| Bowl/Location/Time |
Participants/History |
| NEW ORLEANS BOWL |
Lafayette, La.
Dec. 20, 8 p.m. (ESPN) |
Arkansas State (6-5) vs. Southern Mississippi (6-5)
Last season: So. Miss. 31, N. Texas 10 (Recap | Box Score) |
| GMAC BOWL |
Mobile, Ala.
Dec. 21, 8 p.m. (ESPN) |
UTEP (8-3) vs. Toledo (8-3)
Last season: Bowl. Green 52, Memphis 35 (Recap | Box Score) |
| LAS VEGAS BOWL |
Las Vegas
Dec. 22, 8 p.m. (ESPN) |
BYU (6-5) vs. Cal (7-4)
Last season: Wyoming 24, UCLA 21 (Recap | Box Score) |
| POINSETTIA BOWL |
San Diego, Calif.
Dec. 22, 10:30 p.m. (ESPN2) |
Colorado State (6-5) vs. Navy (6-4)
Last season: Did not exist |
| FORT WORTH BOWL |
Fort Worth, Texas
Dec. 23, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) |
Kansas (6-5) vs. Houston (6-5)
Last season: Cincinnati 32, Marshall 14 (Recap | Box Score) |
| HAWAII BOWL |
Honolulu
Dec. 24, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) |
UCF (8-4) vs. Nevada (8-3)
Last season: Hawaii 59, UAB 40 (Recap | Box Score) |
| MOTOR CITY BOWL |
Detroit
Dec. 26, 4 p.m. (ESPN) |
Akron (7-5) vs. Memphis (6-5)
Last season: UConn 39, Toledo 10 (Recap | Box Score) |
| CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL |
Orlando, Fla.
Dec. 27, 5 p.m. (ESPN) |
Clemson (7-4)
vs. Colorado (7-5)
Last season: Ga. Tech 51, Syracuse 14 (Recap | Box Score) |
| INSIGHT BOWL |
Phoenix
Dec. 27, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) |
Arizona State (6-5) vs. Rutgers (7-4)
Last season: Ore. St. 38, Notre Dame 21 (Recap | Box Score) |
| MPC COMPUTERS BOWL |
Boise, Idaho
Dec. 28, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) |
Boise State (9-3) vs. Boston College (8-3)
Last season: Fresno St. 37, Virginia 34 (Recap | Box Score) |
| ALAMO BOWL |
San Antonio
Dec. 28, 8 p.m. (ESPN) |
Michigan (7-4) vs. Nebraska (7-4)
Last season: Ohio St. 33, Okla. St. 7 (Recap | Box Score) |
| EMERALD BOWL |
San Francisco
Dec. 29, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) |
Utah (6-5) vs. Georgia Tech (7-4)
Last season: Navy 34, New Mexico 19 (Recap | Box Score) |
| HOLIDAY BOWL |
San Diego
Dec. 29, 8 p.m. (ESPN) |
Oregon (10-1) vs. Oklahoma (7-4)
Last season: Texas Tech 45, Calif. 31 (Recap | Box Score) |
| SUN BOWL |
El Paso, Texas
Dec. 30, 2 p.m. (CBS) |
Northwestern (7-4) vs. UCLA (9-2)
Last season: Arizona St. 27, Purdue 23 (Recap | Box Score) |
| INDEPENDENCE BOWL |
Shreveport, La.
Dec. 30, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) |
South Carolina (7-4) vs. Missouri (6-5)
Last season: Iowa St. 17, Miami (Ohio) 13 (Recap | Box Score) |
| MUSIC CITY BOWL |
Nashville, Tenn.
Dec. 30, Noon (ESPN) |
Minnesota (7-4) vs. Virginia (6-5)
Last season: Minnesota 20, Alabama 16 (Recap | Box Score) |
| PEACH BOWL |
Atlanta
Dec. 30, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) |
Miami (9-2) vs. LSU (10-2)
Last season: Miami 27, Florida 10 (Recap | Box Score) |
| MEINEKE CAR CARE BOWL |
Charlotte, N.C.
Dec. 31, 11 a.m. (ESPN2) |
South Florida (6-5) vs. North Carolina St. (6-5)
Last season: Bost. Coll. 37, UNC 24 (Recap | Box Score) |
| HOUSTON BOWL |
Houston
Dec. 31, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN2) |
Iowa State (7-4) vs. TCU (10-1)
Last season: Colorado 33, UTEP 28 (Recap | Box Score) |
| LIBERTY BOWL |
Memphis, Tenn.
Dec. 31, 1 p.m. (FOX) |
Tulsa (8-4) vs. Fresno State (8-4)
Last season: Louisville 44, Boise St. 40 (Recap | Box Score) |
| COTTON BOWL |
Dallas
Jan. 2, 11 a.m. (FOX) |
Texas Tech (9-2) vs. Alabama (9-2)
Last season: Tennessee 38, Texas A&M 7 (Recap | Box Score) |
| OUTBACK BOWL |
Tampa, Fla.
Jan. 2, 11 a.m. (ESPN) |
Iowa (7-4) vs. Florida (8-3)
Last season: Georgia 24, Wisconsin 21 (Recap | Box Score) |
| GATOR BOWL |
Jacksonville, Fla.
Jan. 2, 12:30 p.m. (NBC) |
Virginia Tech (10-2) vs. Louisville (9-2)
Last season: FSU 30, W. Virginia 18 (Recap | Box Score) |
| CAPITAL ONE BOWL |
Orlando, Fla.
Jan. 2, 1 p.m. (ABC) |
Auburn (9-2) vs. Wisconsin (9-3)
Last season: Iowa 30, LSU 25 (Recap | Box Score) |
| FIESTA BOWL |
Tempe, Ariz.
Jan. 2, 4:30 p.m. (ABC) |
Notre Dame (9-2) vs. Ohio State (9-2)
Last season: Utah 35, Pittsburgh 7 (Recap | Box Score) |
| SUGAR BOWL |
Atlanta
Jan. 2, 8:30 p.m. (ABC) |
Georgia (10-2) vs. West Virginia (10-1)
Last season: Auburn 16, Va. Tech 13 (Recap | Box Score) |
| ORANGE BOWL |
Miami
Jan. 3, 8 p.m. (ABC) |
Penn State (10-1) vs. Florida State (8-4)
Last season: USC 55, Oklahoma 19 (Recap | Box Score) |
| ROSE BOWL |
Pasedena, Calif.
Jan. 4, 8 p.m. (ABC) |
USC (12-0) vs. Texas (12-0)
Last season: Texas 38, Michigan 37 (Recap | Box Score) |
