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2012 college bowl schedule

Dec 3, 2012

The champions of selected conferences are contractually committed to certain bowls, unless they are No. 1 or No. 2. (ACC: Orange; Big Ten: Rose; Big 12: Fiesta; Pac-12: Rose; SEC: Sugar). If a Bowl loses a host team to the title game, then the bowl gets first choice at a replacement team. The rest of the selection order for 2013 is as follows: Fiesta, Sugar, Orange.
 

BOWL: New Mexico DATE: Dec. 15 PLACE: Albuquerque, N.M.  TEAMS: Nevada vs. Arizona

BOWL: Famous Idaho Potato DATE: Dec. 15 PLACE: Boise, Idaho TEAMS: Toledo vs. Utah State

BOWL: Poinsettia DATE: Dec. 20 PLACE: San Diego, Calif. TEAMS: San Diego State vs. BYU

BOWL: Beef O'Brady's DATE: Dec. 21 PLACE: St. Petersburg, Fla. TEAMS: Ball State vs. UCF

BOWL: New Orleans DATE: Dec. 22 PLACE: New Orleans, La. TEAMS: La.-Lafayette vs. East Carolina

BOWL: Las Vegas DATE: Dec. 22 PLACE: Las Vegas, Nev. TEAMS: Boise State vs. Washington

BOWL: Hawaii DATE: Dec. 24 PLACE: Honolulu, Hawaii TEAMS: Fresno State vs. SMU

BOWL: Little Caesars DATE: Dec. 26 PLACE: Detroit, Mich. TEAMS: C. Michigan vs. W. Kentucky

BOWL: Military DATE: Dec. 27 PLACE: Washington, D.C. TEAMS: Bowling Green vs. San Jose State

BOWL: Holiday DATE: Dec. 27 PLACE: San Diego, Calif. TEAMS: UCLA vs. Baylor

BOWL: Belk DATE: Dec. 27 PLACE: Charlotte, N.C. TEAMS: Cincinnati vs. Duke

BOWL: Russell Athletic DATE: Dec. 28 PLACE: Orlando, Fla. TEAMS: Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech

BOWL: Meineke Car Care DATE: Dec. 28 PLACE: Houston, Tex. TEAMS: No. 6 Texas Tech vs. Minnesota

BOWL: Independence DATE: Dec. 28 PLACE: Shreveport, La. TEAMS: Ohio vs. La.-Monroe

BOWL: Pinstripe DATE: Dec. 29 PLACE: New York, N.Y. TEAMS: West Virginia vs. Syracuse

BOWL: Kraft Fight Hunger DATE: Dec. 29 PLACE: San Francisco, Calif. TEAMS: Arizona State vs. Navy

BOWL: Buffalo Wild Wings DATE: Dec. 29 PLACE: Phoenix, Ariz. TEAMS: TCU vs. Michigan State

BOWL: Armed Forces DATE: Dec. 29 PLACE: Fort Worth, Tex. TEAMS: Air Force vs. Rice

BOWL: Alamo DATE: Dec. 29 PLACE: San Antonio, Tex. TEAMS: Texas vs. Oregon State

BOWL: Sun DATE: Dec. 31 PLACE: El Paso, Tex. TEAMS: Georgia Tech vs. USC

BOWL: Music City DATE: Dec. 31 PLACE: Nashville, Tenn. TEAMS: N.C. State vs. Vanderbilt

BOWL: Liberty DATE: Dec. 31 PLACE: Memphis, Tenn. TEAMS: Tulsa vs. Iowa State

BOWL: Chick-fil-A DATE: Dec. 31 PLACE: Atlanta, Ga. TEAMS: Clemson vs. LSU

BOWL: Heart of Dallas DATE: Jan. 1 PLACE: Dallas, Tex. TEAMS: Purdue vs. Oklahoma State

BOWL: Outback DATE: Jan. 1 PLACE: Tampa, Fla. TEAMS: Michigan vs. South Carolina

BOWL: Gator DATE: Jan. 1 PLACE: Jacksonville, Fla. TEAMS: Northwestern vs. Miss. State

BOWL: Capital One DATE: Jan. 1 PLACE: Orlando, Fla. TEAMS: Nebraska vs. Georgia

BOWL: Cotton DATE: Jan. 4 PLACE: Arlington, Tex. TEAMS: Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M

BOWL: BBVA Compass DATE: Jan. 5 PLACE: Birmingham, Ala. TEAMS: Ole Miss vs. Pittsburgh

BOWL: GoDaddy.com DATE: Jan. 6 PLACE: Mobile, Ala. TEAMS: Kent State vs. Arkansas State

BOWL: Rose Bowl DATE: Jan. 1, 5 p.m. PLACE: Pasadena, Calif. TEAMS: Wisconsin vs. Standford

BOWL: Orange Bowl DATE: Jan. 1, 8:30 p.m. PLACE: Miami, Fla. TEAMS: Florida State vs. Northern Illinois

BOWL: Sugar Bowl DATE: Jan. 2, 8:30 p.m. PLACE: New Orleans, La. TEAMS: Florida vs. Louisville

BOWL: Fiesta Bowl DATE: Jan. 3, 8:30 p.m. PLACE: Glendale, Ariz. TEAMS: Kansas State vs. Oregon

BCS National Championship Game DATE: Jan. 7, 8:30 p.m. PLACE: Miami, Fla. TEAMS: Notre Dame vs. Alabama