TENTATIVE BOWL MATCHUPS

* DEC. 18: Heritage Bowl at Atlanta: Hampton (7-4) vs. Jackson State or Southern, 9:30 a.m. (NBC)

* DEC. 18: Las Vegas: Utah State (8-3) vs. Fresno State (8-4), 3 p.m. (ESPN)

* DEC. 22: Mobile (Ala.): Texas Christian (7-4) vs. East Carolina (9-2), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

* DEC. 25: Blue-Gray at Montgomery, Ala.: Gray vs. Blue, 9 a.m. (ABC)

* DEC. 25: Aloha at Honolulu: Arizona State (6-5) vs. Wake Forest (6-5), 12:30 p.m. (ABC)

* DEC. 25: Oahu at Honolulu: Oregon State (7-4) vs. Hawaii (8-4), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)

* DEC. 27: Motor City at Pontiac, Mich.: Marshall (12-0) vs. Brigham Young (8-3), 11:30 a.m. (ESPN)

* DEC. 28: Alamo at San Antonio: Texas A&M; (8-3) vs. Penn State (9-3), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)

* DEC. 29: Music City at Nashville: Kentucky (6-5) vs. Syracuse (6-5), 1 p.m. (ESPN)

* DEC. 29: Holiday Bowl at San Diego: Kansas State (10-1) vs. Washington (7-4), 5 p.m. (ESPN)

* DEC. 30: Humanitarian at Boise, Idaho: Boise State (9-3) vs. Louisville (7-4), noon (ESPN2)

* DEC. 30: Micronpc.com at Miami: Virginia (7-4) vs. Illinois (7-4), 4 p.m. (TBS)

* DEC. 30: Peach Bowl at Atlanta: Mississippi (7-4) vs. Clemson (6-5), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)

* DEC. 31: Insight.com at Tucson: Boston College (8-3) vs. Colorado (8-5), 10:30 a.m. (ESPN)

* DEC. 31: Sun at El Paso: Oregon (8-3) vs. Minnesota (8-3), 11:15 a.m. (CBS)

* DEC. 31: Liberty at Memphis, Tenn.: Colorado State (8-3) vs. Southern Mississippi (8-3), 2 p.m. (ESPN)

* DEC. 31: Independence at Shreveport, La.: Georgia (7-4) vs. Colorado (6-5), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)

* JAN. 1: Outback at Tampa, Fla.: Mississippi State (9-2) vs. Purdue (7-4), 8 a.m. (ESPN)

* JAN. 1: Cotton at Dallas: Texas (9-4) vs. Arkansas (7-4), 8 a.m. (FOX)

* JAN. 1: Gator at Jacksonville, Fla.: Georgia Tech (8-3) vs. Miami (8-4), 9:30 a.m. (NBC)

* JAN. 1: Citrus at Orlando, Fla.: Florida (9-3) vs. Michigan State (9-2), 10 a.m. (ABC)

* JAN. 1: Rose at Pasadena: Stanford (8-3) vs. Wisconsin (9-2), 1:30 p.m. (ABC)

* JAN. 1: Orange at Miami: Michigan (9-2) vs. Alabama (10-2), 5:30 p.m. (ABC)

* JAN. 2: Fiesta at Tempe, Ariz.: Tennessee (9-2) vs. Nebraska (11-1), 5 p.m. (ABC)

* JAN. 4: Sugar at New Orleans: Florida State (11-0) vs. Virginia Tech (11-0), 5 p.m. (ABC)

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