Whether you hate or love the BCS, the bowl season is exciting time for college football fans. Although there are too many bowl games, it's one last chance to see teams before the long offseason sets in.

Athlon has released its 2012 rankings but it's time to unveil where teams will be spending the postseason.

USC and LSU are Athlon's prediction to play in the national title game, but who will play in college football's remaining 35 bowls?

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2012-2013 College Football Bowl Projections

Bowl Date Tie-In Projected Matchup New Mexico Dec. 15 MWC vs. Pac-12 Arizona vs. Colorado State Arizona vs. Colorado State Famous Idaho Potato Dec. 15 MAC vs. WAC Louisiana Tech vs. Western Michigan Louisiana Tech vs. Western Michigan Poinsettia Dec. 20 BYU vs. MWC BYU vs. Nevada BYU vs. Nevada Beef 'O'Brady's Dec. 21 Big East vs. C-USA Vanderbilt* vs. Southern Miss Vanderbilt* vs. Southern Miss New Orleans Dec. 22 Sun Belt vs. C-USA UL Lafayette vs. Tulsa UL Lafayette vs. Tulsa Las Vegas Dec. 22 MWC vs. Pac-12 UCLA vs. Boise State UCLA vs. Boise State Hawaii Dec. 24 C-USA vs. MWC Wyoming vs. SMU Wyoming vs. SMU Little Caesars Dec. 26 Big Ten vs. MAC Washington State* vs. Toledo Washington State* vs. Toledo Military Dec. 27 ACC vs. Army Marshall* vs. Air Force* Marshall* vs. Air Force* Belk Dec. 27 ACC vs. Big East Virginia vs. Pittsburgh Virginia vs. Pittsburgh Holiday Dec. 27 Big 12 vs. Pac-12 Washington vs. Kansas State Washington vs. Kansas State Independence Dec. 28 ACC vs. SEC Miami vs. Mississippi State Miami vs. Mississippi State Russell Athletic Dec. 28 ACC vs. Big East South Florida vs. Clemson South Florida vs. Clemson Meineke Car Care Dec. 28 Big Ten vs. Big 12 Baylor vs. Purdue Baylor vs. Purdue Armed Forces Dec. 29 C-USA vs. MWC Houston vs. Fresno State Houston vs. Fresno State Kraft Fight Hunger Dec. 29 Pac-12 vs. Navy Navy vs. Utah Navy vs. Utah Pinstripe Dec. 29 Big East vs. Big 12 Rutgers vs. Notre Dame* Rutgers vs. Notre Dame* Alamo Dec. 29 Big 12 vs. Pac-12 Stanford vs. Oklahoma State Stanford vs. Oklahoma State Buffalo Wild Wings Dec. 29 Big Ten vs. Big 12 TCU vs. Northwestern TCU vs. Northwestern Music City Dec. 31 SEC vs. ACC Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech Sun Dec. 31 ACC vs. Pac-12 NC State vs. California NC State vs. California Liberty Dec. 31 SEC vs. C-USA East Carolina vs. Texas A&M East Carolina vs. Texas A&M Chick-fil-A Dec. 31 ACC vs. SEC Virginia Tech vs. Florida Virginia Tech vs. Florida TicketCity Jan. 1 Big Ten vs. C-USA Texas Tech* vs. Illinois Texas Tech* vs. Illinois TaxSlayer.com Gator Jan. 1 SEC vs. Big Ten Auburn vs. Iowa Auburn vs. Iowa Capital One Jan. 1 SEC vs. Big Ten Georgia vs. Wisconsin Georgia vs. Wisconsin Outback Jan. 1 SEC vs. Big Ten South Carolina vs. Michigan State South Carolina vs. Michigan State Cotton Jan. 4 Big 12 vs. SEC West Virginia vs. Arkansas West Virginia vs. Arkansas BBVA Compass Jan. 5 SEC vs. Big East Missouri vs. Cincinnati Missouri vs. Cincinnati GoDaddy.com Jan. 6 MAC vs. Sun Belt Arkansas State vs. Ohio Arkansas State vs. Ohio Â Â Â Â BCS Bowls Â Â Â Rose Jan. 1 BCS vs. BCS Michigan vs. Oregon Orange Jan. 1 BCS vs. BCS Florida State vs. Louisville Sugar Jan. 2 BCS vs. BCS Alabama vs. Texas Fiesta Jan. 3 BCS vs. BCS Oklahoma vs. Nebraska National Title Jan. 7 BCS vs. BCS USC vs. LSU





* According to our projections, the Big East, Big Ten, ACC, Army and Big 12 will fail to to fill their allotted slots.



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