Bowl update (with projected lineup)

The official bowl lineup will be revealed Sunday night but expect the following:

UNC vs. West Virginia in Charlotte and N.C. State vs. Rutgers in Birmingham, Ala.

With Troy's win over Arkansas State on Saturday, the Wolfpack will land an at-large bid in the Papajohns.com Bowl on Dec. 29 in Birmingham.

UNC will stay in-state with an ACC tie-in in the Meineke Car Care Bowl on Dec. 27.

Pittsburgh's 34-10 win over UConn on Saturday cleared up UNC and State's bowl opponents earlier Saturday, both from the Big East.

The Panthers accepted the Sun Bowl bid, leaving the Meineke Car Care Bowl with West Virginia. UConn and Rutgers already played — and lost to — UNC during the regular season and the Charlotte committee would prefer to avoid a rematch with the Tar Heels.

Birmingham picks the next available Big East team after Charlotte, and will likely take Rutgers, which has won six straight to get to 7-5.

Troy beat Arkansas State 35-9 to win the Sun Belt Conference title and free up an at-large spot in Birmingham for the Wolfpack (6-6).

Virginia Tech locked up the Orange Bowl with its win in the ACC title game, sending Boston College to the Music City.

Expect the bottom of the ACC order to shake out to Miami in the Emerald Bowl, Maryland in the Humanitarian Bowl and Wake Forest in the EagleBank Bowl.

ECU is headed to the Liberty Bowl as the C-USA champions.

All 34 bowl pairings will be made official on Sunday. ESPN will air a selection show at 8 p.m. The BCS pairings will be announced on FOX at 8 p.m.

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Bowl schedule with projections (RED teams have accepted invitiations)

• Dec. 20, EagleBank Bowl @ Washington, 11 a.m. (ESPN)
Navy vs. Wake Forest (ACC)

• Dec. 20, New Mexico Bowl, 2:30 (ESPN)
Fresno State (WAC) vs. Colorado State (Mountain West)

• Dec. 20, St. Petersburg Bowl, 6:30 (ESPN2)
South Florida (Big East) vs. Memphis (C-USA)

• Dec. 20, Las Vegas Bowl, 8 (ESPN)
BYU (Mountain West) vs. Arizona (Pac-10)

• Dec. 21, New Orleans Bowl, 8 (ESPN)
Southern Miss (C-USA) vs. Troy (Sun Belt)

• Dec. 23, Poinsettia Bowl @ San Diego, 8 (ESPN)
TCU (Mountain West) vs. Boise State (WAC)

• Dec. 24, Hawaii Bowl, 8 (ESPN)
Hawaii (WAC) vs. Western Michigan (at-large)

• Dec. 26, Motor City Bowl @ Detroit, 7:30 (ESPN)
Central Michigan (MAC) vs. Florida Atlantic (at-large)

• Dec. 27, Meineke Car Care Bowl @ Charlotte, 1 (ESPN)
UNC (ACC) vs. West Virginia (Big East)

• Dec. 27, Champs Bowl @ Orlando, Fla., 4:30 (ESPN)
Florida State (ACC) vs. Wisconsin (Big Ten)

• Dec. 27, Emerald Bowl @ San Francisco, 8 (ESPN)
Cal (Pac-10) vs. Miami (ACC)

• Dec. 28, Independence Bowl @ Shreveport, La. 8 (ESPN)
Louisiana Tech (WAC) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (at-large)

• Dec. 29, Papajohns.com Bowl @ Birmingham, Ala. 3 (ESPN)
Rutgers (Big East) vs. N.C. State (at-large)

• Dec. 29, Alamo Bowl @ San Antonio, 8 (ESPN)
Northwestern (Big Ten) vs. Missouri (Big 12)

• Dec. 30, Humanitarian Bowl @ Boise, Idaho, 4:30 (ESPN)
Nevada (WAC) vs. Maryland (ACC)

• Dec. 30, Holiday Bowl @ San Diego, 8 (ESPN)
Oregon (Pac-10) vs. Oklahoma State (Big 12)

• Dec. 30, Texas Bowl @ Houston, 8 (NFL)
Rice (C-USA) vs. Notre Dame (at-large)

• Dec. 31, Armed Forces Bowl @ Fort Worth, noon (ESPN)
Air Force (Mountain West) vs. Houston (C-USA)

• Dec. 31, Sun Bowl @ El Paso, Texas, 2 (CBS)
Pitt (Big East) vs. Oregon State (Pac-10)

• Dec. 31, Music City Bowl @ Nashville, 3:30 (ESPN)
Boston College (ACC) vs. Vanderbilt (SEC)

• Dec. 31, Insight Bowl @ Phoenix, 6 (NFL)
Minnesota (Big Ten) vs. Kansas (Big 12)

• Dec. 31, Chick-fil-A Bowl @ Atlanta, 7:30 (ESPN)
Georgia Tech (ACC) vs. LSU (SEC)

• Jan. 1, Outback Bowl @ Tampa, Fla., 11 a.m. (ESPN)
Iowa (Big Ten) vs. South Carolina (SEC)

• Jan. 1, Gator Bowl @ Jacksonville, Fla., 1 (CBS)
Clemson (ACC) vs. Nebraska (Big 12)

• Jan. 1, Capital One Bowl @ Orlando, Fla., 1 (ABC)
Georgia (SEC) vs. Michigan State (Big Ten)

• Jan. 1, Rose Bowl @ Pasadena, Cal., 5 (ABC)
Penn State (Big Ten) vs. USC (Pac-10)

• Jan. 1, Orange Bowl @ Miami, 8 (FOX)
Cincinnati (Big East) vs. Virginia Tech (ACC)

• Jan. 2, Cotton Bowl @ Dallas, 2 (FOX)
Texas Tech (Big 12) vs. Ole Miss (SEC)

• Jan. 2, Liberty Bowl @ Memphis, 5 (ESPN)
Kentucky (SEC) vs. ECU (C-USA)

• Jan. 2, Sugar Bowl @ New Orleans, 8 (FOX)
Alabama (at-large) vs. Utah (at-large)

• Jan. 3, International Bowl @ Toronto, noon (ESPN2)
Buffalo (MAC) vs. UConn (Big East)

• Jan. 5, Fiesta Bowl @ Glendale, Ariz., 8 (FOX)
Texas (at-large) vs. Ohio State (at-large)

• Jan. 6, GMAC Bowl @ Mobile, Ala., 8 (ESPN)
Tulsa (C-USA) vs. Ball State (MAC)

• Jan. 8, BCS Championship Game @ Miami, 8 (FOX)
Florida (SEC) vs. Oklahoma (Big 12)