College football bowl projections 2013: Predicting all college bowls
By Josh Sanchez
While we are less than a week away from the ESPN College Football Bowl Selection Show, it is time to take a look at how all of the postseason games could play out. The ultimate goal for every team is to reach the BCS, but that isn’t a realistic possibility for all of the teams across the nation so they will be suiting up and taking the field at various bowl games throughout the postseason.
Will your team be among those selected for the college football bowls? If so, where can you expect to see them play?
Here is a look at the projected games for bowl season, via CBS Sports:
| BOWL | DATE | LOCATION | MATCHUP | PREDICTION |
| GoDaddy.com | Jan. 5 | Mobile, Ala. | MAC vs. Sun Belt No. 2 | Bowling Green vs. W. Kentucky |
| BBVA Compass | Jan. 4 | Birmingham, Ala. | SEC No. 9 vs. American No. 5/C-USA | Miss. State vs. Rutgers |
| Cotton | Jan. 3 | Arlington, Tex. | Big 12 No. 2 vs. SEC | Baylor vs. LSU |
| Outback | Jan. 1 | Tampa, Fla. | Big Ten No. 3 vs. SEC | Iowa vs. South Carolina |
| Capital One | Jan. 1 | Orlando, Fla. | Big Ten No. 2 vs. SEC No. 2 | Wisconsin vs. Missouri |
| Heart of Dallas | Jan. 1 | Dallas, Tex. | Big Ten No. 7 vs. C-USA | Syracuse* vs. Rice |
| Gator | Jan. 1 | Jacksonville, Fla. | Big Ten No. 4/5 vs. SEC No. 6 | Michigan vs. Vanderbilt |
| Chick-fil-A | Dec. 31 | Atlanta, Ga. | ACC No. 2 vs. SEC No. 5 | Duke vs. Texas A&M |
| Liberty | Dec. 31 | Memphis, Tenn. | American/C-USA No. 1 vs. SEC No. 8 | Marshall vs. Ole Miss |
| Sun | Dec. 31 | El Paso, Tex. | ACC No. 4 vs. Pac-12 No. 4 | Virginia Tech vs. UCLA |
| Independence | Dec. 31 | Shreveport, La. | SEC No. 10 vs. ACC No. 7 | Oregon State* vs. Georgia Tech |
| Holiday | Dec. 30 | San Diego, Calif. | Pac-12 No. 3 vs. Big 12 No. 5 | Arizona State vs. Kansas State |
| Alamo | Dec. 30 | San Antonio, Tex. | Big 12 No. 3 vs. Pac-12 No. 2 | Oklahoma vs. Oregon |
| Music City | Dec. 30 | Nashville, Tenn. | ACC No. 6 vs. SEC No. 7 | Boston College vs. Georgia |
| Armed Forces | Dec. 30 | Fort Worth, Tex. | MWC vs. Navy | Utah State vs. Navy |
| Buffalo Wild Wings | Dec. 28 | Phoenix, Ariz. | Big 12 No. 4 vs. Big Ten No. 4/5 | Texas vs. Nebraska |
| Russell Athletic | Dec. 28 | Orlando, Fla. | American No. 2 vs. ACC No. 3 | Louisville vs. Miami (FL) |
| Belk | Dec. 28 | Charlotte, N.C. | American No. 3 vs. ACC No. 5 | Houston vs. North Carolina |
| Pinstripe | Dec. 28 | New York, N.Y. | Big 12 No. 7 vs. American No. 4 | Notre Dame* vs. Cincinnati |
| Fight Hunger | Dec. 27 | San Francisco, Calif. | Pac-12 No. 6 vs. BYU | Washington vs. BYU |
| Texas | Dec. 27 | Houston, Tex. | Big 12 No. 6 vs. Big Ten No. 6 | Texas Tech vs. Minnesota |
| Military | Dec. 27 | Washington, D.C. | ACC No. 8 vs. C-USA | Maryland vs. North Texas |
| Poinsettia | Dec. 26 | San Diego, Calif. | MWC No. 2 vs. Army | Boise State vs. Ohio* |
| Little Caesars | Dec. 26 | Detroit, Mich. | MAC vs. Big Ten No. 8 | Ball State vs. Pittsburgh* |
| Hawaii | Dec. 24 | Honolulu, Hawaii | MWC vs. C-USA | Colorado State vs. Middle Tenn. |
| Beef O’Brady’s | Dec. 23 | St. Petersburg, Fla. | American No. 6 vs. C-USA | Toledo* vs. East Carolina |
| New Orleans | Dec. 21 | New Orleans, La. | Sun Belt No. 1 vs. C-USA | La.-Lafayette vs. Tulane |
| Famous Idaho Potato | Dec. 21 | Boise, Idaho | MAC No. 3 vs. MWC | Buffalo vs. UNLV |
| Las Vegas | Dec. 21 | Las Vegas, Nev. | MWC No. 1 vs. Pac-12 No. 5 | Fresno State vs. USC |
| New Mexico | Dec. 21 | Albuquerque, N.M. | MWC No. 4/5 vs. Pac-12 No. 7 | San Diego State vs. Arizona |