Methodology
Simple: take each team's points from the Yards per Play Rankings. Scale based on the pace the teams play. And type up the outcome! I also give a ranking of how good the game will be based on the quality of the teams, how well matched they are, and how "pretty" a game they play (lots of scoring, few penalties or turnovers).
Another good look at the bowl games is here: Pro-Football-Reference. I also put up there a different, simpler look at how exciting each game would be.
The Bowls
Bowl |
Date | Location | Team 1 |
Score | Team 2 |
Score | Rating Tm1 | Rating Tm2 | Game Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Mexico |
Dec. 19 | Albuquerque, NM | Fresno St |
29 | Wyoming |
22 | -4.0 | -11.2 | 32 |
St. Petersburg |
Dec. 19 | St. Petersburg, FL | Rutgers |
24 | Central Florida |
21 | -0.8 | -3.6 | 29 |
R&L Carriers New Orleans |
Dec. 20 | New Orleans, LA | Southern Miss |
28 | Middle Tennessee St |
27 | 0.7 | -0.1 | 18 |
MAACO Las Vegas |
Dec. 22 | Las Vegas, NV | Oregon St |
28 | Brigham Young |
28 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 6 |
San Diego CCU Poinsettia |
Dec. 23 | San Diego, CA | California |
26 | Utah |
26 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 13 |
Sheraton Hawaii |
Dec. 24 | Honolulu, HI | Nevada |
39 | SMU |
22 | 7.1 | -7.8 | 24 |
Emerald |
Dec. 26 | San Francisco, CA | Southern Cal |
29 | Boston College |
19 | 12.8 | 2.0 | 25 |
Meineke Car Care |
Dec. 26 | Charlotte, NC | Pittsburgh |
28 | North Carolina |
19 | 12.3 | 2.1 | 26 |
Little Caesars |
Dec. 26 | Detroit, MI | Ohio U. |
27 | Marshall |
19 | -3.6 | -12.8 | 34 |
Gaylord Hotels Music City |
Dec. 27 | Nashville, TN | Clemson |
30 | Kentucky |
22 | 11.5 | 3.6 | 17 |
Independence |
Dec. 28 | Shreveport, LA | Georgia |
36 | Texas A&M |
25 | 12.0 | 3.4 | 12 |
Champs Sports |
Dec. 29 | Orlando, FL | Miami FL |
29 | Wisconsin |
28 | 7.4 | 6.3 | 7 |
EagleBank 1 |
Dec. 29 | Washington, DC | UCLA |
29 | Temple |
19 | 3.6 | -7.1 | 33 |
Pacific Life Holiday |
Dec. 30 | San Diego, CA | Nebraska |
23 | Arizona |
22 | 10.7 | 8.8 | 19 |
Roady's Humanitarian |
Dec. 30 | Boise, ID | Bowling Green |
27 | Idaho |
33 | -7.7 | -2.9 | 21 |
Texas |
Dec. 31 | Houston, TX | Missouri |
32 | Navy |
20 | 8.2 | -3.3 | 23 |
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces |
Dec. 31 | Fort Worth, TX | Houston |
31 | Air Force |
27 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 10 |
Brut Sun |
Dec. 31 | El Paso, TX | Oklahoma |
30 | Stanford |
24 | 15.3 | 9.8 | 9 |
Insight |
Dec. 31 | Tempe, AZ | Minnesota |
25 | Iowa St |
23 | -3.3 | -6.1 | 30 |
Chick-fil-A |
Dec. 31 | Atlanta, GA | Virginia Tech |
27 | Tennessee |
25 | 17.1 | 15.8 | 2 |
Outback |
Jan. 1 | Tampa, FL | Auburn |
38 | Northwestern |
17 | 16.4 | -3.5 | 27 |
Capital One |
Jan. 1 | Orlando, FL | Penn State |
23 | LSU |
20 | 16.1 | 12.6 | 15 |
Konica Minolta Gator |
Jan. 1 | Jacksonville, FL | West Virginia |
32 | Florida St |
22 | 8.3 | -1.2 | 22 |
Rose presented by Citi |
Jan. 1 | Pasadena, CA | Oregon |
28 | Ohio State |
24 | 19.5 | 14.9 | 5 |
Allstate Sugar |
Jan. 1 | New Orleans, LA | Florida |
31 | Cincinnati |
23 | 29.6 | 21.2 | 1 |
AT&T Cotton |
Jan. 2 | Arlington, TX | Mississippi |
27 | Oklahoma St |
22 | 13.6 | 8.1 | 14 |
AutoZone Liberty |
Jan. 2 | Memphis, TN | Arkansas |
39 | East Carolina |
18 | 14.9 | -4.8 | 28 |
International |
Jan. 2 | Toronto, Canada | South Florida |
28 | Northern Illinois |
20 | 3.5 | -4.4 | 31 |
Papajohns.com |
Jan. 2 | Birmingham, AL | South Carolina |
30 | Connecticut |
21 | 11.6 | 2.7 | 20 |
Valero Alamo |
Jan. 2 | San Antonio, TX | Texas Tech |
30 | Michigan St |
27 | 10.3 | 7.4 | 8 |
Tostitos Fiesta |
Jan. 4 | Glendale, AZ | TCU |
33 | Boise St |
24 | 21.4 | 13.1 | 4 |
FedEx Orange |
Jan. 5 | Miami, FL | Georgia Tech |
26 | Iowa |
25 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 11 |
GMAC |
Jan. 6 | Mobile, AL | Central Michigan |
28 | Troy |
27 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 16 |
Citi National Championship |
Jan. 7 | Pasadena, CA | Texas |
21 | Alabama |
28 | 20.6 | 27.9 | 3 |