College football [21]'s bowl season is inching closer, but it's never too early to take a look at what the matchups might look like. With nine weeks of results in the books, it's beginning to get easier to make long-term projections about teams.
The post-Week 10 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 few weeks.
2012-2013 Post-Week 10 College Football Bowl Projections
| Bowl | Date | Tie-In | Projected Matchup |
| New Mexico | Dec. 15 | MWC vs. Pac-12 |
 Arizona State 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 |
 East Carolina vs. Bowling Green* |
| New Orleans | Dec. 22 | Sun Belt vs. C-USA |
 UL Monroe vs. Tulsa |
| Las Vegas | Dec. 22 | MWC vs. Pac-12 |
 Arizona vs. Boise State |
| Hawaii | Dec. 24 | C-USA vs. MWC |
 Fresno State vs. SMU |
| Little Caesars | Dec. 26 | Big Ten vs. MAC |
 W. Kentucky* vs. Toledo |
| Military | Dec. 27 | ACC vs. Army |
 Kent State* vs. Marshall* |
| Belk | Dec. 27 | ACC vs. Big East |
 Duke vs. Cincinnati |
| Holiday | Dec. 27 | Big 12 vs. Pac-12 |
 Stanford vs. Oklahoma State |
| Independence | Dec. 28 | ACC vs. SEC |
 Wake Forest vs. La. Tech* |
| Russell Athletic | Dec. 28 | ACC vs. Big East |
 Miami vs. Rutgers |
| Meineke Car Care | Dec. 28 | Big Ten vs. Big 12 |
 Baylor vs. Minnesota |
| Armed Forces | Dec. 29 | C-USA vs. MWC |
 Houston vs. Air Force |
| Kraft Fight Hunger | Dec. 29 | Pac-12 vs. Navy |
 Navy vs. Washington |
| Pinstripe | Dec. 29 | Big East vs. Big 12 |
 Pittsburgh vs. TCU |
| Alamo | Dec. 29 | Big 12 vs. Pac-12 |
 UCLA vs. Texas Tech |
| Buffalo Wild Wings | Dec. 29 | Big Ten vs. Big 12 |
 Michigan State vs. West Virginia |
| Music City | Dec. 31 | SEC vs. ACC |
 Ole Miss vs. NC State |
| Sun | Dec. 31 | ACC vs. Pac-12 |
 USC vs. Virginia Tech |
| Liberty | Dec. 31 | SEC vs. C-USA |
 Tennessee vs. UCF** |
| Chick-fil-A | Dec. 31 | ACC vs. SEC |
 Clemson vs. Miss. State |
| Heart of Dallas | Jan. 1 | Big Ten vs. Big 12 |
 San Jose State* vs. Iowa State |
| TaxSlayer.com Gator | Jan. 1 | SEC vs. Big Ten |
 South Carolina vs. Northwestern |
| Capital One | Jan. 1 | SEC vs. Big Ten |
 Florida vs. Michigan |
| Outback | Jan. 1 | SEC vs. Big Ten |
 Wisconsin vs. Georgia |
| Cotton | Jan. 4 | Big 12 vs. SEC |
 Texas vs. Texas A&M |
| BBVA Compass | Jan. 5 | SEC vs. Big East |
 Vanderbilt vs. Arkansas State* |
| GoDaddy.com | Jan. 6 | MAC vs. Sun Belt |
 MTSU vs. Ohio |
| BCS Bowls | |||
| Rose | Jan. 1 | BCS vs. BCS |
 Nebraska vs. Oregon State |
| 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. Notre Dame |
| National Title | Jan. 7 | BCS vs. BCS |
 Oregon 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
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(published Nov. 4, 2012)
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