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Bowl projections

ATLANTA (CNNSI.com) -- Don't book your travel reservations just yet. But here's our best guess at how the 2000-01 bowl lineup will shake down.

Among the notable: Three Florida teams in the Bowl Championship Series, and several schools with long bowl droughts making it back this season, including Vanderbilt and Maryland.

CNNSI.com Bowl Projections
Date  Game  Team  Team 
Jan. 3  Orange   Nebraska (BCS Big 12)  Florida State (BCS ACC) 
Jan. 1  Fiesta  Texas (BCS at-large)  Florida (BCS at-large) 
Jan. 2   Sugar   Alabama (BCS SEC)   Miami (BCS Big East) 
Jan. 1   Rose   Michigan (BCS Big Ten)  Washington (BCS Pac-10) 
Jan. 1   Citrus   Wisconsin (Big Ten No. 2)  Georgia (SEC) 
Jan. 1   Cotton   Oklahoma (Big 12 No. 2)  Mississippi (SEC) 
Jan. 1   Outback  Tennessee (SEC)   Purdue (Big Ten No. 3) 
Jan. 1   Gator   Clemson (ACC No. 2)  Va. Tech (Big East No. 2) 
Dec. 31  Independence  LSU (SEC)   Texas A&M (Big 12 No. 6) 
Dec. 31  Silicon Valley  Fresno St. (WAC No. 2)  BYU (at-large) 
Dec. 30  Alamo   Ohio State (Big Ten No. 4)  Colorado (Big 12 No. 4) 
Dec. 29  Holiday  USC (Pac-10 No. 2)   Kansas State (Big 12 No. 3) 
Dec. 29  Sun   Illinois (Big Ten No. 5)  UCLA (Pac-10 No. 3) 
Dec. 29  Peach   North Carolina (ACC No. 3)  Auburn (SEC) 
Dec. 29  Liberty   Colorado St. (MWC champ)  Memphis (C-USA champ*) 
Dec. 28  Micron PC  Penn State (Big Ten No. 6)  Maryland (ACC No. 4) 
Dec. 28  Insight.com  Notre Dame (Big East No. 3**)  Kansas (Big 12 No. 5) 
Dec. 28  Music City  Vanderbilt (SEC)  Syracuse (Big East No. 4) 
Dec. 28  Humanitarian  Idaho (Big West champ)  UTEP (WAC No. 3***) 
Dec. 27  Galleryfurniture.com  Texas Tech (Big 12 No. 7)  Houston (C-USA No. 3) 
Dec. 27  Motor City  Akron (MAC champ)   East Carolina (C-USA No. 4) 
Dec. 25  Aloha   Oregon (Pac-10 No. 4)  Virginia (ACC No. 5) 
Dec. 24  Oahu   Arizona St. (Pac-10 No. 5)  W. Virginia (Big East No. 5) 
Dec. 21  Mobile Ala.  TCU (WAC No. 1)  Southern Miss (C-USA No. 2*) 
Dec. 20  Las Vegas  Utah (MWC No. 2)   Minnesota (at-large) 
* -- Liberty makes deal with C-USA to send No. 3 pick Memphis to hometown game.
** -- Notre Dame eligible for any of Big East's non-BCS bowl spots.
*** -- This is why there are too many bowl games.

 


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