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Updated March 14
The champions of selected conferences are contractually committed to certain bowls, unless they are No. 1 or No. 2. (ACC: Orange; Big Ten: Rose; Big 12: Fiesta; Pac-12: Rose; SEC: Sugar). If a Bowl loses a host team to the title game, then the bowl gets first choice at a replacement team. The rest of the selection order for 2013 is as follows: Fiesta, Sugar, Orange. |
Jerry Palm always wanted to be involved with sports, but wasn't blessed with natural athletic ability. So he found other ways to be involved in the games. In 1994, though, he found his calling. He used his computer skills to start tracking the Ratings Percentage Index and shared it with the masses on this new thing called the Internet. Eventually, that evolved into CollegeRPI.com, and he became one of the most well-known experts on the RPI and the NCAA tournament selection process. He is a pioneer in what is now the cottage industry of bracket projections. When the Bowl Championship Series began in 1998, he started CollegeBCS.com to bring some transparency (and a measure of sanity) into the world of the BCS. He is now considered the foremost authority on that system as well. This year he provides CBSSports.com with bowl projections for all 35 bowl games, including five BCS games. | ||||||||||
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| Bowl | Date | Location | Matchup | Prediction | ||
| GoDaddy.com | Jan. 6 | Mobile, Ala. | MAC vs. Sun Belt No. 2 | Toledo vs. Arkansas State | ||
| BBVA Compass | Jan. 5 | Birmingham, Ala. | SEC No. 8/9 vs. Big East No. 5/C-USA | Mississippi State vs. Syracuse | ||
| Cotton | Jan. 4 | Arlington, Tex. | Big 12 No. 2 vs. SEC | TCU vs. Arkansas | ||
| Outback | Jan. 1 | Tampa, Fla. | Big Ten No. 3 vs. SEC | Michigan State vs. South Carolina | ||
| Gator | Jan. 1 | Jacksonville, Fla. | Big Ten No. 4/5 vs. SEC No. 6 | Iowa vs. Florida | ||
| Capital One | TBA | Orlando, Fla. | Big Ten No. 2 vs. SEC No. 2 | Nebraska vs. Georgia | ||
| TicketCity | Jan. 1 | Dallas, Tex. | Big Ten No. 7 vs. C-USA | Purdue vs. Tulsa | ||
| Chick-fil-A | Dec. 31 | Atlanta, Ga. | ACC No. 2 vs. SEC No. 5 | Florida State vs. Auburn | ||
| Liberty | Dec. 31 | Memphis, Tenn. | C-USA No. 1 vs. Big East/SEC No. 8/9 | Southern Miss vs. Missouri | ||
| Sun | Dec. 31 | El Paso, Tex. | ACC No. 4 vs. Pac-12 No. 4 | N.C. State vs. Washington | ||
| Music City | Dec. 31 | Nashville, Tenn. | ACC No. 6 vs. SEC No. 7 | Virginia vs. Texas A&M | ||
| Kraft Fight Hunger | Dec. 29 | San Francisco, Calif. | Pac-12 No. 6 vs. Navy | Arizona State vs. Navy | ||
| Armed Forces | Dec. 29 | Dallas, Tex. | MWC vs. C-USA | San Diego State vs. SMU | ||
| Alamo | Dec. 29 | San Antonio, Tex. | Big 12 No. 3 vs. Pac-12 No. 2 | Kansas State vs. Utah | ||
| Insight | TBA | Tempe, Ariz. | Big 12 No. 4 vs. Big Ten No. 4/5 | Oklahoma State vs. Illinois | ||
| Pinstripe | TBA | New York, N.Y. | Big 12 No. 7 vs. Big East No. 4 | Texas Tech vs. Pittsburgh | ||
| Champs Sports | TBA | Orlando, Fla. | Big East No. 2 vs. ACC No. 3 | Louisville vs. Virginia Tech | ||
| Meineke Car Care of Texas | Dec. 28 | Houston, Tex. | Big 12 No. 6 vs. Big Ten No. 6 | Texas vs. Penn State | ||
| Independence | Dec. 28 | Shreveport, La. | MWC No. 3 vs. ACC No. 7 | Wyoming vs. Miami (Fla.) | ||
| Holiday | Dec. 27 | San Diego, Calif. | Pac-12 No. 3 vs. Big 12 No. 5 | Stanford vs. Baylor | ||
| Military | Dec. 27 | Washington D.C. | ACC No. 8 vs. Army | Wake Forest vs. Notre Dame* | ||
| Belk | Dec. 27 | Charlotte, N.C. | Big East No. 3 vs. ACC No. 5 | Cincinnati vs. Georgia Tech | ||
| Little Caesars | Dec. 26 | Detroit, Mich. | MAC vs. Big Ten No. 8 | Northern Illinois vs. Northwestern | ||
| Hawaii | Dec. 24 | Honolulu, Hawaii | MWC/WAC vs. C-USA | Hawaii vs. Houston | ||
| Maaco | Dec. 22 | Las Vegas | MWC No. 1 vs. Pac-12 No. 5 | Boise State vs. California | ||
| New Orleans | Dec. 22 | New Orleans, La. | Sun Belt No. 1 vs. C-USA | Troy vs. East Carolina | ||
| Beef O'Brady's | Dec. 21 | St. Petersburg, Fla. | Big East No. 6 vs. C-USA | South Florida vs. UCF | ||
| Poinsettia | Dec. 20 | San Diego, Calif. | MWC No. 2 vs. BYU | Nevada vs. BYU | ||
| Famous Idaho Potato | Dec. 15 | Boise, Idaho | MAC No. 3 vs. WAC | Miami (OH) vs. Louisiana Tech | ||
| New Mexico | Dec. 15 | Albuqurque, N.M. | MWC No. 4/5 vs. Pac-12 No. 7/WAC | Air Force vs. Arizona | ||
| * - Replacement team for conference that can't fill bids. All games are on ESPN, except for the Sun (CBS), Liberty (ABC), Outback (ABC), Cotton (FOX), TicketCity (ESPNU), Gator (ESPN2) and Independence (ESPN2). If BYU is bowl-eligible, it will play in the Poinsettia Bowl. If Army is bowl-eligible it will play in the Military Bowl. If Navy is bowl-eligible, it will play in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. | ||||||
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