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Bowl Lineup For All 35 Games Announced

By Dan Evon
Published on: 05:21 PST, Dec 3, 2012

Bowl season has arrived. There are only 35 games left in this year’s college football season. The first bowl game will be held on December 15 when Nevada and Arizona compete in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl and the final game will take place on January 7 when Notre Dame takes on Alabama for the BCS Championship.

SB Nation took a look at the Bowl lineup for all 35 games and determined that the Notre Dame game was clearly the “must watch” bowl game of the season. But before we get to the BCS National Championship game there are plenty of other worthy bowl games to watch.

The Fiesta Bowl features a matchup that many believed would decide the BCS National Championship. Oregon and Kansas State both suffered losses at the end of the season and dropped out of contention for the BCS game but the Fiesta Bowl they’ll meet each other this year in the Fiesta Bowl.

The Cotton Bowl should also be an exiting game between two top offenses. The Big 12 match up features Texas A&M, who averaged 552 yards per game this year, and Oklahoma, who averaged 507. Both teams are averaging more than 40 points per game so fans should expect a high-scoring Cotton Bowl.

Other highlights from this year’s bowl schedule include the LSU vs Clemson game on New Year’s Eve, the UCLA vs Baylor Game during the Holiday Bowl and the Florida State vs NIU game.

Here’s the bowl lineup for all 35 games this year.

December 15

Gildan New Mexico Bowl: Nevada vs. Arizona at 1 p.m. on ESPN
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Toledo vs. Utah State Boise at 4:30 p.m. on ESPN

December 20

S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl: BYU vs. San Diego State San at 8 p.m. on ESPN

December 21

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl: UCF vs. Ball State St. Petersburg, Fla. at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN

December 22

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: East Carolina vs. Louisiana-Lafayette New Orleans at noon on ESPN
MAACO Las Vegas Bowl: Washington vs. Boise State Las Vegas at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN

December 24

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl: Fresno State vs. SMU Honolulu at 8 p.m. on ESPN

December 26

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: Western Kentucky vs. Central Michigan Detroit at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN

December 27

Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman: San Jose State vs. Bowling Green at 3 p.m. on ESPN
Belk Bowl: Cincinnati vs. Duke Charlotte, N.C. at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN
Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl: Baylor vs. UCLA San Diego at 9:45 p.m. on ESPN

December 28

AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl: Ohio vs. Louisiana-Monroe at 2 p.m. on ESPN
Russell Athletic Bowl: Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech at 5:30 p.m. on ESPN
Meineke Car Care of Texas Bowl: Minnesota vs. Texas Tech Houston at 9 p.m. on ESPN

December 29

Bell Helicopter Armed ForcesBowl: Rice vs. Air Force Fort Worth at 11:45 a.m. on ESPN
New Era Pinstripe Bowl: West Virginia vs. Syracuse at 3:15 p.m. on ESPN
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: Navy vs. Arizona State at 4 p.m. on ESPN2
Valero Alamo Bowl: Texas vs. Oregon State San Antonio at 6:45 p.m. on ESPN
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl: TCU vs. Michigan State at 10:15 p.m. on ESPN

December 31

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl: NC State vs. Vanderbilt at Noon on ESPN
Hyundai Sun Bowl: USC vs. Georgia Tech at 2 p.m. on CBS
AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Iowa State vs. Tulsa at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN
Chick-fil-A Bowl: LSU vs. Clemson at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN

January 1