The 24 Valero Alamo Bowl Eligible teams finished Week 1 with an impressive 21-3 record!
As teams continue their journey to conference play and we look toward post-season play, see which two teams the media thinks will play in this year’s Valero Alamo Bowl.
Also, find out when and where each eligible team plays in Week 2.
Media Projections:
Action Network: Kansas State vs. Washington
ESPN Schlabach: Kansas State vs. USC
ESPN Bonagura: Oklahoma State vs. USC
Athlon Sports: Kansas State vs. USC
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.
Game Schedule:
*all times CST
Big 12 Pool:
Friday, Sept.6:
BYU at SMU | 6 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 7:
Arkansas at No. 16 Oklahoma State | 11 a.m.
No. 17 Kansas State at Tulane | 11 a.m.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati | 11 a.m.
Baylor at No. 11 Utah | 2:30 p.m.
Iowa State at No. 21 Iowa | 2:30 p.m.
Texas Tech at Washington State | 2:30 p.m.
U Albany at West Virginia | 5:00 p.m.
Sam Houston at UCF | 5:30 p.m.
No. 19 Kansas at Illinois | 6 p.m.
No. 15 Oklahoma vs. Houston | 6:45 p.m.
Long Island University at TCU | 7 p.m.
Texas Tech at Washington State | 9 p.m.
Pac-12 / Former Pac-12 Pool:
Saturday, Sept. 7:
California at Auburn | 2:30 p.m.
Eastern Michigan at Washington | 2:30 p.m.
Baylor at No. 11 Utah | 2:30 p.m.
Cal Poly at Stanford | 6 p.m.
Colorado at Nebraska | 6:30 p.m.
Boise State at No. 7 Oregon | 9 p.m.
Northern Arizona at Arizona | 9 p.m.
Texas Tech at Washington State | 9 p.m.
Mississippi State at Arizona State | 9:30 p.m.
Oregon State at San Diego State | 9:30 p.m.
Utah State at No. 13 USC | 10 p.m.
The official team selection will be announced on Sunday, December 8 at 3:00 p.m., so purchase your tickets here to watch another Top 25 matchup battle it out Saturday, December 28th at 6:30 p.m. in the Alamodome.