| Date | Game | Network | HD? | Time | Payout Per Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/20 | New Orleans Bowl (Arkansas St. vs. S. Mississippi) | ![]() |
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8pm | $750,000 |
| 12/21 | GMAC Bowl (Toledo vs. UTEP) | ![]() |
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8pm | $750,000 |
| 12/22 | Las Vegas Bowl (California vs. BYU) | ![]() |
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8pm | $750,000 |
| 12/22 | Poinsettia Bowl (Colorado St. vs. Navy) | ![]() |
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10:30pm | $750,000 |
| 12/23 | Fort Worth Bowl (Kansas vs. Houston) | ![]() |
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8pm | $750,000 |
| 12/24 | Hawai'i Bowl (Nevada vs. UCF) | ![]() |
  | 8:30pm | $750,000 |
| 12/26 | Motor City Bowl (Memphis vs. Akron) | ![]() |
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4pm | $750,000 |
| 12/27 | Champs Sports Bowl (Clemson vs. Colorado) | ![]() |
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5pm | $850,000 |
| 12/27 | Insight Bowl (Rutgers vs. Arizona St.) | ![]() |
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8:30pm | $750,000 |
| 12/28 | MPC Computers Bowl (Boise St. vs. Boston College) | ![]() |
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4:30pm | $750,000 |
| 12/28 | Alamo Bowl (Michigan vs. Nebraska) | ![]() |
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8pm | $1,550,000 |
| 12/29 | Emerald Bowl (Utah vs. Georgia Tech) | ![]() |
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4:30pm | $750,000 |
| 12/29 | Holiday Bowl (Oregon vs. Oklahoma) | ![]() |
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8pm | $2,000,000 |
| 12/30 | Music City Bowl (Minnesota vs. Virginia) | ![]() |
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12pm | $780,000 |
| 12/30 | Sun Bowl (Northwestern vs. UCLA) | ![]() |
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2pm | $1,500,000 |
| 12/30 | Independence Bowl (Missouri vs. S. Carolina) | ![]() |
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3:30pm | $1,200,000 |
| 12/30 | Peach Bowl (Miami (FL) vs. LSU) | ![]() |
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7:30pm | $2,200,000 |
| 12/31 | Meineke Car Care Bowl (NC State vs. USF) | ![]() |
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11am | $750,000 |
| 12/31 | Liberty Bowl (Tulsa vs. Fresno St.) | ![]() |
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1pm | $1,350,000 |
| 12/31 | Houston Bowl (Iowa St. vs. TCU) | ![]() |
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2:30pm | $1,100,000 |
| 1/2 | Outback Bowl (Iowa vs. Florida) | ![]() |
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11am | $2,750,000 |
| 1/2 | Cotton Bowl (Alabama vs. Texas Tech) | ![]() |
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11am | $3,000,000 |
| 1/2 | Gator Bowl (Louisville vs. Virginia Tech) | ![]() |
  | 12:30pm | $1,600,000 |
| 1/2 | Capital One Bowl (Wisconsin vs. Auburn) | ![]() |
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1pm | $5,187,000 |
| 1/2 | Fiesta Bowl (Notre Dame vs. Ohio St.) | ![]() |
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4:30pm | $14,000,000-$17,000,000 |
| 1/2 | Sugar Bowl (Georgia vs. W. Virginia) | ![]() |
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8:30pm | $14,000,000-$17,000,000 |
| 1/3 | Orange Bowl (Florida St. vs. Penn St. ) | ![]() |
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8pm | $14,000,000-$17,000,000 |
| 1/4 | Rose Bowl (Texas vs. USC) | ![]() |
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8pm | $14,000,000-$17,000,000 |
| Conferece | Eligible | Not Eligible | Bowl Tie-Ins Available In Order of Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACC | Florida St. Virginia Tech Miami (FL) Georgia Tech Boston College Clemson NC State Virginia |
N. Carolina Maryland Wake Forest Duke |
BCS Gator Peach Champs or Meineke Champs or Meineke MPC Computers |
| Big East | W. Virginia USF Louisville Rutgers |
Pittsburgh Syracuse Cincinnati Connecticut |
BCS Gator Insight Meineke |
| Big Ten | Penn St. Ohio St. Michigan Northwestern Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota |
Michigan St. Illinois Purdue Indiana |
BCS Capital One Outback Alamo Sun Music City Motor City |
| Big XII | Texas Texas Tech Oklahoma Colorado Missouri Nebraska Iowa St. Kansas |
Oklahoma St. Kansas St. Baylor Texas A&M |
BCS Cotton Holiday Alamo Independence Houston Champs Fort Worth |
| Conference USA | Tulsa UCF Memphis UTEP Houston S. Mississippi |
Marshall SMU Rice Tulane E. Carolina UAB |
Liberty GMAC Hawai'i Fort Worth New Orleans |
| Independents | Notre Dame Navy |
Army Temple |
None. Notre Dame participates in the Big East selections |
| MAC | Akron N. Illinois Toledo Central Michigan W. Michigan Miami (OH) Bowling Green |
Kent St. Buffalo Ball St. E. Michigan Ohio |
GMAC or Motor City GMAC or Motor City |
| MWC | TCU Colorado St. BYU New Mexico Utah |
San Diego St. Air Force UNLV Wyoming |
Las Vegas or ??? Emerald or Las Vegas Emerald or Poinsettia |
| PAC-10 | USC UCLA Oregon California Arizona St. |
Oregon St. Washington St. Washington Arizona Stanford |
BCS Holiday Sun Insight Las Vegas Emerald |
| SEC | Georgia LSU Auburn Alabama S. Carolina Florida |
Mississippi Mississippi St. Arkansas Kentucky Vanderbilt Tennessee |
BCS Capital One Outback, Cotton, or Peach Outback, Cotton, or Peach Outback, Cotton, or Peach Music City or Independence Music City or Independence Houston |
| Sun Belt | Arkansas St. Louisiana-Lafayette |
Florida International Florida Atlantic N. Texas Troy Middle Tennessee St. Louisiana-Monroe |
New Orleans |
| WAC | Boise St. Nevada Fresno St. Lousiana Tech |
New Mexico St. San Jose St. Utah St. Hawai'i Idaho |
MPC Computers or Hawai'i MPC Computers or Hawai'i |