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| UNVEILING THE FIRST ROUND OF BOWL PROJECTIONS
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October 16, 2007
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Joey, SCS.com Staff Writer
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 With the first official BCS Rankings going public this week, now is the time that we will really start to see a lot of bowl projections coming out. Predicting the matchups in 31 bowls with 62 teams, out of the plethora of programs that are still in contention to be bowl eligible at this point in the season, is not an easy task. It has been made even harder this season by the tremendous amount of unpredictability that has been occurring. In the last four weeks of the season, ten different teams that were ranked in the top ten have lost, including two teams ranked number one in the country, and one team ranked second.
While I wont go into detail about every game, since many of these pairings may not play out, I will touch upon a few of the bigger bowls. Ohio State has a tough schedule still with games coming against Penn State, Wisconsin and Michigan. But of the top three undefeated teams, I feel they have the best chance to run the table, therefore I have them playing for a national championship. With every other unbeaten team expected to lose at some point between now and the end of the season, LSU, with their strength of schedule, should finish as the best one-loss team. Including the Tigers, I see the SEC, Pac-10, Big 12 and Big East as all getting two teams into BCS bowls this year, with the ACC and Big 10 each getting one.
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| DATE |
BOWL |
MATCHUP |
| Dec. 20 |
Poinsettia |
Wyoming vs Navy |
| Dec. 21 |
New Orleans |
Troy vs UCF |
| Dec. 22 |
Papajohns.com |
Rutgers vs UTEP |
| Dec. 22 |
New Mexico |
New Mexico vs Fresno State |
| Dec. 22 |
Las Vegas |
BYU vs Oregon State |
| Dec. 23 |
Hawaii |
Tulsa vs Hawaii |
| Dec. 26 |
Motor City |
Michigan State vs Miami (OH) |
| Dec. 27 |
Holiday |
Kansas State vs Oregon |
| Dec. 28 |
Champs Sports |
Virginia vs Illinois |
| Dec. 28 |
Texas |
Colorado vs Houston |
| Dec. 28 |
Emerald |
Maryland vs UCLA |
| Dec. 29 |
Meineke Car Care |
Virginia vs Louisville |
| Dec. 29 |
Liberty |
East Carolina vs Alabama |
| Dec. 29 |
Alamo |
Wisconsin vs Texas Tech |
| Dec. 30 |
Independence |
Texas A&M vs Mississippi State |
| Dec. 31 |
Armed Forces |
Air Force vs Nebraska |
| Dec. 31 |
Sun |
Oklahoma State vs Arizona State |
| Dec. 31 |
Humanitarian |
Florida State vs Boise State |
| Dec. 31 |
Music City |
Georgia Tech vs Tennessee |
| Dec. 31 |
Chick-Fil-A |
Virginia Tech vs Georgia |
| Dec. 31 |
Insight |
Purdue vs Texas A&M |
| Jan. 1 |
Outback |
Penn State vs Auburn |
| Jan. 1 |
Cotton |
Kansas vs Kentucky |
| Jan. 1 |
Gator |
Wake Forest vs Texas |
| Jan. 1 |
Capital One |
Michigan vs Florida |
| Jan. 1 |
Rose |
USC vs West Virginia |
| Jan. 1 |
Sugar |
South Carolina vs Missouri |
| Jan. 1 |
Fiesta |
Oklahoma vs California |
| Jan. 1 |
Orange |
Boston College vs South Florida |
| Jan. 6 |
International |
Cincinnati vs Ball State |
| Jan. 6 |
GMAC |
Southern Miss vs Central Michigan |
| Jan. 7 |
BCS Title Game |
Ohio State vs LSU |
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