Mark your calendars and DVR boxes …
DEC. 31
Music City Bowl: Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. North Carolina State (7-5)
LP Field (Nashville, Tenn.), noon ESPN
Chick-Fil-A Bowl: No. 8 LSU (10-2) vs. No. 14 Clemson (10-2)
Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Ga.), 7:30 p.m. ESPN
JAN. 1
Gator Bowl: Mississippi State (8-4) vs. No. 20 Northwestern (9-3)
Everbank Field (Jacksonville, Fla.), noon ESPN2
Outback Bowl: No. 10 South Carolina (10-2) vs. No. 18 Michigan (8-4)
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Fla.), 1 p.m. ESPN
Capital One Bowl: No. 7 Georgia (11-2) vs. No. 16 Nebraska (10-3)
Florida Citrus Bowl (Orlando, Fla.), 1 p.m. ABC
Rose Bowl: No. 6 Stanford (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (8-5)
Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Calif.), 5 p.m. ESPN
Orange Bowl: No. 12 Florida State (11-2) vs. No. 15 Northern Illinois (12-1)
Sun Life Stadium (Miami, Fla.), 8:30 p.m. ESPN
JAN. 2
Sugar Bowl: No. 3 Florida (11-1) vs. No. 21 Louisville (10-2)
Superdome (New Orleans, La.), 8:30 p.m. ESPN
JAN. 3
Fiesta Bowl: No. 4 Oregon (11-1) vs. No. 5 Kansas State (11-1)
U. of Phoenix Stadium (Glendale, Ariz.), 8:30 p.m. ESPN
JAN. 4
Cotton Bowl: No. 9 Texas A&M (10-2) vs. No. 11 Oklahoma (10-2)
Cowboys Stadium (Arlington, Tex.), 8 p.m. FOX
JAN. 5
BBVA Compass Bowl: Ole Miss (6-6) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6)
Legion Field (Birmingham, Ala.), 1 p.m. ESPN
JAN. 7
BCS National Championship Game: No. 2 Alabama (12-1) vs. No. 1 Notre Dame (12-0)
Sun Life Stadium (Miami, Fla.), 8:30 p.m. ESPN