Posted by ESPN.com's Graham Watson
The day for which we've all been waiting is finally here.
All bowls will be announced and finalized today, and we'll be able to stop speculating and start looking forward to the postseason.
So here's what you can expect from me today:
As soon as all the bowls are announced this evening, I'll be giving a quick breakdown of all the matchups that involve non-BCS teams, but that's going to be late. The blog is going to be a little quiet until about 6 p.m.
I hope to have an interview with Utah coach Kyle Whittingham and I'll post any other quotes that are sent to me from coaches who are accepting bowl bids today.
A lot of the bowl matchups already have been finalized and most have already been reported.
Here are my educated guesses:
WAC
New Mexico Bowl: Fresno State vs. Colorado State
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl: Hawaii vs. Western Michigan
Roady's Humanitarian Bowl: Nevada vs. Maryland
Poinsettia Bowl: Boise State vs. TCU
Independence Bowl: Louisiana Tech vs. at-large
Mountain West
Sugar Bowl: Utah vs. Alabama
Las Vegas Bowl: BYU vs. Arizona
New Mexico Bowl: Colorado State vs. Fresno State
Poinsettia Bowl: TCU vs. Boise State
Armed Forces Bowl: Air Force vs. Houston
Independents
EagleBank Bowl: Navy vs. Wake Forest
Texas Bowl: Notre Dame vs. Rice
Conference USA
AutoZone Liberty Bowl: East Carolina vs. Kentucky
St. Petersburg Bowl: Memphis vs. South Florida
R + L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Southern Mississippi vs. Troy
Texas Bowl: Rice vs. Notre Dame
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl: Houston vs. Air Force
GMAC Bowl: Tulsa vs. Central Michigan
Mid-American Conference
Motor City Bowl: Ball State vs. N.C. State
International Bowl: Buffalo vs. UConn*
GMAC Bowl: Central Michigan vs. Tulsa
Hawaii Bowl: Western Michigan vs. Hawaii
Sun Belt
R + L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Troy vs. Southern Mississippi
At-large (are bowl eligible)**
San Jose State
Northern Illinois
Bowling Green
Louisiana-Lafayette
Arkansas State
Florida Atlantic
* Could be an at-large spot
** The at-large teams have no predicted bowls, though some will get spots. All teams listed are 6-6 and 7-5 teams will be selected first.
Watson joined ESPN.com in 2008 after four seasons covering the Missouri Tigers and the Big 12 Conference for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She also covered college football recruiting for the Dallas Morning News.
