Updated Bowl Projections - through Week 13

Unless the unimaginable happens and UCLA knocks off its crosstown rival USC, then the BCS Title Game match-up has been finalized, and the world will be spared of a Ohio State-Michigan rematch. Of course, this will leave some very unhappy Gators in Florida if they manage to knock off Arkansas in the SEC Championship Game, but I don't see the Gators stopping McFadden and Company. In the non-BCS bowl scene, this weekend proved to be quite interesting as Miami(FL) wrapped up a bowl berth by shocking Boston College and Troy moved closer to its second bowl berth in school history by grabbing a share of the Sun Belt Conference lead with its victory over Middle Tennessee State. There's still a lot left to play as the last weekend of the college football regular season approaches.

So here are this week's updated bowl projections...and remember, these projections are not the kind of projections based 'if the season ended today'. Rather, the Total System Failure bowl projections are based on how I see the rest of the year playing out.

Notes: Teams labeled with a '*' indicate teams being selected for a bowl game due to a conference not having enough bowl eligible teams.

Teams labeled with a '^' indicates a team that has already accepted a bowl bid.

Poinsetta Bowl (MWC #2/3 vs. At-Large): Utah vs. UCLA
Las Vegas Bowl (Pac-10 #4 vs. MWC #1): Arizona State vs. Brigham Young^
New Orleans Bowl (Sun Belt #1 vs. C-USA): Troy vs. Tulsa
New Mexico Bowl (MWC #4 vs. WAC): New Mexico^ vs. Nevada
Birmingham Bowl (MAC/Big East vs. C-USA): South Florida vs. East Carolina
Armed Forces Bowl (MWC #2/3 vs. C-USA #4): Texas Christian vs. Rice
Hawaii Bowl (Pac-10 #6 vs WAC): Washington State vs. Hawaii^
Motor City Bowl (MAC vs. Big 10 #7): Central Michigan vs. Kansas*
Emerald Bowl (ACC #4/5 vs. Pac-10 #4/5): Florida State vs. Oregon
Independence Bowl (Big 12 #7/8 vs. SEC #8): Oklahoma State vs. Alabama
Texas Bowl (Big 12 vs. Big East/C-USA): Texas Tech vs. Rutgers
Holiday Bowl (Pac-10 #2 vs. Big 12 #3): California vs. Nebraska
Champs Sports Bowl (Big 10 #4/5 vs. ACC #4): Purdue vs. Wake Forest
Music City Bowl (SEC #6 vs. ACC #5/6): Kentucky vs. Maryland
Sun Bowl (Big 12/Big East vs. Pac-10 #3): West Virginia vs. Oregon State
Insight Bowl (Big 12 #4/5 vs. Big 10 #6): Kansas State vs. Minnesota^
Alamo Bowl (Big 12 #4/5 vs. Big 10 #4/5): Missouri vs. Iowa^
Liberty Bowl (C-USA #1 vs. SEC): Houston vs. South Carolina
Meineke Car Care Bowl (Big East/Navy vs. ACC #5/6): Navy^ vs. Boston College
Chik-Fil-A Bowl (ACC #2 vs. SEC #5): Virginia Tech vs. Georgia
MPC Computers Bowl (WAC vs. ACC #8): San Jose State vs. Miami(FL)
Gator Bowl (ACC #3 vs. Big 12/Big East): Clemson vs. Texas
Cotton Bowl (SEC vs. Big 12 #2): Auburn vs. Texas A&M
Outback Bowl (SEC vs. Big 10 #3): Tennessee vs. Penn State
Capital One Bowl (SEC vs. Big 10 #2): LSU vs. Wisconsin
International Bowl (MAC #3 vs. Big East #4/5): Western Michigan vs. Cincinnati
GMAC Bowl (C-USA #2 vs. MAC): Southern Miss vs. Ohio

Rose Bowl: Notre Dame vs. Michigan
Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Boise State
Orange Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. Florida
Sugar Bowl: Louisville vs. Arkansas
BCS Title Game: Southern Cal vs. Ohio State