A Look at the Bowls

Projections of bowl matchups, which in many cases are made based on teams winning any remaining regular-season games and/or the outcome of conference championship games. All times Pacific.

SATURDAY, DEC. 20

* LAS VEGAS BOWL (At Las Vegas): Air Force vs. TBA, 3 p.m. (ESPN 2)

THURSDAY, DEC. 25

* ALOHA BOWL (At Honolulu):

Washington vs. Michigan State, 12:30 p.m. (ABC)

FRIDAY, DEC. 26

* MOTOR CITY BOWL (At Pontiac, Mich.): Marshall or Toledo vs. Iowa, 5 p.m. (ESPN)

SATURDAY, DEC. 27

* INSIGHT.COM BOWL (At Tucson): New Mexico or Colorado State vs. Arizona, 5 p.m. (ESPN)

SUNDAY, DEC. 28

* INDEPENDENCE BOWL (At Shreveport, La.): Louisiana State vs. Virginia or USC, 5 p.m. (ESPN)

MONDAY, DEC. 29

* HUMANITARIAN BOWL (At Boise, Idaho): Utah State vs.

Oregon, 12:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

* CARQUEST BOWL (At Miami):

Georgia Tech vs. West Virginia, 4:30 p.m. (TBS)

* HOLIDAY BOWL (At San Diego):

Oklahoma State vs. Colorado State or New Mexico, 5 p.m. (ESPN)

TUESDAY, DEC. 30

* ALAMO BOWL (At San Antonio):

Missouri vs. Purdue, 5 p.m. (ESPN)

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 31

* SUN BOWL (At El Paso):

Arizona State vs. Notre Dame,

11 a.m. (CBS)

* LIBERTY BOWL (At Memphis, Tenn.): Pittsburgh vs. Southern Mississippi, 12:30 p.m. (ESPN)

* FIESTA BOWL (At Tempe, Ariz.):

Kansas State vs. Syracuse, 4 p.m. (CBS)

THURSDAY, JAN. 1

* OUTBACK BOWL (At Tampa, Fla.): Wisconsin vs. Auburn, 8 a.m. (ESPN)

* GATOR BOWL (At Jacksonville, Fla.): North Carolina vs. Virginia Tech, 9:30 a.m. (NBC)

* CITRUS BOWL (At Orlando, Fla.): Penn State vs. Florida,

10 a.m. (ABC)

* COTTON BOWL (At Dallas): Texas A&M; vs. UCLA, 10:30 a.m. (CBS)

* ROSE BOWL (At Pasadena): Washington State vs. Michigan,

2 p.m. (ABC)

* SUGAR BOWL (At New Orleans): Florida State vs. Ohio State, 5 p.m. (ABC)

FRIDAY, JAN. 2

* PEACH BOWL (At Atlanta): Georgia vs. TBA, noon (ESPN)

* ORANGE BOWL (At Miami): Nebraska vs. Tennessee, 5 p.m. (CBS)