AROUND THE NCAA PRE-BOWLS


Basically the top 10 entering the bowls, the all-americans, all-CUSA the award winners, the BCS bowl games (and C-USA).


BCS TOP 10

1. Penn State

2. West Virginia

3. Boise State

4. Utah

5. Texas

6. Virginia Tech

7. Kansas

8. LSU

9. Florida

10. Oklahoma

(11. Ole Miss, 20. Nebraska, Southern Miss 31st in Coaches')


ALL-AMERICANS


* denotes redshirt-Freshman


ALL-C-USA



AWARD WINNERS

Maxwell: Tim Hiller

Bednarik: R.J. Kiesel-Kauhane

O'Brien: Tim Hiller

Walker: Enrique Davis (Andre Anderson 2nd)

Best WR: Jordan Davis

Mackey: Jermaine Gresham

Best OL: Nick Claytor

Rimington: Dan Voss

Lombardi: O'Brien Schofield

Best LB: R.J. Kiesel-Kauhane

Thorpe: Rahim Moore

Groza: Hunter Lawrence

Best P: Brent Bowden

Best RET: Brandon James


C-USA, NOTABLE & BCS BOWL GAMES

St. Petersburg Bowl: UCF (6-6) vs Kent State (7-5)

New Orleans Bowl: ECU (6-6) vs Florida Atlantic (9-3)

Hawai'i Bowl (2003 rematch): Houston (8-5) AT Hawai'i (10-2)

Independence Bowl: Georgia (6-6) vs Kansas State (8-4)

Papajohns.com Bowl: Rutgers (8-4) vs Notre Dame (7-5)

TEXAS BOWL: Tulane (7-5) vs ???????? (Who could it be?)

Insight Bowl: #17 Oklahoma State (8-4) vs Ohio State (7-5)

Rose Bowl: #3 Boise State (10-2) vs #16 USC (10-2)

Sugar Bowl: #9 Florida (11-2) vs #7 Kansas (10-2)

Cotton Bowl: #14 Auburn (9-3) vs #20 Nebraska (9-4)

Liberty Bowl: Vanderbilt (7-5) vs Southern Miss (10-3)

Fiesta Bowl: #5 Texas (12-1) vs #12 TCU (10-2)

Orange Bowl: #6 Virginia Tech (12-1) vs #4 Utah (11-1)

GMAC Bowl: Central Michigan (9-3) vs UAB (6-6)

BCS National Championship: #2 West Virginia (11-1) vs #1 Penn State (12-0)


LSU gets snubbed by the BCS. SMU (6-6) did not make a bowl game, because they finished 12th in the C-USA.


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