It's still at least 6-8 weeks before bowl bids are announced, but that hasn't stopped Rivals.com from projecting who will be among the teams playing in one of this year's 34 bowl games.
According to the Rivals.com website, here's how they see the bowls shaping up:
Non-BCS Bowls
Congressional Bowl -- Dec. 20 at Washington, D.C.: Navy vs. Maryland
New Mexico Bowl -- Dec. 20 at Albuquerque, N.M.: Fresno State vs. Colorado State
St. Petersburg Bowl -- Dec. 20 at St. Petersburg, Fla.: Cincinnati vs. Memphis
Las Vegas Bowl -- Dec. 20 at Las Vegas, Nev.: BYU vs. Oregon State
New Orleans Bowl -- Dec. 21 at New Orleans, La.: Marshall vs. Arkansas State
Poinsettia Bowl -- Dec. 23 at San Diego, Calif.: Air Force vs. Central Michigan
Hawaii Bowl -- Dec. 24 at Honolulu, Hawaii: Arizona State vs. Nevada
Motor City Bowl -- Dec. 26 at Detroit, Mich.: Northwestern vs. Ball State
Meineke Car Care Bowl -- Dec. 27 at Charlotte, N.C.: Clemson vs. South Florida
Champs Sports Bowl -- Dec. 27 at Orlando, Fla.: Wake Forest vs. Michigan
Emerald Bowl -- Dec. 27 at San Francisco, Calif.: Miami (Fla.) vs. Oregon
Independence Bowl -- Dec. 28 at Shreveport, La.: Nebraska vs. South Carolina
PapaJohns.com Bowl -- Dec. 29 at Birmingham, Ala.: Pittsburgh vs. Troy
Alamo Bowl -- Dec. 29 at San Antonio, Texas: Wisconsin vs. Kansas
Humanitarian Bowl -- Dec. 30 at Boise, Idaho: Boston College vs. Boise State
Holiday Bowl -- Dec. 30 at San Diego, Calif.: Texas Tech vs. California
Texas Bowl -- Dec. 30 at Houston, Texas: Rice vs. Minnesota
Armed Forces Bowl -- Dec. 31 at Fort Worth, Texas: Houston vs. TCU
Sun Bowl -- Dec. 31 at El Paso, Texas: Oklahoma State vs. Arizona
Music City Bowl -- Dec. 31 at Nashville, Tenn.: Georgia Tech vs. Vanderbilt
Insight Bowl -- Dec. 31 at Tempe, Ariz.: Iowa vs. Colorado
Chick-Fil-A Bowl -- Dec. 31 at Atlanta, Ga.: North Carolina vs. Kentucky
Outback Bowl -- Jan. 1 at Tampa, Fla.: Michigan State vs. Georgia
Capital One Bowl -- Jan. 1 at Orlando, Fla.: Illinois vs. Florida
Gator Bowl -- Jan. 1 at Jacksonville, Fla.: Florida State vs. Notre Dame
Cotton Bowl -- Jan. 2 at Dallas, Texas: Texas vs. Auburn
Liberty Bowl -- Jan. 2 at Memphis, Tenn.: Tulsa vs. Ole Miss
International Bowl -- Jan. 3 at Toronto, Canada: Connecticut vs. Buffalo
GMAC Bowl -- Jan. 6 at Mobile, Ala.: East Carolina vs. Western Michigan
BCS Bowls
Rose Bowl -- Jan. 1 at Pasadena, Calif.: USC vs. Ohio State
Orange Bowl -- Jan. 1 at Miami, Fla.: Virginia Tech vs. West Virginia
Sugar Bowl -- Jan. 2 at New Orleans, La.: Alabama vs. Penn State
Fiesta Bowl -- Jan. 5, Glendale, Ariz.: Missouri vs. Utah
BCS CHAMPIONSHIP -- Jan. 8 at Miami, Fla.: Oklahoma vs. LSU
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