2010-11 bowl schedule

The 2010-11 bowl season starts in Albuquerque, N.M., and ends in Glendale, Ariz. Here's a look at the schedule from the New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 18 to the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 10 in University of Phoenix Stadium.

All times Eastern


2010-11 College Football Bowl Schedule
Bowl Location Date/Time Network
New Mexico
BYU vs. UTEP Albuquerque, N.M.
University Stadium Dec. 18
2 p.m. ESPN
uDrove Humanitarian
Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State Boise, Idaho
Bronco Stadium Dec. 18
5:30 p.m. ESPN
R+L Carriers New Orleans
Ohio vs. Troy New Orleans
Louisiana Superdome Dec. 18
9 p.m. ESPN
Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg
Southern Mississippi vs. Louisville St. Petersburg, Fla.
Tropicana Field Dec. 21
8 p.m. ESPN
MAACO Las Vegas
Utah vs. Boise State Las Vegas
Sam Boyd Stadium Dec. 22
8 p.m. ESPN
S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
Navy vs. San Diego State San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium Dec. 23
8 p.m. ESPN
Sheraton Hawaii
Hawaii vs. Tulsa Honolulu
Aloha Stadium Dec. 24
8 p.m. ESPN
Little Caesars
Florida International vs. Toledo Detroit
Ford Field Dec. 26
8:30 p.m. ESPN
AdvoCare V100 Independence
Air Force vs. Georgia Tech Shreveport, La.
Independence Stadium Dec. 27
5 p.m. ESPN2
Champs Sports
West Virginia vs. NC State Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl Dec. 28
6:30 p.m. ESPN
Insight
Missouri vs. Iowa Tempe, Ariz.
Sun Devil Stadium Dec. 28
10 p.m. ESPN
Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman
East Carolina vs. Maryland Washington, D.C.
RFK Stadium Dec. 29
2:30 p.m. ESPN
Texas
Illinois vs. Baylor Houston
Reliant Stadium Dec. 29
6 p.m. ESPN
Valero Alamo
Oklahoma State vs. Arizona San Antonio
Alamodome Dec. 29
9:15 p.m. ESPN
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Army vs. SMU Dallas
Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dec. 30
Noon ESPN
New Era Pinstripe
Kansas St. vs. Syracuse Bronx, N.Y.
Yankee Stadium Dec. 30
3:20 p.m. ESPN
Franklin American Mortgage Music City
North Carolina vs. Tennessee Nashville, Tenn.
LP Field Dec. 30
6:40 p.m. ESPN
Bridgepoint Education Holiday
Nebraska vs. Washington San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium Dec. 30
10 p.m. ESPN
Meineke Car Care
South Florida vs. Clemson Charlotte, N.C.
Bank of America Stadium Dec. 31
Noon ESPN
Hyundai Sun
Notre Dame vs. Miami El Paso, Texas
Sun Bowl Dec. 31
2 p.m. CBS
AutoZone Liberty
Georgia vs. UCF Memphis, Tenn.
Liberty Bowl Dec. 31
3:30 p.m. ESPN
Chick-fil-A
South Carolina vs. Florida State Atlanta
Georgia Dome Dec. 31
7:30 p.m. ESPN
TicketCity
Northwestern vs. Texas Tech Dallas
Cotton Bowl Jan. 1
Noon ESPNU
Outback
Florida vs. Penn State Tampa, Fla.
Raymond James Stadium Jan. 1
1 p.m. ABC
Capital One
Alabama vs. Michigan State Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl Jan. 1
1 p.m. ESPN
Gator Bowl
Mississippi State vs. Michigan Jacksonville, Fla.
Municipal Stadium Jan. 1
1:30 p.m. ESPN2
Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO
Wisconsin vs. TCU Pasadena, Calif.
Rose Bowl Jan. 1
5 p.m. ESPN
Tostitos Fiesta
Connecticut vs. Oklahoma Glendale, Ariz.
U. of Phoenix Stadium Jan. 1
8:30 p.m. ESPN/ESPN3D
Discover Orange
Stanford vs. Virginia Tech Miami
Sun Life Stadium Jan. 3
8:30 p.m. ESPN
Allstate Sugar
Ohio State vs. Arkansas New Orleans
Louisiana Superdome Jan. 4
8:30 p.m. ESPN
GoDaddy.com
Middle Tennessee vs. Miami (Ohio) Mobile, Ala.
Ladd-Peebles Stadium Jan. 6
8 p.m. ESPN
AT&T Cotton
LSU vs. Texas A&M Arlington, Texas
Cowboys Stadium Jan. 7
8 p.m. FOX
BBVA Compass Bowl
Pittsburgh vs. Kentucky Birmingham, Ala.
Legion Field Jan. 8
Noon ESPN
Kraft Fight Hunger
Nevada vs. Boston College San Francisco
AT&T Park Jan. 9
9 p.m. ESPN
Tostitos BCS National Championship Game
Oregon vs. Auburn Glendale, Ariz.
U. of Phoenix Stadium Jan. 10
8:30 p.m. ESPN/ESPN3D

As expected, Wisconsin earned the league's automatic BCS berth and will face TCU in the Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio. It marks Wisconsin's first trip to Pasadena since 2000.

Ohio State earned a BCS bowl berth for the sixth consecutive year and will face Arkansas in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

Not surprisingly, Michigan State was snubbed by the BCS selections but gets to face defending national champion Alabama in the Capital One Bowl.

By broke, is it that a VT team that got beat by James Madison, or a terrible Uconn, both getting a BSC bid? In that case, there needs to be some provisions for ending up in the top 10 final BCS rankings or something.

But the BCS has the BEST two teams playing each other in college football, it did it's job.

Actually, I thinks most folks opinion is that the BCS sucks and would like a playoff system. I want to see two teams play for a championship that earned it by knocking off other great teams, not by "oh they were the best team in the regular season" - thankfully Pro sports and NCAA B-Ball get this.

This opinion stuff is OK for figure skating and gymnastics, but not football!

You keep saying "regular season" like it doesn't mean anything. You have a false belief that a playoff system is somehow more fair. Why does a win in a bracket mean more than a win in the regular season? If OSU beats MSU twice in regular season then faces off in the playoff and loses, why does that one win count and the others not? It's easy, because artificial importance is placed on that one win. it only means more because it is the step to get farther. Why can't those steps be in the regular season? Why can't every game or win matter? Why do we have to rely on one game to have all the meaning?

I'm sorry

Why does a win in a bracket mean more than a win in the regular season?

IMO the "regular season" counts for seeding in the playoffs and the playoffs are where champions are crowned.

Let me put it this way: Why does ANY sport have a playoff system? Why not just bypass that part of the competition altogether, maybe just extend all the seasons to make up for the difference, right?

Yes, yes you are

j/k

In the NCAA football world, there is tradition, $$$, etc. at steak. The schools WILL NOT let go of bowl games because that keeps their programs running. For example, the OSU athletics actually funs the academics to some level. The small schools are playing for a chunk of change too, just to keep their athletics open. A playoff system WILL NOT distribute that kind of money. It simply won't happen because schools cannot afford it. The NCAA basketball can have their tourney because the FOOTBALL programs are raking in the dough to fund the athletic department. It's simple... tradition and $$$ will never see the bowl games go away. Even Pablo is complaining about not getting the $$$ yet wants to do away with it!?

The BCS looks to pit great match ups of the best teams. It did it this year, it has done it in years past. NCAA football doesn't need a 100% for sure winner... it is the biggest college sport by far even with it's flaws. Why change it? The goal doesn't need to be crown a champ on your way to losing the millions of dollars pumped into the schools. It isn't worth it because it isn't a NEED.

A playoff system WILL NOT distribute that kind of money. It simply won't happen because schools cannot afford it. The NCAA basketball can have their tourney because the FOOTBALL programs are raking in the dough to fund the athletic department. It's simple... tradition and $$$ will never see the bowl games go away. Even Pablo is complaining about not getting the $$$ yet wants to do away with it!?

it is the biggest college sport by far even with it's flaws. Why change it?