Opening College Football Bowl Schedule 2009-2010

2009-10 Bowl Schedule

Below is a list of the 2009-10 bowl schedule. The NCAA approved 34 bowl games for this season, same as last season. No new bowls were licensed for the upcoming season. The top two teams in the BCS rankings will meet in the BCS National Title in Pasadena, Calif. on Jan. 7. Date Bowl Location TV Time Matchup Jan. 7 BCS Title Pasadena, Calif. FOX 8 p.m. BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2 Jan. 6 GMAC Mobile, Ala. ESPN 7 p.m. MAC vs. ACC No. 9 Jan. 5 Orange Miami FOX 8 p.m. BCS vs. BCS Jan. 4 Fiesta Glendale, Ariz. FOX 8 p.m. BCS vs. BCS Jan. 2 Alamo San Antonio ESPN 9 p.m. Big Ten No. 4/5 vs. Big 12 No. 5 Jan. 2 Liberty Memphis, Tenn. ESPN 5:30 p.m. C-USA No. 1 vs. SEC Jan. 2 Cotton Dallas FOX 2 p.m. Big 12 No. 2 vs. SEC Jan. 2 Papajohns.com Birmingham, Ala. ESPN 2 p.m. Big East vs. SEC Jan. 2 International Toronto ESPN2 Noon Big East vs. MAC Jan. 1 Sugar New Orleans, La. FOX 8:30 p.m. BCS vs. BCS Jan. 1 Rose Pasadena, Calif. ABC 5 p.m. BCS vs. BCS Jan. 1 Gator Jacksonville, Fla. CBS 1 p.m. ACC No. 3 vs. Big East or Big 12 Jan. 1 Capital One Orlando, Fla. ABC 1 p.m. Big Ten No. 2 vs. SEC No. 2 Jan. 1 Outback Tampa, Fla. ESPN 11 a.m. Big Ten No. 3 vs. SEC Dec. 31 Chick-fil-A Atlanta ESPN 7:30 p.m. SEC vs. ACC No. 2 Dec. 31 Insight Tempe, Ariz. NFL Net. 5:30 p.m. Big Ten No. 6 vs. Big 12 No. 6 Dec. 31 Sun El Paso, Tex. CBS Noon Pac-10 No. 3 vs. Big 12 or Big East Dec. 31 Armed Forces Fort Worth, Tex. ESPN TBA MWC vs. C-USA Dec. 30 Holiday San Diego, Calif. ESPN 8 p.m. Pac-10 No. 2 vs. Big 12 No. 3 Dec. 30 Texas Houston NFL Net. 8 p.m. Big 12 No. 8 vs. Navy* Dec. 30 Humanitarian Boise, Idaho ESPN 4:30 p.m. WAC vs. MWC Dec. 29 Champs Sports Orlando, Fla. ESPN 8 p.m. ACC No. 4 vs. Big Ten No. 4/5 Dec. 29 EagleBank Washington D.C. ESPN 4:30 p.m. Army* vs. ACC No. 8 Dec. 28 Independence Shreveport, La. ESPN 5 p.m. Big 12 vs. SEC Dec. 27 Music City Nashville, Tenn. ESPN 8:15 p.m. SEC vs. ACC No. 5/6/7 Dec. 26 Emerald San Francisco ESPN 8:30 p.m. ACC No. 5/6/7 vs. Pac-10 Dec. 26 Meineke Car Care Charlotte, N.C. ESPN 4 p.m. ACC No. 5/6/7 vs. Big East No. 3 Dec. 26 Motor City Detroit, Mich. ESPN 5 p.m. MAC vs. Big Ten No. 7 Dec. 24 Hawaii Honolulu ESPN 8 p.m. WAC vs. C-USA Dec. 23 Poinsettia San Diego, Calif. ESPN 8 p.m. MWC vs. Pac-10 No. 6 Dec. 22 Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nev. ESPN 8 p.m. Pac-10 vs. MWC No. 1 Dec. 20 New Orleans New Orleans ESPN 8 p.m. Sun Belt No. 1 vs. C-USA Dec. 19 St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Fla. ESPN 8 p.m. Big East vs. C-USA Dec. 19 New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. ESPN 4:30 p.m. MWC vs. WAC Note: Notre Dame is considered a Big East school in the bowl selection process. * - If Army is bowl-eligible, it will play in the EagleBank Bowl. If not, a C-USA, MAC or Big Ten school can replace it. Navy is slated to play in the Texas Bowl if it is bowl-eligible.