With rivalry month upon us in college football teams are jockeying not just for BCS positioning but bowl eligibility as well. Below are my original bowl predictions from the start of the year with current bowl projections in italics. Note that I'm projecting how I think the season will play out as opposed to a "if the season ended today" prediction.
New Mexico Idaho-Wyoming Fresno State-BYU
Humanitarian Nevada-Central Michigan Nevada-Ohio
New Orleans SMU-Troy SMU-Troy
St. Petersburg Louisville-Tulsa Connecticut-Southern Miss
Las Vegas TCU-California Utah-California
Poinsettia Utah-Navy San Diego State-Navy
Hawaii Fresno State-Central Florida Hawaii-Houston
Little Ceasar's Northern Illinois-Middle Tennessee Temple-UTEP
Independence BYU-Clemson Texas Tech-Clemson
Champs Sports Florida State-Notre Dame Miami-Syracuse
Insight Michigan State-Oklahoma State Michigan-Missouri
EagleBank Ohio-Rice Georgia Tech-Tulsa
Texas Michigan-Kansas Northwestern-Texas
Alamo Missouri-Oregon Oklahoma State-Stanford
Armed Forces Air Force-UTEP Air Force-East Carolina
Pinstripe Kansas State-Cincinnati Kansas State-West Virginia
Music City Tennessee-Boston College Georgia-North Carolina
Holiday Texas A&M-Stanford Baylor-Arizona
Meineke Car Care North Carolina-West Virginia Maryland-South Florida
Sun Georgia Tech-Washington NC State-Oregon State
Liberty Kentucky-Houston Kentucky-Central Florida
Chick-Fil-A Georgia-Miami South Carolina-Florida State
Dallas Football Classic Purdue-Texas Tech Illinois-Texas A&M
Outback Penn State-Auburn Iowa-Florida
Capital One Iowa-LSU Michigan State-Alabama
Gator Northwestern-South Carolina Penn State-Mississippi State
GoDaddy.com Temple-Arkansas State Northern Illinois-Arkansas State
Cotton Arkansas-Nebraska Arkansas-Oklahoma
Papajohns.com Ole Miss-Connecticut Toledo-Louisville
Kraft Fight Hunger Arizona State-Utah State UCLA-Idaho
Rose Wisconsin-Oregon State Wisconsin-TCU
Fiesta Texas-Boise State Nebraska-Pittsburgh
Orange Virginia Tech-Pittsburgh Virginia Tech-Ohio State
Sugar Florida-Oklahoma LSU-Boise State
BCS Championship Alabama-Ohio State Auburn-Oregon
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