Oregon and Auburn will headline the postseason bowl schedule when they meet in the BCS title game Jan. 10 in Glendale, Ariz.The other BCS bowls:
Fiesta - Oklahoma vs. UConn
Rose - Wisconsin vs. TCU
Orange - Virginia Tech vs. Stanford
Sugar - Ohio State vs. Arkansas
Besides the five BCS bowls, there are several other intriguing matchups among the 35 bowl games that begin on Dec. 18 in Albuquerque, N.M., with Brigham Young and UTEP meeting in the New Mexico Bowl.
New Year's Eve will feature two of the better non-BCS bowls in El Paso, Texas, and Atlanta. The Hyundai Sun Bowl will pit Miami and Notre Dame in a game that should pull down huge TV ratings. Also, the Chick-fil-A Bowl features Florida State against old nemesis Steve Spurrier, now at South Carolina.
In all there was 72 bowl eligible teams for 70 bowl berths. Temple, which went 8-4 and defeated Big East champion UConn, did not receive a bowl berth. Western Michigan (6-6) was the other bowl eligible team that didn't earn a bowl berth.
The SEC received 10 of the 70 bowl berths, followed by ACC (nine), Big Ten (eight), Big 12 (eight), Big East (six), Conference USA (six), Mountain West (five), MAC (four), WAC (four), Pac-10 (four), Sun Belt (three) and all three independents (Army, Navy and Notre Dame).
Some conferences were not able to fill all of their bowl tie-ins, which is why some bowls have teams from different conferences.
Brett McMurphy is a national college football writer for FanHouse. Contact him at brettmcmurphy@gmail.com or please follow at Twitter.com/BrettmcmurphY
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2010-2011 College Football Bowl Schedule
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| Game | Date | Site | Matchup | Bowl pairing |
| New Mexico | Dec. 18 2PM |
Albuquerque, N.M. | WAC vs. MWC | UTEP vs. BYU |
| uDrove Humanitarian | Dec. 18 5:30PM |
Boise, Idaho | WAC vs. MAC | Fresno State vs. Northern Illinois |
| R+L Carriers New Orleans | Dec. 18 9PM |
New Orleans | C-USA vs. Sun Belt | Troy vs. Ohio |
| Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg | Dec. 21 8PM |
St. Petersburg, Fla. | C-USA vs. Big East | Southern Miss vs. Louisville |
| MAACO Las Vegas | Dec. 22 8PM |
Las Vegas | MWC vs. Pac-10 | Utah vs. Boise State |
| San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia | Dec. 23 8PM |
San Diego | MWC vs. Navy | San Diego State vs. Navy |
| Sheraton Hawaii | Dec. 24 8PM |
Honolulu | WAC vs. C-USA | Hawaii vs. Tulsa |
| Little Caesars Pizza | Dec. 26 8:30PM |
Detroit | MAC vs. Big Ten | Toledo vs. Florida International |
| AdvoCare V100 Independence |
Dec. 27 5PM |
Shreveport, La. | ACC vs. MWC | Georgia Tech vs. Air Force |
| Champs Sports |
Dec. 28 6:30PM |
Orlando, Fla. | ACC vs. Big East | N.C. State vs. West Virginia |
| Insight | Dec. 28 10PM |
Tempe, Ariz. | Big 12 vs. Big Ten | Missouri vs. Iowa |
| Military | Dec. 29 2:30PM |
Washington D.C. | ACC vs. C-USA | Maryland vs. East Carolina |
| Texas | Dec. 29 6PM |
Houston | Big Ten vs. Big 12 | Illinois vs. Baylor |
| Valero Alamo | Dec. 29 9:15PM |
San Antonio, Texas | Big 12 vs. Pac-10 | Oklahoma State vs. Arizona |
| Bell Helicopter Armed Forces | Dec. 30 Noon |
Dallas | MWC vs. C-USA | Army vs. SMU |
| New Era Pinstripe | Dec. 30 3:20PM |
New York | Big 12 vs. Big East | Kansas State vs. Syracuse |
| Franklin American Mortgage Music City |
Dec. 30 6:40PM |
Nashville, Tenn. | ACC vs.SEC | North Carolina vs. Tennessee |
| Bridgepoint Education Holiday | Dec. 30 10PM |
San Diego | Pac-10 vs. Big 12 | Washington vs. Nebraska |
| Meineke Car Care | Dec. 31 Noon |
Charlotte, N.C. | Big East vs. ACC | South Florida vs. Clemson |
| Hyundai Sun | Dec. 31 2PM |
El Paso, Texas | ACC vs. Pac-10 | Miami vs. Notre Dame |
| AutoZone Liberty | Dec. 31 3:30PM |
Memphis, Tenn. | C-USA vs. SEC | UCF vs. Georgia |
| Chick-fil-A | Dec. 31 7:30PM |
Atlanta | ACC vs. SEC | Florida State vs. South Carolina |
| TicketCity | Jan. 1 Noon |
Dallas | Big Ten vs. Big 12 | Northwestern vs. Texas Tech |
| Capital One | Jan. 1 1PM |
Orlando, Fla. | Big Ten vs. SEC | Michigan State vs. Alabama |
| Outback | Jan. 1 1PM |
Tampa, Fla. | Big Ten vs. SEC | Penn State vs. Florida |
| Gator | Jan. 1 1:30PM |
Jacksonville, Fla. | Big Ten vs. SEC | Michigan vs. Mississippi State |
| Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO | Jan. 1 5PM |
Pasadena, Calif. | BCS (Big Ten) vs. BCS (Pac-10) | Wisconsin vs. TCU |
| Tostitos Fiesta | Jan. 1 8:30PM |
Glendale, Ariz. | BCS (Big 12) vs. BCS (at-large) | Oklahoma vs. UConn |
| Discover Orange | Jan. 3 8:30PM |
Miami Gardens, Fla. | BCS (ACC) vs. BCS (at-large) | Virginia Tech vs. Stanford |
| Allstate Sugar | Jan. 4 8:30PM |
New Orleans | BCS (SEC) vs. BCS (at-large) | Arkansas vs. Ohio State |
| GoDaddy.com | Jan. 6 8PM |
Mobile, Ala. | MAC vs. Sun Belt | Miami, Ohio vs. Middle Tennessee |
| AT&T Cotton | Jan. 7 8PM |
Arlington, Texas | Big 12 vs. SEC | Texas A&M vs. LSU |
| BBVA Compass | Jan. 8 Noon |
Birmingham, Ala. | Big East vs. SEC | Pittsburgh vs. Kentucky |
| Kraft Fight Hunger | Jan. 9 9PM |
San Francisco | Pac-10 vs. WAC | Boston College vs. Nevada |
| Tostitos BCS National Championship | Jan. 10 8:30PM |
Glendale, Ariz. | BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2 | Auburn vs. Oregon |
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