Three teams are officially bowl eligible, but the race to the Alamo City continues!
Rivalry weekend put many teams’ skillsets on full display. Some measured up to the challenge, others fell short. But the only thing that really matters, is that there is still so much football to be played before December, 28.
See 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: Iowa State vs USC
247 Sports: USC vs Texas Tech
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 7 Game Schedule
Friday, October 18
No. 2 Oregon at Purdue | 7:00 p.m.
Oklahoma State at No. 13 BYU | 9:15 p.m.
Saturday, October 19
UCLA at Rutgers | 11:00 a.m.
Arizona State at Cincinnati | 11:00 a.m.
NC State at California | 2:30 p.m.
Houston at Kansas | 2:30 p.m.
Hawai’i at Washington State | 2:30 p.m.
USC at Maryland | 3:00 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona | 3:00 p.m.
Baylor at Texas Tech | 3:00 p.m.
UCF at No. 9 Iowa State | 6:30 p.m.
No. 17 Kansas State at West Virginia | 6:30 p.m.
No. 21 SMU at Stanford | 7:00 p.m.
UNLV at Oregon State | 9:00 p.m.
TCU at Utah | 9:30 p.m.