Acronyms are explained below. All times Eastern and PM, except where obvious. As of 09/29/2008 12:43:32 AM -0700 .

Bowls

When

Where

Time

TV

Teams

Predictions

Poinsettia Bowl Dec. 20 San Diego, CA 9:00 ESPN MWC #2 Navy/At-large Utah** 41 Navy** 45
New Orleans Bowl Dec. 21 New Orleans, LA 8:00 ESPN2 Sun Belt #1 C-USA #4 Florida Atlantic* 7 Memphis* 24
Papajohns.com Bowl Dec. 22 Birmingham, AL 1:00 ESPN2 C-USA #3 Big East #5 Southern Miss* 7 Cincinnati* 17
New Mexico Bowl Dec. 22 Albuquerque, NM 4:30 ESPN MWC #4 WAC #3 New Mexico** 21 Nevada* 17
Las Vegas Bowl Dec. 22 Las Vegas, NV 8:00 ESPN MWC #1 Pac-10 #4 BYU** 31 UCLA* 10
Hawaii Bowl Dec. 23 Honolulu, HI 8:00 ESPN C-USA #5 WAC #2 East Carolina** 14 Boise State* 28
Motor City Bowl Dec. 26 Detroit, MI 7:30 ESPN MAC #1/2 Big Ten #7 Central Michigan** 24 Purdue* 27
Holiday Bowl Dec. 27 San Diego, CA 8:00 ESPN Pac-10 #2 Big 12 #3 Arizona State** 24 Texas** 17
Champs Sports Bowl Dec. 28 Orlando, FL 5:00 ESPN ACC #4 Big Ten #5 Boston College** 24 Michigan State* 14
Texas Bowl Dec. 28 Houston, TX 8:00 NFL Big 12 #8 C-USA #6 TCU** 27 Houston** 14
Emerald Bowl Dec. 28 San Francisco, CA 8:30 ESPN ACC #5/6/7 Pac-10 #5 Maryland** 14 Oregon State* 21
Car Care Bowl Dec. 29 Charlotte, NC 1:00 ESPN ACC #5/6/7 Big East #3 Wake Forest** 21 Connecticut* 17
Liberty Bowl Dec. 29 Memphis, TN 4:30 ESPN C-USA #1 SEC #6/7 Central Florida** 24 Mississippi State* 21
Alamo Bowl Dec. 29 San Antonio, TX 8:00 ESPN Big 12 #4 Big Ten #4 Texas A&M* 10 Penn State* 17
Independence Bowl Dec. 30 Shreveport, LA 8:00 ESPN Big 12 #7 SEC #8 Colorado* 21 Alabama** 14
Armed Forces Bowl Dec. 31 Fort Worth, TX 12:30 ESPN MWC #3 Pac-10 #6*** Air Force** 27 California* 14
Sun Bowl Dec. 31 El Paso, TX 2:00 CBS Pac-10 #3 Big East #2/ND/Big 12 #5 Oregon* 10 South Florida* 14
Humanitarian Bowl Dec. 31 Boise, ID 2:00 ESPN2 WAC ACC #8 Fresno State* 17 Georgia Tech** 21
Music City Bowl Dec. 31 Nashville, TN 4:00 ESPN SEC #6/7 ACC #5/6/7 Kentucky* 28 Florida State** 10
Insight Bowl Dec. 31 Tempe, AZ 5:30 NFL Big 12 #6 Big Ten #6 Oklahoma State* 10 Indiana* 21
Peach^ Bowl Dec. 31 Atlanta, GA 7:30 ESPN ACC #2 SEC #3/4/5 Clemson** 27 Auburn** 24
Outback Bowl Jan. 1 Tampa, FL 11:00 ESPN Big Ten #3 SEC #3/4/5 Wisconsin** 10 Tennessee** 21
Cotton Bowl Jan. 1 Dallas, TX 11:00 FOX Big 12 #2 SEC #3/4/5 Missouri** 21 Arkansas** 10
Capital One Bowl Jan. 1 Orlando, FL 1:00 ABC SEC #2 Big Ten #2 Florida** 31 Michigan** 17
Gator Bowl Jan. 1 Jacksonville, FL 1:00 CBS ACC #3 Big East #2/ND/Big 12 #5 Virginia** 24 Texas Tech* 35
Rose Bowl Jan. 1 Pasadena, CA 4:30 ABC BCS (Big Ten #1) BCS (Pac-10 #1) Illinois** 14 Southern Cal** 28
Sugar Bowl Jan. 1 New Orleans, LA 8:30 FOX BCS (SEC #1) BCS (At-large) Georgia** 31 Hawaii* 28
Fiesta Bowl Jan. 2 Glendale, AZ 8:30 FOX BCS (Big 12 #1) BCS (At-large) Oklahoma** 24 West Virginia* 17
Orange Bowl Jan. 3 Miami, FL 8:00 FOX BCS (ACC #1) BCS (At-large) Virginia Tech** 28 Kansas* 17
International Bowl Jan. 5 Toronto, ON, CA 12:00 ESPN2 MAC #3 ND/Big East #4 Ball State** 10 Rutgers* 21
GMAC Bowl Jan. 6 Mobile, AL 8:00 ESPN MAC #1/2 C-USA #2 Bowling Green** 14 Tulsa** 24
BCS Championship Game Jan. 7 New Orleans, LA 8:00 FOX BCS #1 BCS #2 Ohio State** 17 LSU** 20

Overall: 18/32 (56.25%)

Teams 6-6 or better that need at-large bids: Iowa (6-6), Northwestern (6-6), South Carolina (6-6), TCU (7-5), Nevada (6-6), Troy (8-4), Louisville (6-6), Louisiana-Monroe (6-6)

Old predictions
Past years: 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999

BCS Selection Process for 2007-2008:
The order of selection is as follows:
1. The top 2 teams go to the national title game and conference champs of the Big Ten, Big 12, ACC, Pac-10, and SEC go to their games.
2. The bowls that lose their automatic qualifiers get to replace them first. (The bowl that would have the #1 team goes first.)
3. The remaining bowls pick automatic qualifiers and at-large teams in the reverse order when they will be played (so, this year, the order is Orange, Fiesta, and then Sugar).

What is an automatic qualifier? Well, here are the criteria (in order):
1. You finish in the top two of the standings.
2. You are the champion of the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10, or Southeastern Conference.
3. You are a the champion of C-USA, the MAC, the MWC, the Sun Belt, or the WAC and you:
    a) Are ranked in the top 12
    b) Or are in the top 16 and ranked above a team that qualifies under rule 2.
    No more than one team meeting these provisions may get an auto-berth and the highest ranked team gets it.
4. Notre Dame will qualify if they are ranked 8th or higher.
5. If the 3rd ranked team has not earned an automatic berth by this point and there are less than 10 qualifiers, then that team gets it as long as no team in its conference is in the national title game.
6. If the 4th ranked team has not earned a berth by this point and there are less than 10 qualifiers, then that team gets it as long as no team in its conference is in the national title game.

If there are fewer than 10 automatic qualifiers, then any team in the top 14 with at least 9 wins can be picked as an at-large team.

Source: http://www.bcsfootball.org/bcsfb/eligibility

The supposed ACC bowl selection criteria (as of November 2006)

The Gator/Sun Bowl situation: The Gator and Sun's 2006-2009 contracts specify that each of them takes 2 Big 12 teams and 2 Big East/Notre Dame teams during that 4 year span. Last year, the Gator took a Big East team and the Sun took a Big 12 team. 

?=at-large because some conference couldn't fill its bids
* = Accepted invitation
** = Predicted correctly
*** = Back up team is an additional selection from Conference USA (#7) if the Pac-10 cannot fill this spot
^ = now known as the Chick-fil-a Bowl
A team in bold indicates that I predicted the winner correctly
A team in italics means that team won the game, but was not who I picked
A bold score means that I actually managed to pick the score correctly