| Name | Home | Visitor | City | Date |
| Poinsettia Bowl |  | TCU Horned Frogs |  | Northern Illinois Huskies | San Diego CA | Dec 19 |
| Las Vegas Bowl |  | Brigham Young Cougars |  | Oregon Ducks | Las Vegas NV | Dec 21 |
| New Orleans Bowl |  | Rice Owls |  | Troy Trojans | New Orleans LA | Dec 22 |
| Papajohns.com Bowl |  | South Florida Bulls |  | East Carolina Pirates | Birmingham AL | Dec 23 |
| New Mexico Bowl |  | New Mexico Lobos |  | San Jose State Spartans | Albuquerque NM | Dec 23 |
| Armed Forces Bowl |  | Tulsa Golden Hurricane |  | Utah Utes | Fort Worth TX | Dec 23 |
| Sheraton Bowl |  | Hawaii Warriors |  | Arizona State Sun Devils | Honolulu HI | Dec 24 |
| Motor City Bowl |  | Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders |  | Central Michigan Chippewas | Detroit MI | Dec 26 |
| Emerald Bowl |  | Florida State Seminoles |  | UCLA Bruins | San Francisco CA | Dec 27 |
| Independence Bowl |  | Oklahoma State Cowboys |  | Alabama Crimson Tide | Shreveport LA | Dec 28 |
| Holiday Bowl |  | California Golden Bears |  | Texas A&M Aggies | San Diego CA | Dec 28 |
| Texas Bowl |  | Rutgers Scarlet Knights |  | Kansas State Wildcats | Houston TX | Dec 28 |
| Music City Bowl |  | Clemson Tigers |  | Kentucky Wildcats | Nashville TN | Dec 29 |
| Sun Bowl |  | Oregon State Beavers |  | Missouri Tigers | El Paso TX | Dec 29 |
| Liberty Bowl |  | Houston Cougars |  | South Carolina Gamecocks | Memphis TN | Dec 29 |
| Insight Bowl |  | Texas Tech Red Raiders |  | Minnesota Golden Gophers | Tempe AZ | Dec 29 |
| Sports Bowl |  | Purdue Boilermakers |  | Maryland Terrapins | Orlando FL | Dec 29 |
| Car Care Bowl |  | Navy Midshipmen |  | Boston College Eagles | Charlotte NC | Dec 30 |
| Alamo Bowl |  | Texas Longhorns |  | Iowa Hawkeyes | San Antonio TX | Dec 30 |
| Chick-fil-A Bowl |  | Georgia Bulldogs |  | Virginia Tech Hokies | Atlanta GA | Dec 30 |
| Computers Bowl |  | Miami Hurricanes |  | Nevada Wolf Pack | Boise ID | Dec 31 |
| Outback Bowl |  | Tennessee Volunteers |  | Penn State Nittany Lions | Tampa FL | Jan 1 |
| Cotton Bowl |  | Auburn Tigers |  | Nebraska Cornhuskers | Dallas TX | Jan 1 |
| Gator Bowl |  | West Virginia Mountaineers |  | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | Jacksonville FL | Jan 1 |
| Capital One Bowl |  | Arkansas Razorbacks |  | Wisconsin Badgers | Orlando FL | Jan 1 |
| Rose Bowl |  | USC Trojans |  | Michigan Wolverines | Pasadena CA | Jan 1 |
| Fiesta Bowl |  | Boise State Broncos |  | Oklahoma Sooners | Glendale AZ | Jan 1 |
| Orange Bowl |  | Louisville Cardinals |  | Wake Forest Demon Deacons | Miami FL | Jan 2 |
| Sugar Bowl |  | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |  | LSU Tigers | New Orleans LA | Jan 3 |
| International Bowl |  | Cincinnati Bearcats |  | Western Michigan Broncos | Toronto ON | Jan 6 |
| GMAC Bowl |  | Ohio Bobcats |  | Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles | Mobile AL | Jan 7 |
| Championship Bowl |  | Florida Gators |  | Ohio State Buckeyes | Glendale AZ | Jan 8 |