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Final BCS Bowl Projections: Sparty Saves The System

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There will be no controversy over the national championship game participants in this final year of the BCS. We’ll get a true championship game, one that requires the SEC champion to be beaten on the field by someone outside their conference, and with a clear alternative having emerged as the challenger. Florida State will play Auburn for the national title on January 6 in Pasadena and we have the Michigan State Spartans to thank for bringing us the clarity.

ACC Bowl Projections: A Glut Of Riches

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The ACC has a higher percentage of its teams bowl-eligible than any BCS conference.

Eleven of the fourteen ACC schools won at least six games and made themselves eligible for a bowl invitation. That’s 78.5 percent, which stands narrowly ahead of the Pac-12 (9/12, for 75 percent) and SEC (10/14, for 71 percent).

Big 12 Bowl Projections: Two Big Games Ahead On Saturday

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The Big 12 is the one major conference without a championship game on the first Saturday in December, but the conference does have two big games coming up that will settle its automatic BCS bid, with three teams still in the mix, and determine if the league might get an at-large spot in the major bowls.

SEC Bowl Projections: Vanderbilt Closes Strong

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Below the rarefied air of the national spotlight, there are good bowl bids that have to be settled and when you look over the SEC bowl projections, you have to be impressed with the way Vanderbilt has come on at the end of the season, as the Commodores continue to establish themselves as a solid program in this most competitive of leagues.

BCS Bowl Projections: The Race To The Finish

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The college football regular season is in the books for most conferences, with only the Big 12, Sun Belt and American Athletic having regular schedules next week. The rest of the nation is moving on to conference championship games. Let’s take a look at how the BCS bowl projections are shaping up.

Big Ten Bowl Projections: Wisconsin Stays The Course

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The Big Ten Championship Game was officially settled last Saturday, as Ohio State and Michigan State finished off expected clinchings and now look ahead to their December 7 meeting in Indianapolis. Below the race for the Rose Bowl (or more) there were some key games in the jousting for bowl position, and no team helped itself more than Wisconsin.

Pac-12 Bowl Projections: Oregon Loss Has Big Ripple Effects

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We knew this past Saturday was going to be a big day in the Pac-12, with the Arizona State-UCLA game having the potential to settle the South Division winner. That it did, with the Sun Devils’ 38-33 win clinching first place. But no one saw Oregon’s 42-16 loss to Arizona coming. The Ducks’ loss did the following…

BCS Bowl Projections: Auburn & Missouri Deserve To Control Their Championship Fate

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The BCS bowl projections took their biggest shakeup of November this past Saturday. Even though the top two teams, Alabama and Florida State, held serve in blowing out no-name opponents outside their conferences, two shocking blowouts and a couple other modest developments have revamped the picture for the major bowls. What’s more, this past Saturday set the tone for perhaps a bigger debate ahead.

Pac-12 Bowl Projections: Arizona State-UCLA Fight For The South

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The Pac-12 South is on the line Saturday night in Pasadena when Arizona State visits UCLA (7 PM ET, Fox). If the Sun Devils win they clinch the division and the chance to play presumably Oregon for the conference championship and Rose Bowl bid on December 7. If the Bruins defend their home field, they take the inside track and could wrap up first place a week later against USC.

Big 12 Bowl Projections: Saturday Night Showdown In Stillwater

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The bright lights of ESPN Gameday are coming to Stillwater, where Saturday night’s Baylor-Oklahoma State game (8 PM ET, ABC) will be the showcase game of the week. And why not? The Bears are ranked #4, undefeated and still hoping to slip into the BCS National Championship Game. The Cowboys are #10, and in strong position to make it into the major bowls regardless of what happens on Saturday.

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