Updated Bowl Projections - through end of regular season

As an official hater of the BCS system, let me send out a big hardy thank you to Karl Dorrell and the UCLA Bruins! Not only has UCLA spared the nation of watching USC play for another national title, but most importantly, UCLA has sparked another huge BCS controversy. So the big question is - will it be Michigan or Florida playing Ohio State for the BCS national title? My bet is on Michigan, and I cannot wait to hear the crying from Urban Meyer. Besides the BCS drama, the final day of the regular season provided some interesting results that shook, rattled, and rolled the bowl pairings. Wake Forest, Oklahoma, and Louisville all punched their BCS bowl tickets, and Troy and Middle Tennessee State earned two bids for the Sun Belt Conference. It's going to be an exciting bowl season!

So here are this year's final, updated bowl projections...I guess we'll see just how accurate the Total System Failure bowl projections are tomorrow night!

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): Texas Christian^ vs. Northern Illinois^
Las Vegas Bowl (Pac-10 #4 vs. MWC #1): Oregon^ vs. Brigham Young^
New Orleans Bowl (Sun Belt #1 vs. C-USA): Troy^ vs. Rice^
New Mexico Bowl (MWC #4 vs. WAC): New Mexico^ vs. San Jose State^
Birmingham Bowl (MAC/Big East vs. C-USA): South Florida vs. East Carolina^
Armed Forces Bowl (MWC #2/3 vs. C-USA #4): Utah^ vs. Tulsa^
Hawaii Bowl (Pac-10 #6 vs WAC): Arizona State^ vs. Hawaii^
Motor City Bowl (MAC vs. Big 10 #7): Central Michigan^ vs. Middle Tennessee State^
Emerald Bowl (ACC #4/5 vs. Pac-10 #4/5): Florida State^ vs. UCLA^
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. Texas A&M^
Champs Sports Bowl (Big 10 #4/5 vs. ACC #4): Purdue^ vs. Boston College
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. Clemson
Chik-Fil-A Bowl (ACC #2 vs. SEC #5): Virginia Tech vs. Georgia
MPC Computers Bowl (WAC vs. ACC #8): Nevada^ vs. Miami(FL)^
Gator Bowl (ACC #3 vs. Big 12/Big East): Georgia Tech vs. Texas
Cotton Bowl (SEC vs. Big 12 #2): Auburn vs. Nebraska
Outback Bowl (SEC vs. Big 10 #3): Tennessee vs. Penn State^
Capital One Bowl (SEC vs. Big 10 #2): Arkansas 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: Southern Cal vs. LSU
Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Boise State
Orange Bowl: Wake Forest vs. Louisville
Sugar Bowl: Florida vs. Notre Dame
BCS Title Game: Michigan vs. Ohio State