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Bowl Projections

Rose Bowl intriguing should Gators play for BCS title

Posted: Sunday December 3, 2006 12:32AM; Updated: Sunday December 3, 2006 8:06PM
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The 10 teams that will go to the five BCS bowl games are set in stone at this point; the only mystery is whether Michigan or Florida will wind up the title game.

If the Wolverines go to Glendale, the Gators will go to the Sugar Bowl to face Notre Dame and the Rose Bowl will take LSU to face USC. If Florida goes to the championship game, the Rose Bowl will revert to an old fashioned Michigan-USC matchup and the Sugar Bowl will pit the Irish and LSU.

Saturday's biggest loser, meanwhile, was Rutgers. By falling in triple overtime to West Virginia, the Scarlet Knights likely fell from a potential Orange Bowl berth to the lowly Texas Bowl. Louisville claims the Big East's automatic berth and West Virginia goes to the Gator to face Georgia Tech.

If Michigan finishes No. 2 ...

BCS/NEW YEAR'S DAY GAMES
Date Game Matchup
Jan. 8 Title Ohio State (BCS No. 1) vs. Michigan (BCS No. 2)
Jan. 3 Sugar Florida (SEC champ) vs. Notre Dame (BCS at-large)
Jan. 2 Orange Wake Forest (ACC champ) vs. Louisville (Big East champ)
Jan. 1 Fiesta Oklahoma (Big 12 champ) vs. Boise State (BCS at-large)
Jan. 1 Rose USC (Pac-10 champ) vs. LSU (BCS at-large)
Jan. 1 Capital One Wisconsin (Big Ten No. 2) vs. Arkansas (SEC No. 2)
Jan. 1 Gator Georgia Tech (ACC No. 3) vs. West Virginia (Big East No. 2)
Jan. 1 Outback Penn State (Big Ten No. 3) vs. Tennessee (SEC)
Jan. 1 Cotton Nebraska (Big 12 No. 2) vs. Auburn (SEC)


If Florida finishes No. 2 ...

BCS/NEW YEAR'S DAY GAMES
Date Game Matchup
Jan. 8 Title Ohio State (BCS No. 1) vs. Florida (BCS No. 2)
Jan. 3 Sugar LSU (BCS at-large) vs. Notre Dame (BCS at-large)
Jan. 2 Orange Wake Forest (ACC champ) vs. Louisville (Big East champ)
Jan. 1 Fiesta Oklahoma (Big 12 champ) vs. Boise State (BCS at-large)
Jan. 1 Rose USC (Pac-10 champ) vs. Michigan (BCS at-large)
Jan. 1 Capital One Wisconsin (Big Ten No. 2) vs. Arkansas (SEC No. 2)
Jan. 1 Gator Georgia Tech (ACC No. 3) vs. West Virginia (Big East No. 2)
Jan. 1 Outback Penn State (Big Ten No. 3) vs. Tennessee (SEC)
Jan. 1 Cotton Nebraska (Big 12 No. 2) vs. Auburn (SEC)


OTHER GAMES
Date Game Matchup
Jan. 7 GMAC Southern Miss (C-USA No. 2) vs. Ohio (MAC)
Jan. 6 International Cincinnati (Big East No. 4/5) vs. Western Michigan (MAC)
Dec. 31 MPC Computers Nevada (WAC) vs. Miami (ACC)
Dec. 30 Chick-fil-A Virginia Tech (ACC No. 2) vs. Georgia (SEC)
Dec. 30 Alamo Texas (Big 12 No. 4) vs. Iowa (Big Ten No. 5)
Dec. 30 Meineke Navy (Big East/Navy) vs. Boston College (ACC)
Dec. 29 Champs Sports Maryland (ACC No. 4) vs. Purdue (Big Ten No. 4)
Dec. 29 Insight Texas Tech (Big 12 No. 6) vs. Minnesota (Big Ten No. 6)
Dec. 29 Liberty Houston (C-USA champ) vs. South Carolina (SEC)
Dec. 29 Sun Oregon State (Pac-10 No. 3) vs. Missouri (Big 12/Big East)
Dec. 29 Music City Clemson (ACC No. 5) vs. Kentucky (SEC)
Dec. 28 Texas Kansas State(Big 12) vs. Rutgers (Big East)
Dec. 28 Holiday Cal (Pac-10 No. 2) vs. Texas A&M (Big 12 No. 3)
Dec. 28 Independence Oklahoma State (Big 12 No. 7) vs. Alabama (SEC)
Dec. 27 Emerald UCLA (Pac-10 No. 5) vs. Florida State (ACC No. 7)
Dec. 26 Motor City Middle Tennessee St.* (Big Ten No. 7) vs. Central Michigan (MAC)
Dec. 24 Hawaii Hawaii (WAC) vs. Arizona State (Pac-10 No. 6)
Dec. 23 Armed Forces Utah (MWC) vs. Tulsa (C-USA)
Dec. 23 New Mexico New Mexico (MWC) vs. San Jose State (WAC)
Dec. 23 PapaJohns.com USF (Big East) vs. East Carolina (C-USA)
Dec. 22 New Orleans Troy (Sun Belt) vs. Rice (C-USA)
Dec. 21 Las Vegas Oregon (Pac-10 No. 4) vs. BYU (MWC champ)
Dec. 20 Poinsettia TCU (MWC) vs. Northern Illinois (at-large)
Teams in bold have accepted bowl invitation
* -- replacement team for conference without enough eligible teams

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