Comment: The top two teams -- Florida and Texas -- are projected to meet in Pasadena. The Gators will be looking for their third title in the past four seasons, while Texas is looking for its first since 2005.
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-10: 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 2010 is as follows: Orange, Fiesta, Sugar.
One champion from C-USA, MAC, Mountain West, Sun Belt or WAC will earn an automatic berth in a BCS bowl game if either: A. Such team is ranked in the top 12 of the final BCS Standings, or, B. Such team is ranked in the top 16 of the final BCS Standings and its ranking in the final BCS Standings is higher than that of a champion of a conference that has an annual automatic berth in one of the BCS bowls.
Comment: The ACC champion is locked to the Orange Bowl and we project it to be Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets will face Clemson in the ACC title game with the winner landing here. The Orange Bowl gets the first pick after the replacement picks and takes an undefeated TCU.
Comment: The Big 12 champion is locked to the Fiesta Bowl, but with Texas projected to the title game, the Fiesta gets a replacement pick. If Oklahoma State beats Oklahoma, the Cowboys will land here and Iowa or Penn State land in the Orange Bowl. If Oklahoma State loses, Iowa or Penn State is the choice and we believe it's Iowa. With its other at-large pick, it will take an undefeated Boise State.
Comment: With Florida going to the title game, the Sugar Bowl will take a one-loss Alabama as a replacement pick. Cincinnati is the favorite to win the Big East and land here. If Pittsburgh wins the Big East, the Panthers could land in the Orange Bowl, meaning TCU could be headed to New Orleans.
Comment: The Pac-10 champion vs. the Big Ten champion. Oregon is projected to win the Pac-10, but it all comes down to the winner of the Oregon vs. Oregon State game on Dec. 3. Ohio State wrapped up the Big Ten title with its overtime victory over Iowa, so it will head to the Rose Bowl.
Team is bold have accepted bids. Notre Dame is considered a Big East school in the bowl selection process. If Army is bowl-eligible, it will play in the EagleBank Bowl. If not, a C-USA team can replace it. Navy is slated to play in the Texas Bowl if it is bowl-eligible. The Sun Belt has a deal with the St. Petersburg Bowl if C-USA can not fill its selections. * - Replacement team.
it would b great to get to play against Penn St. in the Cap 1 bowl on New Year's Day. After all we are just little Ole Miss. Pretty good 2 year run 4 the Rebels though, defending Cotton Bowl Champs after winning over a 11-1 Texas Tech team. Provided we can win the Egg Bowl, this would make us 9-3, 17-7 in our last 24. I understand this is not considered great by others, but as a life
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How are these crappy bowl games and BCS BS the best way to figure a National Champion? There are some very good one loss and two loss football teams out there that could possibly win a NC. If you took 16 teams (Eleven Conference winners and Five Wild card teams) and played them in a playoff with these bowl games how is that not better? Every game would matter and you would have a real NC
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I've lived in Arkansas for 5 years now and its only my opinion but the Razorbacks get no respect from the National Media. Arkansas has one of the Best Quarterbacks in the country in Ryan Mallet, This team has improved leaps and bounds from last year, The only game they were not in was the Alabama game. They even took #1 Florida to the limit in Gainesville. To put them in the Liberty Bowl is h
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Really? A team that has struggled down the stretch? Forget the 2 losses. The game before that against Indiana they struggled and should have lost that game, if it wasn't for the blown video replay call that took a TD away from Indiana, and then Iowa gets a lucky INT the next play and scores? If Pitt beats WVU and Cincy beats Illinois, then it sets up what should be a win/win situation for the Big
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How is that right? Both Pitt and Oklahoma St. are eligable to be in BCS bowls and are both ahead of Iowa. Even if Pitt does lose to Cincy, it shouldn't drop them behind Iowa in the rankings. And I fully expect Oklahoma State to win out, so I think the Fiesta Bowl would choose them since they are a Big 12 team.
I would think Pitt and Oklahoma State would be taken over Iowa.
