Several bowl officials have told me that the whole bowl process this year has been one of the most muddled in the past decade.
Nothing will be finalized until this weekend, but here's a look at where we are at this point, keeping in mind that a few things could change depending on what happens in the ACC championship game:
Nothing will be finalized until this weekend, but here's a look at where we are at this point, keeping in mind that a few things could change depending on what happens in the ACC championship game:
- The winner of the Alabama-Florida game is going to the BCS National Championship Game, and the loser is headed to the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
- LSU is ticketed for the Capital One Bowl against either Iowa or Penn State.
- Ole Miss will make a return trip to the AT&T Cotton Bowl and will face Oklahoma State.
- The Outback Bowl looked at a couple of different scenarios, including Kentucky and Tennessee, but decided to go with Auburn, the first time a Western Division team has played in Tampa since 1996. Auburn will face Wisconsin or Northwestern.
- The Chick-fil-A Bowl is waiting on the ACC championship game before finalizing its decision. A Tennessee-Virginia Tech matchup is very likely. But if Clemson loses to Georgia Tech in the ACC championship game, the Chick-fil-A Bowl could wind up matching Georgia against Clemson.
- Kentucky appears to be headed to the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl for the third time in the past four years and will face North Carolina or Miami.
- Arkansas is set to face the winner of the Conference USA championship game between Houston and East Carolina in the Autozone Liberty Bowl.
- If Georgia doesn't land in the Chick-fil-A Bowl, it looks like the Bulldogs are headed to the Advocare Independence Bowl to face a Big 12 team, possibly Texas A&M.
- South Carolina will spend its holidays in Birmingham and play in the Papajohns.com Bowl against a Big East team, likely Connecticut or South Florida.
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Chris Low
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Edward Aschoff
Aschoff joined ESPN.com in 2011 after spending four years covering the University of Florida for The Gainesville Sun. He grew up in Oxford, Miss., before attending UF, graduating with a B.S. in journalism.
SEC SCOREBOARD
Saturday, 12/17
Final Temple 37 Wyoming 15 Final Ohio 24 Utah State 23 Final San Diego State 30 Louisiana-Lafayette 32
Tuesday, 12/20
Wednesday, 12/21
Final 18 TCU 31 Louisiana Tech 24
Thursday, 12/22
Saturday, 12/24
Final Nevada 17 21 Southern Miss 24
Monday, 12/26
Tuesday, 12/27
Final Western Michigan 32 Purdue 37 Final Louisville 24 North Carolina State 31
Wednesday, 12/28
Final Toledo 42 Air Force 41 Final California 10 24 Texas 21
Thursday, 12/29
Final Florida State 18 Notre Dame 14 Final Washington 56 12 Baylor 67
Friday, 12/30
Final Brigham Young 24 Tulsa 21 Final Rutgers 27 Iowa State 13 Final Mississippi State 23 Wake Forest 17 Final Iowa 14 14 Oklahoma 31
Saturday, 12/31
Final Texas A&M 33 Northwestern 22 Final/OT Georgia Tech 27 Utah 30 Final Illinois 20 UCLA 14 Final Cincinnati 31 Vanderbilt 24 Final Virginia 24 25 Auburn 43
Monday, 1/2
Final 19 Houston 30 22 Penn State 14 Final Ohio State 17 Florida 24 Final/3OT 17 Michigan State 33 16 Georgia 30 Final 20 Nebraska 13 9 South Carolina 30 Final 10 Wisconsin 38 5 Oregon 45 Final/OT 4 Stanford 38 3 Oklahoma State 41
Tuesday, 1/3
Final/OT 13 Michigan 23 11 Virginia Tech 20
Wednesday, 1/4
Final 23 West Virginia 70 15 Clemson 33
Friday, 1/6
Final 8 Kansas State 16 6 Arkansas 29
Saturday, 1/7
Sunday, 1/8
Monday, 1/9
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