It is time to find out where your favorite team may be playing this holiday season! For the 27th consecutive season, I have created a projection of what the bowl games will look like when the full lineup is released next Sunday. Overall, there are 83 bowl eligible teams this season vying for 82 bowl spots, so I am calling for Eastern Michigan to be the one bowl eligible squad not to get a bid this season. Three teams have already accepted bowl bids and those schools are marked in bold. Please feel free to comment or debate.
| Date | Bowl | Teams | Time | Channel | |
| Dec. 17 | Bahamas | Middle Tennessee | Toledo | 12:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 17 | Cure | Memphis | UAB | 6:00 | ESPN 2 |
| Dec. 18 | New Mexico | Wyoming | UTEP | 2:15 | ESPN |
| Dec. 18 | Independence | Brigham Young | Western KY/UTSA loser | 3:30 | ABC |
| Dec. 18 | Lending Tree (Dollar General) | Miami-OH | App St./UL-Lafayette loser | 5:45 | ESPN |
| Dec. 18 | Boca Raton | Marshall | Ball State | 7:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 18 | LA Bowl | Washington State | SDSU/Utah St. winner | 7:30 | ABC |
| Dec. 18 | New Orleans | UTSA/Western KY winner | UL-Lafayette/App St. winner | 9:15 | ESPN |
| Dec. 20 | Myrtle Beach Bowl | Coastal Carolina | Old Dominion | 2:30 | ESPN |
| Dec. 21 | Famous Idaho Potato | NIU/Kent State loser | Utah State/SDSU loser | 3:30 | ESPN |
| Dec. 21 | Frisco | Fresno State | North Texas | 7:30 | ESPN |
| Dec. 22 | Armed Forces | SMU | Army | 8:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 23 | Gasparilla Bowl | Florida | Boston College | 7:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 24 | Hawaii | Air Force | Tulsa | 8:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 25 | Camellia | Western Michigan | Georgia State | 2:30 | ESPN |
| Dec. 27 | Quick Lane | Boise State | Kent State/NIU winner | 11:00 (AM) | ESPN |
| Dec. 27 | Military | East Carolina | Virginia | 2:30 | ESPN |
| Dec. 28 | Birmingham | Houston | LSU | 12:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 28 | First Responder (Heart of Dallas) | Missouri | Liberty | 3:15 | ESPN |
| Dec. 28 | Liberty | Kansas State | Auburn | 6:45 | ESPN |
| Dec. 28 | Holiday | Arizona State | Wake Forest/Pitt loser | 8:00 | FOX |
| Dec. 28 | Guaranteed Rate | Maryland | West Virginia | 10:15 | ESPN |
| Dec. 29 | Fenway | Virginia Tech | UCF | 11:00 (AM) | ESPN |
| Dec. 29 | Pinstripe | North Carolina | Penn State | 2:15 | ESPN |
| Dec. 29 | Cheez-It | Clemson | Iowa State | 5:45 | ESPN |
| Dec. 29 | Alamo | Oklahoma | Oregon/Utah loser | 9:15 | ESPN |
| Dec. 30 | Duke’s Mayo | NC State | South Carolina | 12:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 30 | Music City | Minnesota | Tennessee | 3:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 30 | Peach | Pittsburgh/Wake winner | Ole Miss | 7:00 | ESPN |
| Dec. 30 | Las Vegas | UCLA | Purdue | 10:30 | ESPN |
| Dec. 31 | Gator | Miami-FL | Arkansas | 11:00 (AM) | ESPN |
| Dec. 31 | Sun | Louisville | Oregon State | 12:30 | CBS |
| Dec. 31 | Arizona | Central Michigan | Nevada | 4:30 | CBSS |
| Dec. 31 | Cotton | (2) Michigan | (3) Oklahoma State | 3:30 | ESPN |
| Dec. 31 | Orange | (1) Georgia | (4) Cincinnati | 7:30 | ESPN |
| Jan. 1 | Outback | Wisconsin | Kentucky | 12:00 | ESPN |
| Jan. 1 | Citrus | Iowa | Texas A & M | 1:00 | ABC |
| Jan. 1 | Fiesta | Notre Dame | Michigan State | 1:00 | ESPN |
| Jan. 1 | Rose | Ohio State | Utah/Oregon winner | 5:00 | ESPN |
| Jan. 1 | Sugar | Alabama | Baylor | 8:45 | ESPN |
| Jan. 4 | Texas | Texas Tech | Mississippi State | 9:00 | ESPN |
| Jan. 10 | Championship Game | Semi # 1 Winner | Semi # 2 Winner | 8:00 | ESPN |
Ramblings of the Ultimate Sports Sentimentalist 