SI.com's Bowl Projections

Sports Illustrated's Top 25 -- with USC at No. 1 -- projects a Trojans-Sooners  Orange Bowl. Read on for complete projections, and for an expanded bowl schedule with start times and conference affiliations, click here.

Date Bowl Matchup Jan. 4 Orange Oklahoma (Big 12) vs. USC (Pac-10) Jan. 3 Sugar Georgia (SEC) vs. Miami (ACC) Jan. 1 Fiesta Texas (BCS at-large) vs. West Virginia (Big East) Jan. 1 Rose Ohio State (Big Ten) vs. LSU (BCS at-large) Jan. 1 Capital One Michigan (Big Ten) vs. Florida (SEC) Jan. 1 Outback Minnesota (Big Ten) vs. Tennessee (SEC) Jan. 1 Gator Florida State (ACC) vs. Notre Dame (Big East*) Jan. 1 Cotton Kansas State (Big 12) vs. Auburn (SEC) Dec. 31 Peach Virginia (ACC) vs. Alabama (SEC) Dec. 31 Sun Wisconsin (Big Ten) vs. Cal (Pac-10) Dec. 31 Liberty Utah (MWC) vs. Memphis (C-USA) Dec. 31 Music City Purdue (Big Ten) vs. Ole Miss (SEC) Dec. 30 Holiday Oregon (Pac-10) vs. Missouri (Big 12) Dec. 30 Houston Nebraska (Big 12) vs. Georgia Tech (at-large**) Dec. 30 Tire Clemson (ACC) vs. Connecticut (Big East) Dec. 30 Emerald San Diego State (MWC) vs. Oregon State (Pac-10) Dec. 29 Alamo Iowa (Big Ten) vs. Texas A&M (Big 12) Dec. 29 Silicon Valley Hawaii (WAC) vs. Rutgers (at-large***) Dec. 28 Insight Boston College (Big East) vs. Arizona State (Pac-10) Dec. 28 Independence South Carolina (SEC) vs. Oklahoma State (Big 12) Dec. 27 Motor City Marshall (MAC) vs. Michigan State (Big Ten) Dec. 27 MPC Comp. Boise State (WAC) vs. N.C. State (ACC) Dec. 24 Hawaii Fresno State (WAC) vs. Louisville (C-USA) Dec. 23 Las Vegas Washington State (Pac-10) vs. Colorado St. (MWC) Dec. 23 Fort Worth Southern Miss (C-USA) vs. Tulsa (at-large****) Dec. 22 GMAC TCU (C-USA) vs. Toledo (MAC) Dec. 21 Tangerine Maryland (ACC) vs. Texas Tech (Big 12) Dec. 14 New Orleans North Texas (Sun Belt) vs. Houston (C-USA) * -- Notre Dame is part of the Big East's bowl agreements ** -- in place of SEC *** -- in place of Pac-10 **** -- in place of Big 12