My annual bowl intrigue rankings have certainly caught on, as now most all major college football websites and publications have a similar 1-41 pre-bowl ranking of each game. I have taken the average of the most prominent of these rankings (mine, Yahoo, Sports Illustrated, Washington Post, College Football Network, CBS, and Athlon) and ordered them to create a more objective ranking of each of these 41 games. Check out these rankings below:
Dec. 31 | Peach | Ohio State (11-1) vs. Georgia (13-0) | 8:00 | ESPN |
Dec. 31 | Fiesta | TCU (12-1) vs. Michigan (13-0) | 4:00 | ESPN |
Jan. 2 | Rose | Penn State (10-2) vs. Utah (10-3) | 5:00 | ESPN |
Jan. 2 | Cotton | Tulane (11-2) vs. Southern Cal (11-2) | 1:00 | ESPN |
Dec. 29 | Alamo | Texas (8-4) vs. Washington (10-2) | 9:00 | ESPN |
Dec. 16 | Cure | UTSA (11-2) vs. Troy (11-2) | 3:00 | ESPN |
Dec. 30 | Gator | Notre Dame (8-4) vs. South Carolina (8-4) | 3:30 | ESPN |
Dec. 28 | Holiday | North Carolina (9-4) vs. Oregon (9-3) | 8:00 | FOX |
Dec. 30 | Orange | Tennessee (10-2) vs. Clemson (11-2) | 8:00 | ESPN |
Dec. 31 | Sugar | Alabama (10-2) vs. Kansas State (10-3) | 12:00 | ESPN |
Jan 2 | ReliaQuest | Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Illinois (8-4) | 12:00 | ESPN 2 |
Jan. 2 | Citrus | LSU (9-4) vs. Purdue (8-5) | 1:00 | ABC |
Dec. 28 | Texas | Texas Tech (7-5) vs. Ole Miss (8-4) | 9:00 | ESPN |
Dec. 17 | LA Bowl | Washington State (7-5) vs. Fresno State (9-4) | 3:30 | ABC |
Dec. 28 | Military | UCF (9-4) vs. Duke (8-4) | 2:00 | ESPN |
Dec. 28 | Liberty | Kansas (6-6) vs. Arkansas (6-6) | 5:30 | ESPN |
Dec. 17 | Fenway | Cincinnati (9-3) vs. Louisville (7-5) | 11:00 (AM) | ESPN |
Dec. 29 | Cheez-It | Oklahoma (6-6) vs. Florida State (9-3) | 5:30 | ESPN |
Dec. 30 | Sun | Pittsburgh (8-4) vs. UCLA (9-3) | 2:00 | CBS |
Dec. 17 | Las Vegas | Florida (6-6) vs. Oregon State (9-3) | 2:30 | ESPN |
Dec. 23 | Gasparilla | Wake Forest (7-5) vs. Missouri (6-6) | 6:30 | ESPN |
Dec. 31 | Music City | Iowa (7-5) vs. Kentucky (7-5) | 12:00 | ABC |
Dec. 22 | Armed Forces | Baylor (6-6) vs. Air Force (9-3) | 7:30 | ESPN |
Dec. 21 | New Orleans | Western Kentucky (8-5) vs. South Alabama (10-2) | 9:00 | ESPN |
Dec. 17 | New Mexico | SMU (7-5) vs. Brigham Young (7-5) | 7:30 | ABC |
Dec. 27 | Birmingham | Coastal Carolina (9-3) vs. East Carolina (7-5) | 6:45 | ESPN |
Dec. 29 | Pinstripe | Syracuse (7-5) vs. Minnesota (8-4) | 2:00 | ESPN |
Dec. 30 | Duke’s Mayo | Maryland (7-5) vs. NC State (8-4) | 12:00 | ESPN |
Dec. 27 | Guaranteed Rate | Wisconsin (6-6) vs. Oklahoma State (7-5) | 10:15 | ESPN |
Dec. 30 | Arizona | Ohio (9-4) vs. Wyoming (7-5) | 4:30 | Barstool |
Dec. 20 | Boca Raton | Liberty (8-4) vs. Toledo (8-5) | 7:30 | ESPN |
Dec. 19 | Myrtle Beach | Marshall (8-4) vs. UConn (6-6) | 2:30 | ESPN |
Dec. 20 | Famous Idaho Potato | Eastern Michigan (8-4) vs. San Jose State (7-4) | 3:30 | ESPN |
Dec. 17 | Frisco | North Texas (7-6) vs. Boise State (9-4) | 9:15 | ESPN |
Dec. 23 | Independence | UL-Lafayette (6-6) vs. Houston (7-5) | 3:00 | ESPN |
Dec. 27 | First Responder | Memphis (6-6) vs. Utah State (6-6) | 3:15 | ESPN |
Dec. 26 | Quick Lane | New Mexico State (6-6) vs. Bowling Green (6-6) | 2:30 | ESPN |
Dec. 16 | Bahamas | Miami-OH (6-6) vs. UAB (6-6) | 11:30 (AM) | ESPN |
Dec. 24 | Hawaii | Middle Tennessee (7-5) vs. San Diego State (7-5) | 8:00 | ESPN |
Dec. 27 | Camellia | Georgia Southern (6-6) vs. Buffalo (6-6) | 12:00 | ESPN |
Dec. 17 | LendingTree | Rice (5-7) vs. Southern Miss (6-6) | 5:45 | ESPN |