As the air grows crisper and shadows lengthen, Halloween week brings us not only costumes and candy but also a thrilling twist in college football bowl projections.
With Week 10 upon us, the stakes are rising, and teams are battling it out with spooky intensity for a chance to make their way to San Antonio. Ghostly upsets and chilling comebacks are haunting rankings nationwide, shaking up the potential matchups we might see at this year’s Valero Alamo Bowl.
Which teams will exorcise their rivals and conjure the wins they need to secure a place in this marquee showdown?
Find out which two programs the media predicts will play in this year’s Valero Alamo Bowl.
Also, see when and where all eligible teams play in Week 8!
Media Projections:
USA Today: BYU vs Washington State
ESPN Bonagura: Kansas State vs Washington State
CFN: Kansas State vs USC
247 Sports: Kansas State vs Washington
Team Selection Rights:
For the final two years of its current bowl agreement, the Valero Alamo Bowl will match up the first choice from the following two 12-team pools after the College Football Playoff field is selected:
- Big 12 Conference Pool – Baylor, BYU, UCF, Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech, and West Virginia.
- Pac-12/former Pac-12 Pool – Arizona, Arizona State, California, Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington, and Washington State.
As part of this new agreement, the Pac-12’s current two members (Oregon State and Washington State) and the former Pac-12 members Cal and Stanford (ACC), Oregon, USC, UCLA, and Washington (Big Ten), and Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah (Big 12) will remain in the Pac-12 bowl lineup for the next two seasons
Week 10 Game Schedule
Saturday, Nov. 2
Stanford at NC State | 11:00 a.m.
No. 1 Oregon at Michigan | 2:30 p.m.
Texas Tech at No. 11 Iowa State | 2:30 p.m.
No. 17 Kansas State at Houston | 2:30 p.m.
UCLA at Nebraska | 2:30 p.m.
Arizona at UCF | 2:30 p.m.
Arizona State at Oklahoma State | 6:00 p.m.
USC at Washington | 6:30 p.m.
TCU at Baylor | 7:00 p.m.