College Football Viewing Guide – Bowls Part 2

Part 1 is here.

Tuesday, December 31st

Arizona vs. Boston College, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM, ESPN

Spread: Arizona -7.5
Announcers: Tom Hart, John Congemi

All-Time Series: First Meeting

Arizona (7-5, 4-5, 7th Place in Pac-12)

BCS Ranking: 41
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 22
F/+ Ranking: 30
SRS Ranking: 22

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 7-9-1)
2012 New Mexico: W Nevada 49-48
2010 Alamo: L Oklahoma State 10-36
2009 Holiday: L Nebraska 0-33

Boston College (7-5, 4-4, 7th Place in ACC)

BCS Ranking: 50
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 56
F/+ Ranking: 54
SRS Ranking: 62

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 13-9)
2010 Hunger: L Nevada 13-20
2009 Emerald: L USC 13-24
2008 Music City: L Vanderbilt 14-16

My Pick: Arizona

Virginia Tech vs. #17 UCLA, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, CBS

Spread: UCLA -7
Announcers: Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson

All-Time Series: First Meeting

Virginia Tech (8-4, 5-3, 5th Place in ACC)

BCS Ranking: 37
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 34
F/+ Ranking: 21
SRS Ranking: 31

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 10-16)
2012 Athletic: W Rutgers 13-10
2011 Sugar: L Michigan 20-23
2010 Orange: L Stanford 12-40

UCLA (9-3, 6-3, 4th Place in Pac-12)

BCS Ranking: 17
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 13
F/+ Ranking: 13
SRS Ranking: 11

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 14-17-1)
2012 Holiday: L Baylor 26-49
2011 Hunger: L Illinois 14-20
2009 EagleBank: W Temple 30-21

My Pick: UCLA

Rice vs. Mississippi State, 4:00/1:00 PM, ESPN

Spread: Mississippi State -7
Announcers: Bob Wischusen, Rod  Gilmore

All-Time Series: Mississippi State leads 1-0
Last Meeting: 10/11/1975  Mississippi State 28, Rice 14

Rice (10-3, 7-1, Conference USA Champions)

BCS Ranking: 33
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 67
F/+ Ranking: 55
SRS Ranking: 67

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 6-4)
2012 Armed Forces: W Air Force 33-14
2008 Texas: W Western Michigan 38-14
2006 New Orleans: L Troy 17-41

Mississippi State (6-6, 3-5, 10th Place in SEC)

BCS Ranking: 43
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 39
F/+ Ranking: 43
SRS Ranking: 41

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 9-7)
2012 Gator: L Northwestern 20-34
2011 Music City: W Wake Forest 23-17
2010 Gator: W Michigan 52-14

My Pick: Mississippi State

#24 Duke vs. #21 Texas A&M, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN

Spread: Texas A&M -11.5
Announcers: Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack

All-Time Series: First Meeting

Duke (10-3, 6-2, 2nd Place in ACC)

BCS Ranking: 24
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 40
F/+ Ranking: 36
SRS Ranking: 29

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 3-6)
2012 Belk: L Cincinnati 34-48
1994 Hall of Fame: L Wisconsin 20-34
1989 All-American: L Texas Tech 21-49

Texas A&M (8-4, 4-4, 7th Place in SEC)

BCS Ranking: 21
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 18
F/+ Ranking: 22
SRS Ranking: 19

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 15-19)
2012 Cotton: W Oklahoma 41-13
2011 Texas: W Northwestern 33-22
2010 Cotton: L LSU 24-41

My Pick: Texas A&M

Wednesday, January 1st

Nebraska vs. #22 Georgia, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2

Spread: Georgia -9
Announcers: Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham

All-Time Series: Tied 1-1
Last Meeting: 1/1/2013  Georgia 45, Nebraska 31

Nebraska (8-4, 5-3, 4th Place in Big Ten)

BCS Ranking: 38
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 47
F/+ Ranking: 45
SRS Ranking: 51

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 24-25)
2012 Capital One: L Nebraska 31-45
2011 Capital One: L South Carolina 13-30
2010 Holiday: L Washington 7-19

Georgia (8-4, 5-3, 6th Place in SEC)

BCS Ranking: 22
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 19
F/+ Ranking: 20
SRS Ranking: 18

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 27-18-3)
2012 Capital One: W Nebraska 45-31
2011 Outback: L Michigan State 30-33
2010 Liberty: L UCF 6-10

My Pick: Georgia

UNLV vs. North Texas, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU

Spread: North Texas -6.5
Announcers: Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb

All-Time Series: UNLV leads 3-0
Last Meeting: 9/16/2000  UNLV 38, North Texas 0

UNLV (7-5, 5-3, 5th Place in Mountain West)

BCS Ranking: 77
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 83
F/+ Ranking: 95
SRS Ranking: 75

Bowl History
2000 Las Vegas: W Arkansas 31-14
1994 Las Vegas: W Central Michigan 52-24
1984 California: W Toledo 30-13

North Texas (8-4, 6-2, 4th Place in Conference USA)

BCS Ranking: 61
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 64
F/+ Ranking: 49
SRS Ranking: 61

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 1-5)
2004 New Orleans: L Southern Miss 10-31
2003 New Orleans: L Memphis 17-27
2002 New Orleans: W Cincinnati 24-19

My Pick: North Texas

#19 Wisconsin vs. #9 South Carolina, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ABC

Spread: Wisconsin -1.5
Announcers: Dave Lamont, Ray Bentley

All-Time Series: First Meeting

Wisconsin (9-3, 6-2, 3rd Place in Big Ten)

BCS Ranking: 19
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 10
F/+ Ranking: 10
SRS Ranking: 12

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 11-13)
2012 Rose: L Stanford 14-20
2011 Rose: L Oregon 38-45
2010 Rose: L TCU 19-21

South Carolina (10-2, 6-2, 4th Place in SEC)

BCS Ranking: 9
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 17
F/+ Ranking: 14
SRS Ranking: 13

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 6-12)
2012 Outback: W Michigan 33-28
2011 Capital One: W Nebraska 30-13
2010 Chick-fil-A: L Florida State 17-26

My Pick: Wisconsin

Iowa vs. #16 LSU, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ESPN

Spread: LSU -7
Announcers: Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden

All-Time Series: Iowa leads 1-0
Last Meeting: 1/1/2005  Iowa 30, LSU 25

LSU (9-3, 5-3, 5th Place in SEC)

BCS Ranking: 16
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 15
F/+ Ranking: 18
SRS Ranking: 14

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 22-21-1)
2012 Chick-fil-A: L Clemson 24-25
2011 BCS: L Alabama 0-21
2010 Cotton: W Texas A&M 41-24

Iowa (8-4, 5-3, 4th Place in Big Ten)

BCS Ranking: 34
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 27
F/+ Ranking: 28
SRS Ranking: 32

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 14-11-1)
2011 Insight: L Oklahoma 14-31
2010 Insight: W Missouri 27-24
2009 Orange: W Georgia Tech 24-14

My Pick: LSU

#5 Stanford vs. #4 Michigan State, 5:00/2:00 PM, ESPN

Spread: Stanford -5.5
Announcers: Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit

All-Time Series: Michigan State leads 3-2
Last Meeting: 12/31/1996  Stanford 38, Michigan State 0

Stanford (11-2, 7-2, Pac-12 Champions)

BCS Ranking: 5
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 3
F/+ Ranking: 3
SRS Ranking: 4

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 11-12-1)
2012 Rose: W Wisconsin 20-14
2011 Fiesta: L Oklahoma State 38-41
2010 Orange: W Virginia Tech 40-12

Michigan State (12-1, 8-0, Big Ten Champions)

BCS Ranking: 4
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 7
F/+ Ranking: 9
SRS Ranking: 16

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 9-14)
2012 Wings: W TCU 17-16
2011 Outback: W Georgia 33-30
2010 Capital One: L Alabama 7-49

My Pick: Stanford

#15 UCF vs. #6 Baylor, 8:30/5:30 PM, ESPN

Spread: Baylor -16.5
Announcers: Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman

All-Time Series: First Meeting

UCF (11-1, 8-0, AAC Champions)

BCS Ranking: 15
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 37
F/+ Ranking: 24
SRS Ranking: 36

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 2-3)
2012 Beef: W Ball State 38-17
2010 Liberty: W Georgia 10-6
2009 St. Petersburg: W L Rutgers 24-45

Baylor (11-1, 8-1, Big 12 Champions)

BCS Ranking: 6
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 5
F/+ Ranking: 7
SRS Ranking: 8

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 10-9)
2012 Holiday: W UCLA 49-26
2011 Alamo: W Washington 67-56
2010 Texas: L Illinois 14-38

My Pick: Baylor

Thursday, January 2nd

#11 Oklahoma vs. #3 Alabama, 8:30/5:30 PM, ESPN

Spread: Alabama -15
Announcers: Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge

All-Time Series: Oklahoma leads 2-1-1
Last Meeting: 9/6/2003  Oklahoma 20, Alabama 13

Oklahoma (10-2, 7-2, 2nd Place in Big 12)

BCS Ranking: 11
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 21
F/+ Ranking: 23
SRS Ranking: 23

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 27-18-1)
2012 Cotton: L Texas A&M 13-41
2011 Insight: W Iowa 31-14
2010 Fiesta: W Connecticut 48-20

Alabama (11-1, 7-1, 3rd Place in SEC)

BCS Ranking: 3
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 2
F/+ Ranking: 2
SRS Ranking: 2

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 35-22-3)
2012 BCS: W Notre Dame 42-14
2011 BCS W LSU 21-0
2010 Capital One: W Michigan State 49-7

My Pick: Alabama

Friday, January 3rd

#13 Oklahoma State vs. #8 Missouri, 7:30/4:30 PM, FOX

Spread: Missouri -1
Announcers: GUS JOHNSON, Charles Davis

All-Time Series: Missouri leads 28-23
Last Meeting: 10/22/2011  Oklahoma State 45, Missouri 24

Oklahoma State (10-2, 7-2, 3rd Place in Big 12)

BCS Ranking: 13
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 14
F/+ Ranking: 11
SRS Ranking: 9

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 15-8)
2012 Dallas: W Purdue 58-14
2011 Fiesta: W Stanford 41-38
2010 Alamo: W Arizona 36-10

Missouri (11-2, 7-1, 2nd Place in SEC)

BCS Ranking: 8
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 9
F/+ Ranking: 17
SRS Ranking: 6

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 13-16)
2011 Independence: W North Carolina 41-24
2010 Insight: L Iowa 24-27
2009 Texas: L Navy 13-35

My Pick: Oklahoma State

#12 Clemson vs. #7 Ohio State, 8:30/5:30 PM, ESPN

Spread: Ohio State -2.5
Announcers: Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen

All-Time Series: Clemson leads 1-0
Last Meeting: 12/29/1978  Clemson 17, Ohio State 15

Clemson (10-2, 7-1, 3rd Place in ACC)

BCS Ranking: 12
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 16
F/+ Ranking: 15
SRS Ranking: 15

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 17-18)
2012 Chick-fil-A: W LSU 25-24
2011 Orange: L West Virginia 33-70
2010 Car Care: L South Florida 26-31

Ohio State (12-1, 8-0, 2nd Place in Big Ten)

BCS Ranking: 7
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 11
F/+ Ranking: 5
SRS Ranking: 10

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 20-23)
2011 Gator: L Florida 17-24
2010 Sugar: W Arkansas 31-26
2009 Rose: W Oregon 26-17

My Pick: Ohio State

Saturday, January 4th

Vanderbilt vs. Houston, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ESPN

Spread: Vanderbilt -2.5
Announcers: Dave Neal, Andre Ware

All-Time Series: First Meeting

Vanderbilt (8-4, 4-4, 8th Place in SEC)

BCS Ranking: 32
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 42
F/+ Ranking: 53
SRS Ranking: 38

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 3-2-1)
2012 Music City: W N.C. State 38-24
2011 Liberty: L Cincinnati 24-31
2008 Music City: W Boston College 16-14

Houston (8-4, 5-3, 4th Place in AAC)

BCS Ranking: 48
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 43
F/+ Ranking: 42
SRS Ranking: 44

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 9-11-1)
2011 Ticket City: W Penn State 30-14
2009 Armed Forces: L Air Force 20-47
2008 Armed Forces: W Air Force 34-28

My Pick: Houston

Sunday, January 5th

Arkansas State vs. Ball State, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN

Spread: Ball State -7.5
Announcers: Carter Blackburn, Danny Kanell

All-Time Series: First Meeting

Arkansas State (7-5, 5-2, 2nd Place in Sun Belt)

BCS Ranking: 74
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 94
F/+ Ranking: 93
SRS Ranking: 81

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 1-4)
2012 GoDaddy: W Kent State 17-13
2011 GoDaddy: L Northern Illinois 20-38
2005 New Orleans: L Southern Miss 19-31

Ball State (10-2, 7-1, 3rd Place in MAC)

BCS Ranking: 35
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 62
F/+ Ranking: 52
SRS Ranking: 55

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 0-6)
2012 Beef: L UCF 17-38
2008 GMAC: L Tulsa 13-45
2007 International: L Rutgers 30-52

My Pick: Ball State

Monday, January 6th

#2 Auburn vs. #1 Florida State, 8:30/5:30 PM, ESPN

Spread: Florida State -8.5
Announcers: Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit

All-Time Series: Auburn leads 13-4-1
Last Meeting: 10/20/1990  Auburn 20, Florida State 17

Auburn (12-1, 7-1, SEC Champions)

BCS Ranking: 2
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 6
F/+ Ranking: 4
SRS Ranking: 7

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 22-13-2)
2011 Chick-fil-A: W Virginia 43-24
2010 BCS: W Oregon 22-19
2009 Outback: W Northwestern 38-35

Florida State (13-0, 8-0, ACC Champions)

BCS Ranking: 1
Sagarin Ranking (non-BCS): 1
F/+ Ranking: 1
SRS Ranking: 1

Last Three Bowl Games (All-Time Bowl Record: 25-14-2)
2012 Orange: W Northern Illinois 31-10
2011 Champs Sports: W Notre Dame 18-14
2010 Chick-fil-A: W South Carolina 26-17

My Pick: Florida State