NBL Bowl Outlook 11/03/2008

Yes Texas Tech is #2 in the BCS right now, but I don’t think it will stay that way. Remember that my bowl predictions are based on how I see things at the end of the season, and I don’t see Tech beating both OK State and OU which it needs to do to get into the BCS title game. Florida has the best chance of the one-loss teams to make it into the title game with OU and Texas ahead of USC in the pecking order.

National Champtionship	Penn State	Florida
Rose Bowl	Ohio State	USC
Orange Bowl	Virginia Tech	West Virginia
Sugar Bowl	Alabama	Oklahoma
Fiesta Bowl	Texas	TCU
Cotton Bowl	Texas Tech	LSU
Gator Bowl	Florida State	Oklahoma State
Capitol One Bowl	Michigan State	Georgia
Liberty Bowl	Tulsa	Auburn
Sun Bowl	Cincinnati	California
Chick-Fil-A Bowl	North Carolina	Ole Miss
Holiday Bowl	Arizona	Missouri
Independence Bowl	Kansas	Tennessee
Outback Bowl	South Carolina	Minnesota
Insight Bowl	Colorado	Northwestern
Champs Sports Bowl	Illinois	Wake Forest
Las Vegas Bowl	Utah	Oregon
Alamo Bowl	Nebraska	Wisconsin
Motor City Bowl	Western Michigan	Louisville
Humanitarian Bowl	Fresno State	Clemson
Music City Bowl	Georgia Tech	Kentucky
GMAC Bowl	East Carolina	Central Michigan
Texas Bowl	LA – Lafayette	UTEP
New Orleans Bowl	Troy	UCF
Hawaii Bowl	Boise State	Ball State
Emerald Bowl	Oregon State	Boston College
Meineke Car Care Bowl	Notre Dame	Miami, FL
Armed Forces Bowl	Rice	Air Force
Poinsettia Bowl	BYU	San Jose State
Papajohns.com Bowl	Arkansas State	South Florida
New Mexico Bowl	Louisiana Tech	UNLV
International Bowl	UConn	Buffalo
Congressional Bowl	Navy	Maryland
St. Petersberg Bowl	Pittsburgh	Duke

This week’s predictions have four teams sitting at home with 6-6 records; Rutgers, NIU, Temple and Florida Atlantic. Rutgers and FAU have both been huge disappointments and should be considered fortunate to even be in the same sentence with the word “Bowl.” Both Temple and NIU have done better this season than most teams would have predicted and NIU even played well against an admittedly down Tennessee squad.