
Dec. 30	Roady's Humanitarian Bowl	Mountain West vs. WAC	Wyoming vs. Boise State
Dec. 30	Texas Bowl	Big 12 vs. Navy or C-USA	Texas A&M vs. Navy
Dec. 31	Armed Forces Bowl	Mountain West vs. C-USA	Air Force vs. UTEP
Dec. 31	Brut Sun Bowl	Pac-10 No. 3 vs. Big East/Big 12/Notre Dame	Arizona vs. Missouri
Dec. 31	Insight Bowl	Big Ten No. 6 vs. Big 12 No. 6	Northwestern vs. Kansas State
Dec. 31	Chick-fil-A Bowl	ACC No. 2 vs. SEC	Virginia Tech. vs. South Carolina
Jan. 1	Outback Bowl	Big Ten No. 3 vs. ACC	Wisconsin vs. Ole Miss
Jan. 1	Capital One Bowl	Big Ten No. 2 vs. SEC No. 2	Ohio State vs. LSU
Jan. 1	Gator Bowl	ACC No. 3 vs. Big East/Big 12/Notre Dame	Miami vs. Notre Dame
Jan. 2	AutoZone Liberty Bowl	C-USA No. 1 vs. SEC No. 6	Houston vs. Georgia
Jan. 2	International Bowl	Big East vs. MAC No. 4 or 5	Rutgers vs. Kent State
Jan. 2	AT&T Cotton Bowl	Big 12 No. 2 vs. SEC	Oklahoma vs. Arkansas
Jan. 2	Papajohns.com Bowl	Big East vs. SEC	Connecticut vs. Kentucky
Jan. 2	Valero Alamo Bowl	Big Ten No. 4 or 5 vs. Big 12 No. 4	Michigan State vs. Oklahoma State
Jan. 6	GMAC Bowl	ACC vs. MAC	Idaho** vs. Temple
Jan. 1	Rose Bowl	BCS - Big 10 vs. Pac 10 champs	Iowa vs. Oregon
Jan. 1	Sugar Bowl	BCS - SEC champ	Alabama vs. Cincinnati
Jan. 4	Fiesta Bowl	BCS - Big 12 champion ***	USC vs. TCU
Jan. 5	Orange Bowl	BCS - ACC champion ***	Georgia Tech vs. Penn State
Jan. 7	BCS National Championship	BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2	Florida vs. Texas