THE SCHEDULE...IF YOU DARE....

Dec. 20 Poinsettia Bowl at San Diego, Utah (8-4) vs. Navy (8-4), 9 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 21 New Orleans Bowl, Florida Atlantic (7-5) vs. Memphis (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN2) Dec. 22 PapaJohns.com Bowl at Birmingham, Ala., Cincinnati (9-3) vs. Southern Miss (7-5), 1 p.m. (ESPN2)Dec. 22 New Mexico Bowl at Albuquerque, New Mexico (8-4) vs. Nevada (6-6), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 22 Las Vegas Bowl, BYU (10-2) vs. UCLA (6-6), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 23 Hawaii Bowl at Honolulu, East Carolina (7-5) vs. Boise State (10-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 26 Motor City Bowl at Detroit, Central Michigan (8-5) vs. Purdue (7-5), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 27 Holiday Bowl at San Diego, Arizona State (10-2) vs. Texas (9-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 28 Champ Sports Bowl at Orlando, Fla., Boston College (10-3) vs. Michigan State (7-5), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 28 Emerald Bowl at San Francisco, Maryland (6-6) vs. Oregon State (8-4), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 28 Texas Bowl at Houston, TCU (7-5) vs. Houston (8-4), 8 p.m. (NFL) Dec. 29 Meineke Bowl at Charlotte, N.C., Connecticut (9-3) vs. Wake Forest (8-4), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 29 Liberty Bowl at Memphis, Tenn., Mississippi State (7-5) vs. UCF (10-3), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 29 Alamo Bowl at San Antonio, Penn State (8-4) vs. Texas A&M (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 30 Independence Bowl at Shreveport, La., Colorado (6-6) vs. Alabama (6-6), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 31 Armed Forces Bowl at Fort Worth, Texas, California (6-6) vs. Air Force (9-3), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 31 Sun Bowl at El Paso, Texas, South Florida (9-3) vs. Oregon (8-4), 2 p.m. (CBS) Dec. 31 Humanitarian Bowl at Boise, Idaho, Fresno State (8-4) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5), 2 p.m. (ESPN2) Dec. 31 Music City Bowl at Nashville, Tenn., Florida State (7-5) vs. Kentucky (7-5), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 31 Chick-fil-A Bowl at Atlanta, Clemson (9-3) vs. Auburn (8-4), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 31 Insight Bowl at Tempe, Ariz., Indiana (7-5) vs. Oklahoma State (6-6), 7:30 p.m. (NFL) Jan. 1 Outback Bowl at Tampa, Fla., Wisconsin (9-3) vs. Tennessee (9-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Jan. 1 Cotton Bowl at Dallas, Missouri (11-2) vs. Arkansas (8-4), 11:30 a.m. (FOX) Jan. 1 Capital One Bowl at Orlando, Fla., Michigan (8-4) vs. Florida (9-3), 1 p.m. (ABC)Jan. 1 Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Fla., Virginia (9-3) vs. Texas Tech (8-4), 1 p.m. (CBS) *Jan. 1 Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif., Southern California (10-2) vs. Illinois (9-3), 5 p.m. (ABC) *Jan. 1 Sugar Bowl at New Orleans, Hawaii (12-0) vs. Georgia (10-2), 8:30 p.m. (FOX) *Jan. 2 Fiesta Bowl at Glendale, Ariz., West Virginia (10-2) vs. Oklahoma (11-2), 8 p.m. (FOX) *Jan. 3 Orange Bowl at Miami, Kansas (11-1) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2), 8 p.m. (FOX) Jan. 5 International Bowl at Toronto, Rutgers (7-5) vs. Ball State (7-5), Noon (ESPN2) Jan. 6 GMAC Bowl at Mobile, Ala., Tulsa (9-4) vs. Bowling Green (8-4), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

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*Jan. 7 BCS National Championship at New Orleans, Ohio State (11-1) vs. LSU (11-2), 8 p.m.(FOX)