Article:College Football Projected Bowl Results and Final Standings

Bowl Results and Final Standings Scores and standings for every team By Paul Bessire, WhatIfSports.com August 26th, 2008

After previewing a 2008 week in college football each day for the last 15 days, we present final standings and bowl results. We did our best to slot teams based on their final regular season expected records and standings. With 68 teams no making a bowl and so many bowl ties to conferences like the SEC and ACC, we broadened bowl eligibility to include any team that finished .500 or above in expected or absolute record.

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Today we preview bowl season. Please note the final season standings below. The ranking next to each team is its pre-season Power Ranking. Check back here tomorrow and throughout the season for our updated power rankings and actual weekly predictions.

BCS Championship Game: #1 OSU (13-0) 23 vs #2 Georgia 17 (12-2) The Buckeyes erase the SEC demons of the past two years as well as any doubt as to who should be the 2008 national champion as Ohio State remains the country's lone undefeated team after defeating Georgia 61% of the time in the BCS Championship Game and by an average score of 23-17. Other BCS game winners include Clemson by a single point over West Virginia in the Orange Bowl, Oklahoma by more than two touchdowns over Wake Forest in the Fiesta Bowl, USC over another Big Ten #2 in the Rose Bowl and LSU by eight points over Missouri.

2008 Bowl Results Poinsettia Bowl
 * 1) 54 New Mexico 41 - #74 Temple 37 (New Mexico wins 61%)

New Orleans Bowl
 * 1) 57 FAU 26 - #86 Rice 23 (FAU wins 67%)

Papajohns.com Bowl
 * 1) 36 Louisville 38 - #56 Air Force 28 (Louisville wins 62%)

New Mexico Bowl
 * 1) 34 TCU 25 - #51 Nevada 22 (TCU wins 60%)

Las Vegas Bowl
 * 1) 20 BYU 30 - #29 Oregon 25 (BYU wins 59%)

Hawaii Bowl
 * 1) 33 UCLA 31 - #45 Boise State 25 (UCLA wins 80%)

Motor City Bowl
 * 1) 62 Ball State 34 - #66 Iowa 27 (Ball State wins 87%)

Holiday Bowl
 * 1) 16 Texas Tech 30 - #22 Arizona State 22 (Texas Tech wins 68%)

Texas Bowl
 * 1) 25 Cincinnati 35 - #65 Nebraska 25 (Cincinnati wins 68%)

Champs Sports Bowl
 * 1) 39 Penn State 23 - #37 Florida State 19 (Penn State wins 52%)

Emerald Bowl
 * 1) 52 Arizona 26 - #87 Louisiana-Monroe 19 (Arizona wins 77%)

Meineke Car Care Bowl
 * 1) 31 Pitt 38 - #72 Miami (FL) 29 (Pitt wins 66%)

Liberty Bowl
 * 1) 44 Houston 30 - #53 Kentucky 28 (Houston wins 55%)

Alamo Bowl
 * 1) 15 Kansas 26 - #35 Indiana 13 (Kansas wins 81%)

Independence Bowl
 * 1) 50 Kansas State 36 - #58 Mississippi State 33 (Kansas State wins 55%)

Armed Forces Bowl
 * 1) 26 Utah 30 - #41 East Carolina 18 (Utah wins 85%)

Sun Bowl
 * 1) 42 Cal 38 - #47 Notre Dame 36 (Cal wins 64%)

Humanitarian Bowl
 * 1) 21 Fresno State 35 - #79 Western Michigan 25 (Fresno State wins 95%)

Music City Bowl
 * 1) 23 Tennessee 34 - #30 Maryland 29 (Tennessee wins 58%)

Chick-fil-a Bowl
 * 1) 17 Virginia Tech 19 - #43 South Carolina 14 (Virginia Tech wins 83%)

Insight Bowl
 * 1) 28 Oklahoma State 31 - #24 Michigan 25 (Oklahoma State wins 56%)

Outback Bowl
 * 1) 12 Illinois 25 - #18 Auburn 24 (Illinois wins 59%)

Cotton Bowl
 * 1) 11 Texas 32 - #13 Alabama 27 (Texas wins 53%)

Gator Bowl
 * 1) 19 South Florida 17 - #38 North Carolina 10 (South Florida wins 69%)

Capitol One Bowl
 * 1) 8 Florida 27 - #27 Purdue 13 (Florida wins 82%)

International Bowl
 * 1) 55 Central Michigan 34 - #80 Southern Miss 24 (Central Michigan wins 66%)

GMAC Bowl
 * 1) 48 UCF 32 - #73 Miami (OH) 25 (UCF wins 64%)

St. Petersburg Bowl
 * 1) 46 UConn 32 - #61 Tulsa 30 (Central Michigan wins 56%)

Congressional Bowl
 * 1) 70 Navy 37 - #76 Duke 23 (Navy wins 75%)

Rose Bowl
 * 1) 5 USC 28 - #10 Wisconsin 24 (USC wins 60%)

Sugar Bowl
 * 1) 4 LSU 28 - #9 Missouri 20 (LSU wins 68%)

Fiesta Bowl
 * 1) 3 Oklahoma 25 - #14 Wake Forest 10 (Oklahoma wins 91%)

Orange Bowl
 * 1) 7 Clemson 19 - #6 West Virginia 18 (Clemson wins 52%)

BCS Championship
 * 1) 1 Ohio State 23 - #2 Georgia 17 (Ohio State wins 61%)

Final FBS Standings

Conference	Team	Abs Record	Exp Record Atlantic Coast	Clemson	14 - 0	13 - 1 Atlantic Coast	Virginia Tech	12 - 1	10 - 3 Atlantic Coast	WF	11 - 2	10 - 3 Atlantic Coast	Maryland	6 - 7	8 - 5 Atlantic Coast	North Carolina	10 - 3	8 - 5 Atlantic Coast	Florida State	8 - 5	7 - 6 Atlantic Coast	Boston College	4 - 8	5 - 7 Atlantic Coast	Duke	3 - 10	6 - 7 Atlantic Coast	GA Tech	5 - 7	5 - 7 Atlantic Coast	Miami (FL)	6 - 7	5 - 8 Atlantic Coast	Virginia	2 - 10	3 - 9 Atlantic Coast	NC St.	1 - 11	2 - 10 Big East	W. Virginia	12 - 1	11 - 2 Big East	South Florida	11 - 2	9 - 4 Big East	Cincinnati	10 - 4	9 - 5 Big East	Connecticut	8 - 5	8 - 5 Big East	Louisville	8 - 5	8 - 5 Big East	Pittsburgh	11 - 2	8 - 5 Big East	Rutgers	4 - 8	7 - 5 Big East	Syracuse	2 - 10	2 - 10 Big Ten	Ohio State	13 - 0	13 - 0 Big Ten	Illinois	10 - 3	10 - 3 Big Ten	Wisconsin	11 - 2	9 - 4 Big Ten	Indiana	8 - 5	7 - 6 Big Ten	Michigan	8 - 5	7 - 6 Big Ten	Penn State	8 - 5	8 - 5 Big Ten	Purdue	11 - 2	7 - 6 Big Ten	Iowa	5 - 8	6 - 7 Big Ten	Michigan State	4 - 8	6 - 6 Big Ten	Northwestern	5 - 7	5 - 7 Big Ten	Minn. 3 - 9	4 - 8 Big Twelve	Oklahoma	14 - 0	13 - 1 Big Twelve	Missouri	12 - 2	10 - 4 Big Twelve	Texas Tech	10 - 3	10 - 3 Big Twelve	Texas	11 - 2	10 - 3 Big Twelve	Kansas	10 - 3	10 - 3 Big Twelve	Oklahoma State	9 - 4	9 - 4 Big Twelve	Kansas State	8 - 5	8 - 5 Big Twelve	Nebraska	5 - 8	6 - 7 Big Twelve	Colorado	5 - 7	5 - 7 Big Twelve	Texas A&M	4 - 8	5 - 7 Big Twelve	Baylor	2 - 10	3 - 9 Big Twelve	Iowa State	1 - 11	2 - 10 Conference USA	Houston	12 - 2	10 - 4 Conference USA	UCF	12 - 2	11 - 3 Conference USA	East Carolina	9 - 4	8 - 5 Conference USA	Tulsa	8 - 5	8 - 5 Conference USA	Rice	8 - 5	7 - 6 Conference USA	S. Miss	7 - 6	6 - 7 Conference USA	Memphis	3 - 9	5 - 7 Conference USA	SMU	5 - 7	5 - 7 Conference USA	UTEP	3 - 9	4 - 8 Conference USA	Marshall	3 - 9	3 - 9 Conference USA	Tulane	2 - 10	3 - 9 Conference USA	UAB	1 - 11	2 - 10 Independents (FBS)	Notre Dame	7 - 6	7 - 6 Independents (FBS)	Navy	6 - 6	6 - 6 Independents (FBS)	Western Kentucky	4 - 8	5 - 7 Independents (FBS)	Army	1 - 11	2 - 10 Mid-American	Ball State	12 - 2	10 - 4 Mid-American	C. Michigan	10 - 3	9 - 4 Mid-American	Miami (OH)	9 - 5	7 - 7 Mid-American	Temple	6 - 7	7 - 6 Mid-American	W. Michigan	8 - 5	7 - 6 Mid-American	Bowling Green	6 - 6	6 - 6 Mid-American	Kent St.	6 - 6	6 - 6 Mid-American	Ohio	5 - 7	6 - 6 Mid-American	Buffalo	3 - 9	5 - 7 Mid-American	E. Michigan	2 - 10	4 - 8 Mid-American	Northern Illinois	3 - 9	4 - 8 Mid-American	Toledo	3 - 9	4 - 8 Mid-American	Akron	2 - 10	3 - 9 Mountain West	Brigham Young	12 - 1	11 - 2 Mountain West	TCU	11 - 2	10 - 3 Mountain West	Utah	11 - 2	10 - 3 Mountain West	Air Force	7 - 6	7 - 6 Mountain West	New Mexico	9 - 4	8 - 5 Mountain West	Wyoming	6 - 6	7 - 5 Mountain West	Colorado St.	3 - 9	4 - 8 Mountain West	UNLV	3 - 9	4 - 8 Mountain West	San Diego State	1 - 11	2 - 10 Pacific-10	USC	12 - 1	12 - 1 Pacific-10	Arizona St.	10 - 3	8 - 5 Pacific-10	Arizona	8 - 5	8 - 5 Pacific-10	California	11 - 2	8 - 5 Pacific-10	Oregon	8 - 5	7 - 6 Pacific-10	UCLA	6 - 7	7 - 6 Pacific-10	Oregon State	3 - 9	4 - 8 Pacific-10	Washington	3 - 9	4 - 8 Pacific-10	Washington St.	3 - 10	4 - 9 Pacific-10	Stanford	1 - 11	2 - 10 Southeastern	Georgia	13 - 1	12 - 2 Southeastern	LSU	11 - 3	11 - 3 Southeastern	Florida	11 - 2	11 - 2 Southeastern	Alabama	9 - 4	8 - 5 Southeastern	Auburn	8 - 5	8 - 5 Southeastern	Tennessee	9 - 4	8 - 5 Southeastern	Kentucky	7 - 6	6 - 7 Southeastern	Mississippi State	5 - 8	6 - 7 Southeastern	S. Carolina	6 - 6	6 - 6 Southeastern	Arkansas	5 - 7	5 - 7 Southeastern	Mississippi	4 - 8	5 - 7 Southeastern	Vanderbilt	0 - 12	2 - 10 Sun Belt	Florida Atlantic	11 - 2	10 - 3 Sun Belt	LA-Monroe	8 - 5	7 - 6 Sun Belt	Arkansas St.	7 - 5	6 - 6 Sun Belt	LA-Laf	3 - 9	5 - 7 Sun Belt	Mid Tenn	5 - 7	4 - 8 Sun Belt	North Texas	2 - 10	4 - 8 Sun Belt	Troy	3 - 9	4 - 8 Sun Belt	Fla. Int. 0 - 12	1 - 11 Western Athletic	Boise State	9 - 4	9 - 4 Western Athletic	Fresno State	12 - 1	10 - 3 Western Athletic	Nevada	9 - 4	8 - 5 Western Athletic	Hawaii	7 - 6	7 - 6 Western Athletic	Idaho	5 - 7	5 - 7 Western Athletic	New Mexico State	5 - 7	5 - 7 Western Athletic	Louisiana Tech	4 - 8	4 - 8 Western Athletic	San Jose State	3 - 9	4 - 8 Western Athletic	Utah State	0 - 12	1 - 11 Ever wanted to be in be in charge of your own college football program? With Gridiron Dynasty from WhatIfSports.com, you have a chance to do just that - and it's completely FREE for a limited time ($10.95 value). From recruiting and running practice to gameplanning and scheduling - it is all under your control. Start at DIII and try to work your way up to winning the DI championship at your favorite school. Play for free today using the promo code BTBGD.

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