Sports Illustrated's Bowl Projections

USC and LSU to play in national championship game

Posted: Friday August 24, 2007 12:33PM; Updated: Friday August 24, 2007 12:33PM

For the purposes of these projections, SI's preseason No. 1 and 2 teams were placed in the BCS title game and SI's predicted conference champs were used for those berths. To be considered for a BCS at-large berth, teams needed to be ranked in SI's preseason Top 14.

Non-BCS Bowls

Date	Bowl	Matchup
Dec. 20	Poinsettia	BYU (MWC) vs. Navy (at-large**)
Dec. 21	New Orleans	Troy (Sun Belt No. 1) vs. Houston (C-USA No. 4)
Dec. 22	Las Vegas	Arizona St. (Pac-10 No. 5) vs. TCU (MWC No. 1)
Dec. 22	New Mexico	Utah (MWC) vs. Fresno State (WAC)
Dec. 22	PapaJohns.com	Cincinnati (Big East) vs. Memphis (C-USA No. 3)
Dec. 23	Hawaii	Hawaii (WAC) vs. Marshall (C-USA No. 5)
Dec. 26	Motor City	Northwestern (Big Ten No. 7) vs. W. Michigan (MAC)
Dec. 27	Holiday	UCLA (Pac-10 No. 2) vs. Missouri (Big 12 No. 4)
Dec. 28	Texas	Kansas (Big 12 No. 8) vs. UTEP (C-USA No. 6)
Dec. 28	Champs Sports	Miami (ACC No. 4) vs. Iowa (Big Ten No. 4)
Dec. 28	Emerald	Virginia (ACC No. 7) vs. Oregon State (Pac-10 No. 4)
Dec. 29	Meineke Car Care	Wake Forest (ACC No. 5) vs. South Florida (Big East No. 3)
Dec. 29	Liberty	Alabama (SEC) vs. Southern Miss (C-USA No. 1)
Dec. 29	Alamo	Texas A&M (Big 12 No. 5) vs. Purdue (Big Ten No. 5)
Dec. 30	Independence	Texas Tech (Big 12 No. 7) vs. Notre Dame (SEC*)
Dec. 31	Armed Forces	Oregon (Pac-10 No. 6) vs. Wyoming (MWC)
Dec. 31	Sun	Louisville (Big East No. 2) vs. Cal (Pac-10 No. 3)
Dec. 31	Humanitarian	Clemson (ACC No. 6) vs. Boise State (WAC)
Dec. 31	Music City	South Carolina (SEC) vs. Boston College (ACC No. 5)
Dec. 31	Insight	Illinois (Big Ten No. 6) vs. Kansas State (Big 12 No. 6)
Dec. 31	Chick-fil-A	Auburn (SEC No. 5) vs. Georgia Tech (ACC No. 2)
Jan. 1	Outback	Penn State (Big Ten No. 3) vs. Georgia (SEC)
Jan. 1	Cotton	Oklahoma State (Big 12 No. 3) vs. Arkansas (SEC)
Jan. 1	Gator	Florida State (ACC No. 3) vs. Nebraska (Big 12 No. 2)
Jan. 1	Capital One	Tennessee (SEC No. 2) vs. Ohio State (Big Ten No. 2)
Jan. 5	International	Middle Tennessee St. (Big East*) vs. Ohio (MAC)
Jan. 6	GMAC	Tulsa (C-USA No. 2) vs. Toledo (MAC)

NOTE: Bowls do not necessarily select in order of conference standings (i.e. "Big Ten No. 2" means "second choice of Big Ten teams").
* -- Replacement team for conference without enough eligible teams.
** -- The Poinsettia Bowl is obligated to select Navy if eligible.

BCS Bowls

Date	Bowl	Matchup
Jan. 1	Rose	Michigan (Big Ten champ) vs. Rutgers (BCS at-large)
Jan. 1	Sugar	Florida (BCS at-large) vs. Oklahoma (BCS at-large)
Jan. 2	Fiesta	Texas (Big 12 champ) vs. Wisconsin (BCS at-large)
Jan. 3	Orange	Virginia Tech (ACC champ) vs. West Virginia (Big East champ)
Jan. 7	BCS Title	USC (BCS No. 1) vs. LSU (BCS No. 2)

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