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The full post on the list, with some great commentary from author Jason Kirk Follow @JasonKirkSBN, can be found here. This of course is based on his predicted outcomes to games left on the schedule.
Bowl | Matchup (Not always tied to conference standings) | Team | Team | |
1/6/2014 | BCS National Championship (Pasadena) | BCS 1 vs. BCS 2 | Florida State | Ohio State |
1/3/2014 | Orange (Miami) | Florida State replacement vs. At-large 1 | Alabama | Clemson |
1/2/2014 | Sugar (New Orleans) | SEC 1 vs. At-large 2 | Missouri | UCF |
1/1/2014 | Rose (Pasadena) | Ohio State replacement vs. Pac-12 1 | Michigan State | Stanford |
1/1/2014 | Fiesta (Glendale, AZ) | Big 12 1 vs. At-large 4 | Oklahoma State | Northern Illinois |
1/5/2014 | GoDaddy (Mobile, AL) | MAC 2 vs. Sun Belt 2 | Ball State | Western Kentucky |
1/4/2014 | BBVA Compass (B'ham) | SEC 9 vs. AAC 5 | Mississippi State | Rutgers |
1/3/2014 | Cotton (Arlington) | Big 12 2 vs. SEC 3 | Baylor | LSU |
1/1/2014 | Capital One (Orlando) | Big Ten 2 vs. SEC 2 | Wisconsin | Auburn |
1/1/2014 | Gator (Jacksonville) | Big Ten 4 vs. SEC 6 | Minnesota | Georgia |
1/1/2014 | Heart of Dallas | Big Ten 7 vs. C-USA | North Carolina* | Rice |
1/1/2014 | Outback (Tampa) | Big Ten 3 vs. SEC 4 | Iowa | South Carolina |
12/31/2013 | Chick-fil-A (Atlanta) | ACC 2 vs. SEC 5 | Duke | Texas A&M |
12/31/2013 | Independence (Shreveport) | SEC 10 vs. ACC 7 | Washington State* | Pitt |
12/31/2013 | Liberty (Memphis) | C-USA 1 vs. SEC 8 | Marshall | Vanderbilt |
12/31/2013 | Sun (El Paso) | ACC 4 vs. Pac-12 4 | Virginia Tech | UCLA |
12/30/2013 | Alamo (San Antonio) | Big 12 3 vs. Pac-12 2 | Oklahoma | Oregon |
12/30/2013 | Armed Forces (Ft. Worth) | MWC 3 vs. C-USA/Navy | Boise State | Navy** |
12/30/2013 | Holiday (San Diego) | Pac-12 3 vs. Big 12 5 | Arizona State | Kansas State |
12/30/2013 | Music City (Nashville) | ACC 6 vs. SEC 7 | Georgia Tech | Ole Miss |
12/28/2013 | Belk (Charlotte) | AAC 3 vs. ACC 5 | Cincinnati | Boston College |
12/28/2013 | Buffalo Wild Wings (PHX) | Big 12 4 vs. Big Ten 5 | Texas | Michigan |
12/28/2013 | Pinstripe (New York) | Big 12 7 vs. AAC 4 | Notre Dame* | Houston |
12/28/2013 | Russell Athletic (Orlando) | AAC 2 vs. ACC 3 | Louisville | Miami |
12/27/2013 | Fight Hunger (San Francisco) | Pac-12 6 vs. BYU/ACC 9 | Washington | BYU** |
12/27/2013 | Military (Annapolis) | ACC 8 vs. C-USA | Maryland | Middle Tennessee |
12/27/2013 | Texas (Houston) | Big 12 6 vs. Big Ten 6 | Texas Tech | Nebraska |
12/26/2013 | Little Caesars (Detroit) | MAC 1 vs. Big Ten 8 | Bowling Green | Syracuse* |
12/26/2013 | Poinsettia (San Diego) | MWC 2 vs. Army | Fresno State | Ohio* |
12/24/2013 | Hawaii | MWC 5 vs. C-USA | San Jose State | North Texas |
12/23/2013 | Beef O'Brady's (St. Pete.) | AAC 6 vs. C-USA | Toledo* | East Carolina |
12/21/2013 | Idaho Potato (Boise) | MAC 3 vs. MWC 6 | Buffalo | Colorado State |
12/21/2013 | Las Vegas | MWC 1 vs. Pac-12 5 | Utah State | USC |
12/21/2013 | New Mexico (Albuquerque) | MWC 4 vs. Pac-12 7 | San Diego State | Arizona |
12/21/2013 | New Orleans | Sun Belt 1 vs. C-USA | UL Lafayette** | Tulane |
That Fiesta Bowl matchup is a "no win" scenario for OSU, IMO, but I'm not going to complain about it. Would much rather have another BCS bowl.
I think Jason Kirk's opinion about Auburn actually hurting itself with a win, assuming they DON'T win the SEC title game, is interesting. Just goes to show that this time of year is more about business, which is why the new playoff coming next season is going to be huge, especially when they expand to eight teams, which in my opinion is optimal. I'll speak more on that in another post.
So there you have it. One week left in college football's regular season. Sad, really, until we remember that arguably the best player to ever put on an Oklahoma State basketball uniform still has most of his season to play. Add into that the early arrival of two highly anticipated recruits (Rudolph, Hill).
Should be a helluva week, and maybe one helluva a winter/spring.
GO POKES!!!