You can see the entire list of teams ranked by hotness or notness here. As one would expect, this produces some interesting, unexpected results; however, the games at the top play out more or less as we would expect.
That means we're looking at an Alabama-Stanford title game, one that would be incredibly hard-hitting and perhaps only marginally watchable. And for what it is worth, Alabama is currently so far ahead of everybody else that they are given a percent chance of beating Stanford. Go ahead and begin mentally preparing yourself for that bearhug. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
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To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. The start of the college football season is still days away, but it is never to early to project the bowl season to pass the time during the off season.
Over at College Football News they put together their projections of all the bowl games. Arizona gets in because the WAC will not have enough eligible teams and the Mountain West may have a tough time getting a team into this bowl game since the projections have a Mountain West team in a BCS bowl game. Baylor, led by star quarterback Robert Griffin III, has been a pleasant surprise this season, and has the opportunity to win a bowl game to end a successful year.
If Northwestern still had Persa, this game would be n exciting showcase of two high-powered offense. But without their quarterback, the Wildcats just aren't the same team. Neither team expected to be spending their holidays in Tampa this year, as both looked like probable BCS teams for the second straight year.
Penn State could have ended up here if it were Joe Paterno's final game, but JoePa announced that he is coming back next season, meaning the Nittany Lions will likely slip down in the bowl pecking order.
But I expect Arkansas to already be off the board, and in order to protect against a rematch of the game, the Outback bowl will choose the Gators over the Gamecocks.
A win in their respective games will likely send each team to Orlando. A Michigan State win this Saturday likely will send the Spartans to Orlando, but a loss could mean they slip even more. A loss would mean a record for the Spartans, who would end with only one more Big Ten win than Iowa.
Iowa demolished MSU and travels better than the Spartans. Plus, Iowa-Alabama has the makings of a classic. I see Michigan State losing the weekend and possibly slipping to the Outback Bowl, but the Capital One Bowl is typically good about following the conference standings and not picking teams based off of ticket sales.
Therefore, Michigan State ends a surprising season in Orlando for the second time in three years. There's a chance that this could be the Outback Bowl matchup as well, and it would have been a very good possibility had Joe Paterno not announced that he's coming back next season. In one of the final games of the college football season, we project Ohio to face Troy in the GoDaddy.
Both teams will likely end up short in their respective conference races, but they will be rewarded with bowl berths for their solid seasons.
An Oklahoma-Arkansas game would be an intriguing border-rivalry game, but a Nebraska-Arkansas matchup should be exciting as well. The game would feature two great quarterbacks in Nebraska's Taylor Martinez and Arkansas's Ryan Mallett and will provide fans with added excitement after an outstanding New Year's Day. Not to disrespect either team, but this doesn't seem like a game between two Big Six conference teams. Kentucky, as usual, will barely hold on to bowl eligibility. South Florida is muddled into the mess that is the Big East, and, you guessed it, still could win the conference.
Nevada is likely locked into the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl no matter how it finishes the season. Since Hawaii will go to its home state bowl, a loss against Boise State will also mean a trip to the Bay Area.
Boston College may be left out of the ACC's bowl tie-ins, but thanks to the mediocrity of Pac teams not named Oregon, Stanford, and Arizona, the Eagles will likely end up in San Francisco for the second straight year. Both Stanford and the Rose Bowl will be cheering for an Auburn loss this weekend, as that would likely send a non-BCS team to the National Championship, meaning the Rose Bowl wouldn't be forced to take a team from a non-power conference.
Ever since its upset of Ohio State, Wisconsin has been on fire. It holds the edge in the three-way logjam of teams on top of the Big Ten. If all three teams stay tied, the highest team in the BCS standings--likely Wisconsin--will head to Pasadena. Wisconsin has the clearest path to Pasadena and will likely play in its first Rose Bowl since Unfortunately for the Mountaineers, this year's team isn't nearly as good as the team and there isn't the added motivation of playing after being abandoned by a head coach.
This game will almost certainly pit the Big 12 Champion and Big East Champion, but each conference's top team has yet to be determined. And although the conference has been virtually unpredictable this year, I predict the Mountaineers will come out victorious. LSU will grab the other at-large spot.
Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nev. Music City. Nashville, Tenn. Duke's Mayo. Big Ten. Charlotte, N. San Antonio, Tex. New York, N. Boston, Mass.
Guaranteed Rate. Phoenix, Ariz. San Diego, Calif. Memphis, Tenn. First Responder. Dallas, Tex. Pool vs. Birmingham, Ala. Annapolis, Md.
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