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College Football Post-Week 12 Bowl Projections

Athlon runs down the bowl projections following the Week 12 action.

By: Steven Lassan | 11/18/12, 6:02 PM EST

Athlon runs down the bowl projections following the Week 12 action.

College football's bowl season is inching closer, and it's never too early to take a look at what the matchups might look like. With 12 weeks of results in the books, it's beginning to get easier to make projections about which teams will be eligible for the postseason.

The post-Week 12 bowl projections are a mixture between how things would look if the season ended today, future schedules, and a dose of the results so far this year. Expect more changes over the next two weeks. 

2012-2013 Post-Week 12 College Football Bowl Projections

Bowl Date Tie-In Projected Matchup
New Mexico Dec. 15 MWC vs. Pac-12 Arizona vs. Nevada
Famous Idaho Potato Dec. 15 MAC vs. WAC Utah State vs. N. Illinois
Poinsettia Dec. 20 BYU vs. MWC BYU vs. San Diego State
Beef 'O'Brady's Dec. 21 Big East vs. C-USA UCF** vs. UL Lafayette*
New Orleans Dec. 22 Sun Belt vs. C-USA UL Monroe vs. East Carolina
Las Vegas Dec. 22 MWC vs. Pac-12 USC vs. Boise State
Hawaii Dec. 24 C-USA vs. MWC Fresno State vs. SJSU*
Little Caesars Dec. 26 Big Ten vs. MAC W. Kentucky* vs. Toledo
Military Dec. 27 ACC vs. Army Ball State* vs. Arizona State*
Belk Dec. 27 ACC vs. Big East Duke vs. Cincinnati
Holiday Dec. 27 Big 12 vs. Pac-12 West Virginia vs. UCLA
Independence Dec. 28 ACC vs. SEC Ohio* vs. La. Tech*
Russell Athletic Dec. 28 ACC vs. Big East Virginia Tech vs. Rutgers
Meineke Car Care Dec. 28 Big Ten vs. Big 12 Iowa State vs. Minnesota
Armed Forces Dec. 29 C-USA vs. MWC Rice vs. Air Force
Kraft Fight Hunger Dec. 29 Pac-12 vs. Navy Navy vs. Washington
Pinstripe Dec. 29 Big East vs. Big 12 Syracuse vs. TCU
Alamo Dec. 29 Big 12 vs. Pac-12 Stanford vs. Okla. State
Buffalo Wild Wings Dec. 29 Big Ten vs. Big 12 Mich. State vs. Texas Tech
Music City Dec. 31 SEC vs. ACC Vanderbilt vs. Arkansas State*
Sun Dec. 31 ACC vs. Pac-12 Oregon State vs. NC State
Liberty Dec. 31 SEC vs. C-USA Tulsa vs. Ole Miss
Chick-fil-A Dec. 31 ACC vs. SEC South Carolina vs. Ga. Tech
Heart of Dallas Jan. 1 Big Ten vs. Big 12 Baylor vs. Purdue
TaxSlayer.com Gator Jan. 1 SEC vs. Big Ten Northwestern vs. Miss. State
Capital One Jan. 1 SEC vs. Big Ten Michigan vs. Georgia
Outback Jan. 1 SEC vs. Big Ten Florida vs. Wisconsin
Cotton Jan. 4 Big 12 vs. SEC Texas vs. Texas A&M
BBVA Compass Jan. 5 SEC vs. Big East Troy* vs. Bowling Green*
GoDaddy.com Jan. 6 MAC vs. Sun Belt MTSU vs. Kent State
       
BCS Bowls      
Rose Jan. 1 BCS vs. BCS Nebraska vs. Oregon
Orange Jan. 1 BCS vs. BCS Florida State vs. Louisville
Sugar Jan. 2 BCS vs. BCS LSU vs. Oklahoma
Fiesta Jan. 3 BCS vs. BCS Kansas State vs. Clemson
National Title Jan. 7 BCS vs. BCS Notre Dame vs. Alabama


* Indicates an at-large team due to a conference unable to fill bowl slots according to Athlon's projections.

** UCF is appealing a postseason ban and for now, is eligible to compete in the 2012 postseason.

Bold indicates a team has accepted bowl bid.

by Steven Lassan

(published Nov. 18, 2012)

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