Sample First Round Bowl Sites

Year	Region	Bowl	Location	Conference Affiliations
A	East	Champs Sports	Orlando, FL	ACC	Big Ten
	Central	PapaJohns.com	Birmingham, AL	Big East	C-USA
	South	New Mexico	Albuquerque, NM	MWC	WAC
	West	Emerald	San Francisco, CA	ACC	Pac-10
B	East	Gator	Jacksonville, FL	ACC	Big 12/Big East
	Central	GMAC	Mobile, AL	C-USA	MAC/WAC
	South	Alamo	San Antonio, TX	Big 12	Big Ten
	West	Las Vegas	Las Vegas, NV	MWC	Pac-10
C	East	Meineke Car Care	Charlotte, NC	ACC	Big East
	Central	Music City	Nashville, TN	ACC	SEC
	South	Sun	El Paso, TX	Pac-10	Big 12/Big East
	West	Insight	Tempe, AZ	Big 12	Big Ten
Permanent Quarterfinal		Capital One	Orlando, FL	Big Ten	SEC
		Cotton	Dallas, TX	Big 12	SEC

Conference bowl alignments affected

Conference	Total # Bowls	Permanent Bowls Lost	Rotating Bowls Lost	% Bowls Lost	Bowls Lost by Year
					Year A	Year B	Year C
ACC	7		5	24%	2	1	2
Big 12	7	1	3	29%	1	2.5	2.5
Big East	4.5		3	22%	1	0.5	1.5
Big Ten	6	1	3	33%	2	2	2
Pac-10	5.5		3	18%	1	1	1
SEC	7	2	1	33%	2	2	3
C-USA	5		2	13%	1	1
MAC	2.5		0.5	7%		0.5
MWC	4		2	17%	1	1
Sun Belt	-1/td>			0%
WAC	3.5		1.5	14%	1	0.5

Notes:

• Current BCS games are not included in the Total # Bowls" for each conference.
• "% Bowls Lost" is the total over three years with "Permanent Bowls Lost" counted three times and "Rotating Bowls Lost" counted once.
• Invitations to the following bowls are shared by the listed conferences (typically alternating between years) and are counted as "half" bowls in all calculations:
  • Armed Forces Bowl (C-USA/Pac-10)
  • Gator (Big 12/Big East)
  • GMAC (MAC/WAC)
  • Texas (Big East/C-USA)
  • Sun (Big 12/Big East)