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NCAA Postseason (games after 12/6)

Date	Game	Network	Time
Friday 12/12	Division I Semifinal #1 Montana at James Madison		8pm
Saturday 12/13	Division II Championship NW Alabama vs. Minnesota-Duluth		1pm
Saturday 12/13	SWAC Championship Jackson St. vs. Grambling St.		2pm
Saturday 12/13	Division I Semifinal #2 Richmond at N. Iowa		4pm
Friday 12/19	Division I Championship Richmond vs. Montana		8pm
Saturday 12/20	Division III Championship Mount Union vs. UW-Whitewater		1pm

Bowl Games

Note that the primary tie-ins for these games are listed. Secondary agreements, such as
agreements that the Sun Belt Conference has signed with several bowls, are not listed.

Date	Game	Stadium & City	Network	Time
12/20	EagleBank Bowl (Wake Forest vs. Navy)	RFK Stadium Washington, DC		11am
12/20	New Mexico Bowl (Fresno St. vs. Colorado St.)	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM		2:30pm
12/20	St. Petersburg Bowl (Memphis vs. USF)	Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, FL		4:30pm
12/20	Las Vegas Bowl (BYU vs. Arizona)	Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, NV		8pm
12/21	New Orleans Bowl (Troy vs. Southern Miss)	Superdome New Orleans, LA		8pm
12/23	Poinsettia Bowl (TCU vs. Boise St.)	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA		8pm
12/24	Hawai'i Bowl (Hawai'i vs. Notre Dame)	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI		8pm
12/26	Motor City Bowl (Florida Atlantic vs. Central Michigan)	Ford Field Detroit, MI		8pm
12/27	Meineke Car Care Bowl (N. Carolina vs. W. Virginia)	Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC		1pm
12/27	Champs Sports Bowl (Florida St. vs. Wisconsin)	Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL		4:30pm
12/27	Emerald Bowl (California vs. Miami (FL))	AT&T Park San Francisco, CA		8pm
12/28	Independence Bowl (Louisiana Tech vs. N. Illinois)	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA		8pm
12/29	PapaJohns.com Bowl (NC State vs. Rutgers)	Legion Field Birmingham, AL		3pm
12/29	Alamo Bowl (Northwestern vs. Missouri)	Alamodome San Antonio, TX		8pm
12/30	Humanitarian Bowl (Nevada vs. Maryland)	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID		4:30pm
12/30	Holiday Bowl (Oregon vs. Oklahoma St.)	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA		8pm
12/30	Texas Bowl (W. Michigan vs. Rice)	Reliant Stadium Houston, TX		8pm
12/31	Armed Forces Bowl (Air Force vs. Houston)	Amon Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX		12pm
12/31	Sun Bowl (Pittsburgh vs. Oregon St.)	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX		2pm
12/31	Music City Bowl (Boston College vs. Vanderbilt)	LP Field Nashville, TN		3:30pm
12/31	Insight Bowl (Kansas vs. Minnesota)	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ		5:30pm
12/31	Chick-Fil-A Bowl (Georgia Tech vs. LSU)	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA		7:30pm
1/1	Outback Bowl (Iowa vs. S. Carolina)	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		11am
1/1	Gator Bowl (Nebraska vs. Clemson)	Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Jacksonville, FL		1pm
1/1	Capital One Bowl (Michigan St. vs. Georgia)	Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL		1pm
1/1	Rose Bowl (USC vs. Penn St.)	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		4:30pm
1/1	Orange Bowl (Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati)	Dolphin Stadium Miami, FL		8:30pm
1/2	Cotton Bowl (Ole Miss vs. Texas Tech)	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX		2pm
1/2	Liberty Bowl (E. Carolina vs. Kentucky)	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		5pm
1/2	Sugar Bowl (Alabama vs. Utah)	Superdome New Orleans, LA		8pm
1/3	International Bowl (Buffalo vs. Connecticut)	Rogers Centre Toronto, ON		12pm
1/5	Fiesta Bowl (Texas vs. Ohio St.)	University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, AZ		8pm
1/6	GMAC Bowl (Ball St. vs. Tulsa)	Ladd-Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL		8pm
1/8	BCS National Championship (Oklahoma vs. Florida)	Dolphin Stadium Miami, FL		8pm

Conferences and Tie-Ins

Six wins are required for bowl eligibility. Seven wins will virtually guarantee a bowl
game as all bowl tie-ins must accept teams with 7+ wins before considering a 6-6 team.
Teams with 7+ wins are in bold.

Conference	Tie-In	Eligible	Ineligible
ACC	BCS Chick-Fil-A Gator Champs Sports Music City Meineke Emerald MPC Computers Congressional	Boston College Clemson Georgia Tech Florida St. Maryland Miami (FL) N. Carolina NC State Virginia Tech Wake Forest	Duke Virginia
Big East	BCS Sun Meineke International PapaJohns.com or St. Petersburg PapaJohns.com or St. Petersburg	Cincinnati Connecticut Pittsburgh Rutgers USF W. Virginia	Louisville Syracuse
Big Ten	BCS Capital One Outback Alamo Champs Sports Insight Motor City	Iowa Michigan St. Minnesota Northwestern Ohio St. Penn St. Wisconsin	Illinois Indiana Michigan Purdue
Big 12	BCS Cotton Holiday Gator Alamo Insight Independence Texas	Kansas Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma Oklahoma St. Texas Texas Tech	Baylor Colorado Iowa St. Kansas St. Texas A&M
C-USA	Liberty GMAC Armed Forces, St. Petersburg, Texas or New Orleans Armed Forces, St. Petersburg, Texas or New Orleans Armed Forces, St. Petersburg, Texas or New Orleans Armed Forces, St. Petersburg, Texas or New Orleans	E. Carolina Houston Memphis Rice S. Mississippi Tulsa	Marshall SMU Tulane UAB UCF UTEP
Independents	Notre Dame: Cotton, Gator, or Sun plus BCS access Navy: Congressional Army: Any ESPN owned bowl	Navy Notre Dame	Army
MAC	Motor City GMAC International The MAC does not send its championship to a specific bowl	Ball St. Bowling Green Buffalo Central Michigan N. Illinois W. Michigan	Akron E. Michigan Kent St. Miami (OH) Ohio Temple Toledo
MWC	Las Vegas Pointsettia Armed Forces New Mexico	Air Force BYU Colorado St. TCU Utah	New Mexico San Diego St. UNLV Wyoming
PAC-10	BCS Holiday Sun Las Vegas Emerald Hawai'i Poinsettia	Arizona California Oregon Oregon St. USC	Arizona St. Stanford UCLA Washington Washington St.
SEC	BCS Capital One Cotton, Outback or Chick-Fil-A Cotton, Outback or Chick-Fil-A Cotton, Outback or Chick-Fil-A Music City or Liberty Music City or Liberty Independence PapaJohns.com	Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky LSU Ole Miss S. Carolina Vanderbilt	Arkansas Auburn Mississippi St. Tennessee
Sun Belt	New Orleans	Arkansas St. Florida Atlantic Troy UL-Lafayette	Florida International Middle Tennessee N. Texas UL-Monroe
WAC	Humanitarian Hawai'i New Mexico WAC slots based on travel, except if Hawai'i qualifies for bowl. They will go to Hawai'i Bowl automatically	Boise St. Fresno St. Hawai'i Louisiana Tech Nevada San Jose St.	Idaho New Mexico St. Utah St.