2009 College Football Bowl Game Schedule and Odds

2009 college football bowl games begin on Saturday with two games on the slate as Wyoming plays Fresno State in New Mexico Bowl odds while Central Florida plays Rutgers in St. Petersburg Bowl odds with both game on ESPN. The final bowl game will conclude with Texas facing Alabama in the BCS Championship on ABC. The college football bowl game schedule has a total of 34 teams, many of which feature squads who are in the Top 25. The first premier match-up on the college football bowl game schedule is actually one of the lower-tiered.

Las Vegas Bowl odds on Tuesday, December 22nd have an excellent match-up between 18th ranked Oregon State and 14th ranked BYU. The Cougars are actually 3-point underdogs in college football odds in what is almost a second home for them in Las Vegas for this game on ESPN. No. 23 Utah faces California in 2009 Poinsettia Bowl odds on Wednesday with California 3-point favorites and then it is another week on the 2009 college football bowl game schedule before two Top 25 teams get together and this time it is in Champs Sports Bowl odds as #25 Wisconsin faces #15 Miami on Tuesday, December 29th. There is no question the Hurricanes will have the home crowd edge since this game is played in Orlando and can be seen on ESPN. The Hurricanes are three-point favorites in college football odds.

The next day on ESPN, 22nd ranked Nebraska faces 20th ranked Arizona in Holiday Bowl odds with the Wildcats a 1.5 point favorite. New Year’s Day on the 2009 college football bowl game schedule features three games which pit Top 25 teams against each other. The Capital One Bowl odds feature 13th ranked Penn State facing 12th ranked LSU on ABC television. The Nittany Lions are 3-point favorites in college football odds. The two premier games on New Year’s Day are the Rose Bowl and the Sugar Bowl. The Rose Bowl on ABC has 8th ranked Ohio State facing 7th ranked Oregon. The Ducks are 3.5-point favorites on the college football bowl schedule against the Buckeyes in Rose Bowl odds.

5th ranked Florida is not as highly ranked as 3rd ranked Cincinnati but the Gators are big 11-point favorites in Sugar Bowl odds against the Bearcats in a game that can be seen on FOX as well as the Cotton Bowl on January 2nd. Next on the college football bowl game schedule is the Fiesta Bowl on Monday, January 4th also seen on FOX. The 6th ranked Boise State Broncos will face 4th ranked TCU with the Horned Frogs a touchdown favorite. Tuesday’s 2010 Orange Bowl odds feature 10th ranked Iowa against 9th ranked Georgia Tech with the Yellow Jackets a four-point favorite for this game on FOX. The biggest game on the 2010 college football bowl game schedule is on Thursday, January 7th as #2 Texas faces #1 Alabama in BCS championship odds on ABC with the Crimson Tide a 5-point favorite in college football odds.