2012 NCAA College Bowl Game Predictions Football

Predictions for the 2012 NCAA College Football Bowl Games

2012 NCAA College Football Bowl Game Predictions

My annual picks of college football games–one of the longest running features on DeepIntoSports.com.

Let’s go bowling!

New Mexico Bowl
Nevada (7-5) vs. Arizona (7-5)
Dec. 15, 1 pm

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Toledo (9-3) vs. Utah St. (10-2)
Dec. 15, 4:30 pm

Poinsettia Bowl
BYU (7-5) vs. San Diego St. (9-3)
Dec. 20, 8 pm

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl
UCF (9-4) vs. Ball St. (9-3)
Dec. 21, 7:30 pm

New Orleans Bowl
UL Laf. (8-4) vs. ECU (8-4)
Dec. 22, 12 pm

Las Vegas Bowl
Boise St. (10-2) vs. Wash. (7-5)
Dec. 22, 3:30 pm

Hawaii Bowl
SMU (6-6) vs. Fresno St. (9-3)
Dec. 24, 8 pm

Little Caesars Bowl
WKU (7-5) vs. C. Michigan (6-6)
Dec. 26, 7:30 pm

Military Bowl
BGSU (8-4) vs. San Jose St. (10-2)
Dec. 27, 3 pm

Belk Bowl
Duke (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3)
Dec. 27, 6:30 pm

Holiday Bowl
Baylor (7-5) vs. UCLA (9-4)
Dec. 27, 9:45 pm

Independence Bowl
UL-Monroe (8-4) vs. Ohio (8-4)
Dec. 28, 2 pm

Russell Athletic Bowl
Va. Tech (6-6) vs. Rutgers (9-3)
Dec. 28, 5:30 pm

Meineke Car Care Bowl
Minnesota (6-6) vs. T. Tech (7-5)
Dec. 28, 9 pm

Armed Forces Bowl
Rice (6-6) vs. Air Force (6-6)
Dec. 29, 11:45 a.m.

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
Arizona St. (7-5) vs. Navy (7-4)
Dec. 29, 4 pm

Pinstripe Bowl
Syracuse (7-5) vs. WVU (7-5)
Dec. 29, 3:15 pm

Alamo Bowl
Texas (8-4) vs. Oregon St. (9-3)
Dec. 29, 6:45

Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl
MSU (6-6) vs. TCU (7-5)
Dec. 29, 10:15 pm

Music City Bowl
NC St. (7-5) vs. Vanderbilt (8-4)
Dec. 31, 12 pm

Sun Bowl
Georgia Tech (6-7) vs. USC (7-5)
Dec. 31, 2 pm

Liberty Bowl
ISU (6-6) vs. Tulsa (10-3)
Dec. 31, 3:30 pm

Chick-fil-A Bowl
LSU (10-2) vs. Clemson (10-2)
Dec. 31, 7:30 pm

Heart of Dallas Bowl
Purdue (6-6) vs. OK St. (7-5)
Jan. 1, 12 pm

TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl
Northwestern (9-3) vs. Miss St. (8-4)
Jan. 1, 12 pm

Capital One Bowl
UGA (11-2) vs. Nebraska (10-3)
Jan. 1, 1 pm

Outback Bowl
S. Carolina (10-2) vs. Michigan (8-4)
Jan. 1, 1 pm

Cotton Bowl
OU (10-2) vs. Texas A&M (10-2)
Jan. 4, 7:30 pm

BBVA Compass Bowl
Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Ole Miss (6-6)
Jan. 5, 1 pm

GoDaddy.com Bowl
Kent St. (11-2) vs. Ark. St. (9-3)
Jan. 6, 9 pm

BCS Bowl Game Predictions

Rose Bowl
Stanford (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (8-5)
Jan. 1, 5 pm

Orange Bowl
FSU (11-2) vs. N. Illinois (12-1)
Jan. 1, 8:30 pm

Sugar Bowl
Florida (11-1) vs. Louisville (10-2)
Jan. 2, 8:30 pm

Fiesta Bowl
KSU (11-1) vs. Oregon (11-1)
Jan. 3, 8:30 pm

BCS National Championship Game
Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Alabama (12-1)
Jan. 7, 8:30 pm

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