Last updated on: 12/6/2011 6:15:58 PM PST

2011-2012 College Football Bowl Schedule

70 teams will receive a total of $274,525,000 to compete in 35 bowl games this 2011-2012 college football season.

	Bowl / payout per team*	Teams	City / Stadium	Date / Time
1	Gildan New Mexico Bowl $750,000	Temple vs. Wyoming	Albuquerque, NM University Stadium	Dec. 17 2 p.m.
2	Famous Idaho Potato Bowl $750,000	Ohio vs. Utah State	Boise, ID Bronco Stadium	Dec. 17 5:30 p.m.
3	R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl $500,000	San Diego State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette	New Orleans, LA Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Dec. 17 9 p.m.
4	Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl $500,000	Florida International vs. Marshall	St. Petersburg, FL Tropicana Field	Dec. 20 8 p.m.
5	S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl $500,000	TCU vs. Louisiana Tech	San Diego, CA Qualcomm Stadium	Dec. 21 8 p.m.
6	MAACO Las Vegas Bowl $1,100,000	Arizona State vs. Boise State	Las Vegas, NV Sam Boyd Stadium	Dec. 22 8 p.m.
7	Sheraton Hawaii Bowl $750,000	Nevada vs. Southern Miss	Honolulu, HI Aloha Stadium	Dec. 24 8 p.m.
8	AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl $1,150,000	Missouri vs. North Carolina	Shreveport, LA Independence Stadium	Dec. 26 5 p.m.
9	Little Caesars Bowl $750,000	Western Michigan vs. Purdue	Detroit, MI Ford Field	Dec. 27 4:30 p.m.
10	Belk Bowl $1,700,000	Louisville vs. NC State	Charlotte, NC Bank of America Stadium	Dec. 27 8 p.m.
11	Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman Bowl $862,500	Toledo vs. Air Force	Washington, DC RFK Stadium	Dec. 28 4:30 p.m.
12	Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl $2,150,000	California vs. Texas	San Diego, CA Qualcomm Stadium	Dec. 28 8 p.m.
13	Champs Sports Bowl $2,325,000	Florida State vs. Notre Dame	Orlando, FL Citrus Bowl	Dec. 29 5:30 p.m.
14	Valero Alamo Bowl $3,175,000	Washington vs. Baylor	San Antonio, TX Alamodome	Dec. 29 9 p.m.
15	Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl $600,000	BYU vs. Tulsa	Dallas, TX Gerald J. Ford Stadium	Dec. 30 Noon
16	New Era Pinstripe Bowl $1,800,000	Rutgers vs. Iowa State	Bronx, NY Yankee Stadium	Dec. 30 3:20 p.m.
17	Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl $1,837,500	Mississippi State vs. Wake Forest	Nashville, TN LP Field	Dec. 30 6:40 p.m.
18	Insight Bowl $3,350,000	Iowa vs. Oklahoma	Tempe, AZ Sun Devil Stadium	Dec. 30 10 p.m.
19	Meineke Car Care of Texas Bowl $1,700,000	Texas A&M vs. Northwestern	Houston, TX Reliant Stadium	Dec. 31 Noon
20	Hyundai Sun Bowl $2,000,000	Georgia Tech vs. Utah	El Paso, TX Sun Bowl	Dec. 31 2 p.m.
21	AutoZone Liberty Bowl $1,700,000	Cincinnati vs. Vanderbilt	Memphis, TN Liberty Bowl	Dec. 31 3:30 p.m.
22	Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl $837,500	Illinois vs. UCLA	San Francisco, CA AT&T Park	Dec. 31 3:30 p.m.
23	Chick-fil-A Bowl $3,967,500 ACC; $2,932,500 SEC	Virginia vs. Auburn	Atlanta, GA Georgia Dome	Dec. 31 7:30 p.m.
24	TicketCity Bowl $1,100,000	Houston vs. Penn State	Dallas, TX Cotton Bowl	Jan. 2 Noon
25	Outback Bowl $3,500,000	Michigan State vs. Georgia	Tampa, FL Raymond James Stadium	Jan. 2 1 p.m.
26	Capital One Bowl $4,600,000	Nebraska vs. South Carolina	Orlando, FL Florida Citrus Bowl	Jan. 2 1 p.m.
27	Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl $2,700,000	Ohio State vs. Florida	Jacksonville, FL EverBank Field	Jan. 2 1 p.m.
28	Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio (BCS Bowl Game) $17,000,000	Wisconsin vs. Oregon	Pasadena, CA Rose Bowl	Jan. 2 5 p.m.
29	Tostitos Fiesta Bowl (BCS Bowl Game) $17,000,000	Stanford vs. Oklahoma State	Glendale, CA U. of Phoenix Stadium	Jan. 2 8:30 p.m.
30	Allstate Sugar Bowl (BCS Bowl Game) $17,000,000	Michigan vs. Virginia Tech	New Orleans, LA Louisiana Superdome	Jan. 3 8:30 p.m.
31	Discover Orange Bowl (BCS Bowl Game) $17,000,000	West Virginia vs. Clemson	Miami, FL Sun Life Stadium	Jan. 4 8:30 p.m.
32	AT&T Cotton Bowl $3,625,000	Kansas State vs. Arkansas	Arlington, TX Cowboys Stadium	Jan. 6 8 p.m.
33	BBVA Compass Bowl $900,000 SEC; $600,000 Big East	SMU vs. Pittsburgh	Birmingham, AL Legion Field	Jan. 7 1 p.m.
34	GoDaddy.com Bowl $750,000	Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois	Mobile, AL Ladd-Peebles Stadium	Jan. 8 9 p.m.
35	Allstate BCS National Championship Game BCS No. 1 vs. BCS No. 2 (BCS Bowl Game) $18,000,000	No. 1 LSU vs. No. 2 Alabama	New Orleans, LA Louisiana Superdome	Jan. 9 8:30 p.m.

*The payout amounts are taken from CollegeFootballPoll.com, which states "Amounts shown do not necessarily reflect what each school receives. The conferences have different methods by which bowl money is divided among its membership. Some bowl agreements call for higher payouts to one conference than the other, depending on such factors as which is the 'host' conference. Many of the above payouts are reflective of past actual payouts, while others are published estimates of anticipated payouts for the current year."

Sources:

1. "2011-12 Bowl Schedule," ESPN.com, Dec. 4, 2011

2. "2011-2012 College Football Bowl Game Schedule," CollegeFootballPoll.com (accessed Dec. 7, 2011)

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