Date

Game

Site

Matchup

Time

TV

Payout

Dec. 18

New Orleans Bowl

New Orleans

North Texas (5-6) vs. Colorado State (6-5)

8 p.m.

ESPN2

$750,000

Dec. 19

GMAC Bowl

Mobile, Ala.

Marshall (10-2) vs. East Carolina (6-5)

8 p.m.

ESPN2

$750,000

Dec. 20

Tangerine Bowl

Orlando, Fla.

N.C. State (7-4) vs. Pittsburgh (6-5)

7:30 p.m.

ESPN

$750,000

Dec. 25

Las Vegas Bowl

Las Vegas

USC (6-5) vs. Utah (7-4)

3:30 p.m.

ABC

$800,000

Dec. 27

Independence Bowl

Shreveport, La.

Iowa State (7-4) vs. Alabama (6-5)

7:30 p.m.

ESPN

$1 million

Dec. 27

Seattle Bowl

Seattle

Georgia Tech (7-5) vs. Stanford (9-2)

4 p.m.

ESPN

$750,000

Dec. 28

Galleryfurniture.com Bowl

Houston

Texas A&M (7-4) vs. TCU (6-5)

1:30 p.m.

ESPN

$750,000

Dec. 28

Music City Bowl

Nashville, Tenn.

Boston College (7-4) vs. Georgia (8-3)

5 p.m.

ESPN

$750,000

Dec. 28

Holiday Bowl

San Diego

Texas (10-2) vs. Washington (8-3)

8:30 p.m.

ESPN

$2 million

Dec. 29

Motor City Bowl

Pontiac, Mich.

Toledo (8-2) vs. Cincinnati (7-4)

Noon

ESPN

$750,000

Dec. 29

Insight.com Bowl

Phoenix

Kansas State (6-5) vs. Syracuse (9-3)

5:30 p.m.

ESPN2

$750,000

Dec. 29

Alamo Bowl

San Antonio

Texas Tech (7-4) vs. Iowa (6-5)

3:30 p.m.

ESPN

$1.2 million

Dec. 31

Peach Bowl

Atlanta

North Carolina (7-5) vs. Auburn (7-4)

7:30 p.m.

ESPN

$1.8 million

Dec. 31

Liberty Bowl

Memphis, Tenn.

Brigham Young (12-1) vs. Louisville (10-2)

4 p.m.

ESPN

$1.3 million

Dec. 31

Sun Bowl

El Paso, Texas

Washington State (9-2) vs. Purdue (6-5)

Noon

CBS

$1 million

Dec. 31

Humanitarian Bowl

Boise, Idaho

Louisiana Tech (7-4) vs. Clemson (6-5)

12:30 p.m.

ESPN

$750,000

Dec. 31

Silicon Valley Classic

San Jose, Calif.

Fresno State (11-2) vs. Michigan State (6-5)

3 p.m.

CSN

$750,000

Jan. 1

Citrus Bowl

Orlando, Fla.

Michigan (8-3) vs. Tennessee (10-2)

1 p.m.

ABC

$4.25 million

Jan. 1

Outback Bowl

Tampa, Fla.

Ohio State (7-4) vs. South Carolina (8-3)

11 a.m.

ESPN

$2.2 million

Jan. 1

Gator Bowl

Jacksonville, Fla.

Virginia Tech (8-3) vs. Florida State (7-4)

12:30 p.m.

NBC

$1.4 million

Jan. 1

Fiesta Bowl

Tempe, Ariz.

Colorado (10-2) vs. Oregon (10-1)

4:30 p.m.

ABC

$11-13 million

Jan. 1

Cotton Bowl

Dallas

Arkansas (7-4) vs. Oklahoma (10-2)

11 a.m.

FOX

$2 million

Jan. 1

Sugar Bowl

New Orleans

Illinois (10-1) vs. Louisiana State (9-3)

8:30 p.m.

ABC

$11-13 million

Jan. 2

Orange Bowl

Miami

Maryland (10-1) vs. Florida (9-2)

8 p.m.

ABC

$11-13 million

Jan. 3

Rose Bowl

Pasadena, Calif.

Miami (11-0) vs. Nebraska (11-1)

8 p.m.

ABC

$11-13 million