Pre-Week 1 bowl projections

Published Aug. 31, 2009 7:48 p.m. ET

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CFN's preseason bowl projections
Bowl date	Bowl	Conference ties	Projected matchup
Dec. 19	New Mexico Bowl	Mountain West vs. WAC	Louisiana Tech vs. Cincinnati*
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	TCU vs. Arizona State
Dec. 23	Poinsettia Bowl	Mountain West vs. Pac-10	Utah vs. UCLA
Dec. 24	Sheraton Hawaii Bowl	C-USA vs. WAC	Tulsa vs. Nevada
Dec. 26	Emerald Bowl	ACC No. 7 vs. Pac-10 No. 5	Clemson vs. Oregon State
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	Northwestern vs. Central Michigan
Dec. 27	Music City Bowl	ACC vs. SEC	Boston College vs. South Carolina
Dec. 28	Independence Bowl	Big 12 No. 7 vs. SEC No. 8	Colorado vs. Auburn
Dec. 29	Champs Sports Bowl	ACC No. 4 vs. Big Ten No. 4 or 5	Miami vs. Iowa
Dec. 30	EagleBank Bowl	ACC No. 8 vs. Army or C-USA	N.C. State vs. East Carolina
Dec. 30	Pacific Life Holiday Bowl	Big 12 No. 3 vs. Pac-10 No. 2	Missouri vs. Oregon
Dec. 30	Roady's Humanitarian Bowl	Mountain West vs. WAC	Colorado State vs. Boise State
Dec. 30	Texas Bowl	Big 12 vs. Navy or C-USA	Minnesota** vs. Navy
Dec. 31	Armed Forces Bowl	Mountain West vs. C-USA	Air Force vs. Southern Miss
Dec. 31	Brut Sun Bowl	Pac-10 No. 3 vs. Big East/Big 12/Notre Dame	California vs. Texas Tech
Dec. 31	Insight Bowl	Big Ten No. 6 vs. Big 12 No. 6	Michigan vs. Nebraska
Dec. 31	Chick-fil-A Bowl	ACC No. 2 vs. SEC	Florida St. vs. Arkansas
Jan. 1	Outback Bowl	Big Ten No. 3 vs. ACC	Michigan St. vs. Ole Miss
Jan. 1	Capital One Bowl	Big Ten No. 2 vs. SEC No. 2	Illinois vs. Georgia
Jan. 1	Gator Bowl	ACC No. 3 vs. Big East/Big 12/Notre Dame	Georgia Tech vs. Notre Dame
Jan. 2	AutoZone Liberty Bowl	C-USA No. 1 vs. SEC No. 6	Houston vs. Tennessee
Jan. 2	International Bowl	Big East vs. MAC No. 4 or 5	Connecticut vs. Bowling Green
Jan. 2	AT&T Cotton Bowl	Big 12 No. 2 vs. SEC	Texas vs. LSU
Jan. 2	Papajohns.com Bowl	Big East vs. SEC	Rutgers vs. Kentucky
Jan. 2	Valero Alamo Bowl	Big Ten No. 4 or 5 vs. Big 12 No. 4	Wisconsin vs. Kansas
Jan. 6	GMAC Bowl	ACC vs. MAC	Wake Forest vs. Western Michigan
Jan. 1	Rose Bowl	BCS - Big 10 vs. Pac 10 champs ***	Ohio State vs. BYU
Jan. 1	Sugar Bowl	BCS - SEC champ ***	Alabama vs. Penn State
Jan. 4	Fiesta Bowl	BCS -- Big 12 champion ***	Oklahoma vs. West Virginia
Jan. 5	Orange Bowl	BCS - ACC champion ***	Virginia Tech vs. Oklahoma State
Jan. 7	BCS National Championship	BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2	Florida vs. USC
* No Mountain West team projected available No Big 12 team projected available * if available