ESPN analyst projects Boise State to Sugar Bowl in tight race for last BCS spot

Southern Mississippi pounded previously unbeaten Houston, costing the Cougars a spot in the Sugar Bowl. Oklahoma State routed Oklahoma and Clemson ran all over Virginia Tech. That's until the Big Ten Conference held its first championship game at Lucas

Houston's loss puts TCU back in the running for a BCS game, likely the Sugar Bowl. But TCU has to rise two spots in the rankings into the top 16. Have more to add? News tip? Tell us By Stefan Stevenson TCU finds out tonight whether the 2011 season ends

BY CHADD CRIPE – ccripe@idahostatesman.com The Boise State football team's bowl possibilities seem to have settled on three: the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 3 in New.

22 West Virginia. It would be Cincinnati's third title in four years — the Bearcats won the other two outright and went to the Orange Bowl and Sugar Bowl. The conference's BCS bowl bid is out of their reach, but not a title.

Oregon will take on Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl. Alabama will play Stanford in the Sugar Bowl. And Kansas State will play Michigan in the Fiesta Bowl. These bowl pairings would leave Boise State and Arkansas, among others, out in the cold.