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The 2011-2012 FBS Bowl schedule and matchups have officially been set, and SB Nation has you covered with a complete breakdown of the matchups, dates, times, locations, and television coverage. The marquee matchup is, of course, the BCS National Championship Game, which features a rematch between the Alabama Crimson Tide ( and the LSU Tigers.
The other BCS series matchups include: a Sugar Bowl game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Virginia Tech Hokies, a Rose Bowl showdown featuring the Wisconsin Badgers and the Oregon Ducks, an Orange Bowl game between the Clemson Tigers and the West Virginia Mountaineers and a Fiesta Bowl shootout pitting the Oklahoma State Cowboys against the Stanford Cardinal.
For information on every matchup in the FBS, check out the chart below:
| Bowl Game And Matchup | Date | Time (EST) | Location | TV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gildan New Mexico Bowl | Dec. 17 | 2:00 PM | Albuquerque, NM | ESPN |
| Temple 37, Wyoming 15 | ||||
| Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | Dec. 17 | 5:30 PM | Boise, ID | ESPN |
| Ohio 24, Utah State 23 | ||||
| R & L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | Dec. 17 | 9:00 PM | New Orleans | ESPN |
| Louisiana-Lafayette 32, San Diego State 30 | ||||
| Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl | Dec. 20 | 8:00 PM | St. Petersburg, FL | ESPN |
| Marshall 20, Florida International 10 | ||||
| San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl | Dec. 21 | 8:00 PM | San Diego | ESPN |
| TCU vs. Louisiana Tech | ||||
| MAACO Bowl Las Vegas | Dec. 22 | 8:00 PM | Las Vegas | ESPN |
| Boise State vs. Arizona State | ||||
| Sheraton Hawaii Bowl | Dec. 24 | 8:00 PM | Honolulu, HI | ESPN |
| Southern Miss vs. Nevada | ||||
| AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl | Dec. 26 | 5:00 PM | Shreveport, LA | ESPN2 |
| North Carolina vs. Missouri | ||||
| Little Caesars Pizza Bowl | Dec. 27 | 4:30 PM | Detroit | ESPN |
| Purdue vs. Western Michigan | ||||
| Belk Bowl | Dec. 27 | 8:00 PM | Charlotte, NC | ESPN |
| NC State vs. Louisville | ||||
| Military Bowl | Dec. 28 | 4:30 PM | Washington, DC | ESPN |
| Toledo vs. Air Force | ||||
| Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl | Dec. 28 | 8:00 PM | San Diego | ESPN |
| Cal vs. Texas | ||||
| Champs Sports Bowl | Dec. 29 | 5:30 PM | Orlando, FL | ESPN |
| Florida State vs. Notre Dame | ||||
| Valero Alamo Bowl | Dec. 29 | 9:00 PM | San Antonio | ESPN |
| Baylor vs. Washington | ||||
| Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl | Dec. 30 | 12:00 PM | Dallas | ESPN |
| BYU vs. Tulsa | ||||
| New Era Pinstripe Bowl | Dec. 30 | 3:20 PM | New York | ESPN |
| Iowa State vs. Rutgers | ||||
| Franklin Am. Mortgage Music City Bowl | Dec. 30 | 6:40 PM | Nashville, TN | ESPN |
| Wake Forest vs. Mississippi State | ||||
| Insight Bowl | Dec. 30 | 10:00 PM | Tempe, AZ | ESPN |
| Iowa vs. Oklahoma | ||||
| Meineke Car Care of Texas Bowl | Dec. 31 | 12:00 PM | Houston | ESPN |
| Northwestern vs. Texas A&M | ||||
| Hyundai Sun Bowl | Dec. 31 | 2:00 PM | El Paso, TX | CBS |
| Georgia Tech vs. Utah | ||||
| AutoZone Liberty Bowl | Dec. 31 | 3:30 PM | Memphis, TN | ABC |
| Cincinnati vs. Vanderbilt | ||||
| Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl | Dec. 31 | 3:30 PM | San Francisco | ESPN |
| Illinois vs. UCLA | ||||
| Chick-fil-A Bowl | Dec. 31 | 7:30 PM | Atlanta | ESPN |
| Virginia vs. Auburn | ||||
| TicketCity Bowl | Jan. 2 | 12:00 PM | Dallas | ESPNU |
| Penn State vs. Houston | ||||
| Outback Bowl | Jan. 2 | 1:00 PM | Tampa, FL | ABC |
| Michigan State vs. Georgia | ||||
| Capital One Bowl | Jan. 2 | 1:00 PM | Orlando | ESPN |
| Nebraska vs. South Carolina | ||||
| Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl | Jan. 2 | 1:00 PM | Jacksonville, FL | ESPN2 |
| Ohio State vs. Florida | ||||
| Rose Bowl | Jan. 2 | 5:00 PM | Pasadena, CA | ESPN |
| Wisconsin vs. Oregon | ||||
| Tostitos Fiesta Bowl | Jan. 2 | 8:30 PM | Glendale, AZ | ESPN |
| Oklahoma State vs. Stanford | ||||
| Allstate Sugar Bowl | Jan. 3 | 8:30 PM | New Orleans | ESPN |
| Michigan vs. Virginia Tech | ||||
| Discover Orange Bowl | Jan. 4 | 8:30 PM | Miami | ESPN |
| Clemson vs. West Virginia | ||||
| AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic | Jan. 6 | 8:00 PM | Arlington, TX | FOX |
| Kansas State vs. Arkansas | ||||
| BBVA Compass Bowl | Jan. 7 | 1:00 PM | Birmingham, AL | ESPN |
| Pittsburgh vs. SMU | ||||
| GoDaddy.com Bowl | Jan. 8 | 9:00 PM | Mobile, AL | ESPN |
| Northern Illinois vs. Arkansas State | ||||
| Allstate BCS National Championship Game | Jan. 9 | 8:30 PM | New Orleans | ESPN |
| LSU vs. Alabama |
For more on each bowl game pairing and a complete schedule, stay tuned to SB Nation's 2011 college football bowl game coverage. And visit our many college football blogs.