It's never too early to start looking at 2008-2009 NCAA Football Bowl Matchups!  The season's winding down, and conference championships are on the horizon as we begin our weekly look into how the Bowls are going to shape up this year.

The next couple of weeks will be crucial for all teams trying to make it into the BCS National Championship Game.  Right now we're picking Florida to go undefeated, knocking off Alabama in the SEC championship game.  Also, we're banking on Oklahoma running the table, getting past the Big 12 championship game, and scooting into the big game.  That could be a bit of a strech, as both Florida and Oklahoma have some difficult games ahead of them.

Worst case scenario for the BCS, and best case scenario for playoff wishers is for Florida to lose to either South Carolina and/or Florida State, and then beat Alabama in the SEC championship game.  Combine this with Missouri knocking off whoever comes out of the Big 12 South in the Big 12 championship, and the BCS will crumble.  It will be chaos.  So root accordingly (to your BCS vs. Playoff views).

And now, let's look at the Roto Jones 2008-2009 Bowl Game Predictions - updated through week 10 of the NCAA football season:

Bowl Games & Projections:
Conference tie-ins
Projections
Accepted Invitations

BCS Bowl Games 

Rose Bowl presented by Citi
Jan. 1 / 5:10 p.m. ET  Pasadena, Calif. ABC
*BCS vs. BCS  (Big Ten Champion vs. Pac 10 Champion, if available)
Projection:  USC vs. Penn State

Allstate Sugar Bowl
Jan. 2 / 8:30 p.m. ET  New Orleans, La. FOX
*BCS vs. BCS  (SEC Champion, if available)
Projection:  Alabama vs. Ohio State

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
Jan. 5 / 8 p.m. Phoenix, Ariz. FOX
*BCS vs. BCS (Big 12 Champion, if available)
Projection:  Texas vs. Utah

FedEx Orange Bowl
Jan. 1 / 8 p.m. Miami Gardens, Fla. FOX
*BCS vs. BCS (ACC Champion, if available)
Projection: Pitt vs. Florida State

FedEx BCS National Championship
Jan. 8 / 8 p.m. Miami Gardens, Fla. FOX
*BCS #1 vs. BCS #2 
Projection: Oklahoma vs. Florida

Other Bowl Games:

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
Dec. 23 / 8 p.m. ET San Diego, Calif. ESPN
Mountain West vs. Pac 10 (WAC if no Pac 10 team available)
Projection: Air Force vs. Nevada

EagleBank Bowl
Dec. 20 / 11 a.m.. ET Washington, D.C.
ACC vs. Army or Navy 
Projection: Maryland vs. Navy

New Mexico Bowl
Dec. 20/12:30 p.m. Albuquerque, N.M. ESPN
Mountain West vs. WAC 
Projection: UNLV vs. San Jose State

Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl
Dec. 20 / 8 p.m. ET Las Vegas, Nev. ESPN
Mountain West No. 1 vs. Pac-10 No. 4
Projection: BYU vs. Arizona

St. Petersburg Bowl
Dec. 20 / 9 p.m. ET  St. Petersburg, Fl.
Big East vs. Conference USA 
Projection: South Florida vs. Memphis

R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Dec. 21 / 8 p.m. ET New Orleans, La. ESPN
Sun Belt No. 1 vs. C-USA 
Projection: UL Lafayette vs. Marshall

Sheraton Hawaii Bowl
Dec. 24 / 8 p.m. ET  Honolulu, Hawaii ESPN
Pac 10 vs. WAC 
Projection: Buffalo* vs. Hawaii
* No Pac 10 team projected available

Motor City Bowl
Dec. 26 / 7:30 p.m. ET  Detroit, Mich. ESPN
Big Ten No. 7 vs. MAC 
Projection: Illinois vs. Central Michigan

Champs Sports Bowl
Dec. 27 / 4:30 p.m. ET  Orlando, Fla. ESPN
ACC No. 4 vs. Big Ten No. 4 or No. 5
Projection: Miami vs. Wisconsin

Emerald Bowl
Dec. 27 / 8:30 p.m. ET  San Francisco, Calif. ESPN
ACC No. 7 vs. Pac-10 No. 5
Projection: Boston College vs. Oregon

Meineke Car Care Bowl
Dec. 27 / 1 p.m. ET Charlotte, N.C. ESPN
ACC No. 6 vs. Big East 
Projection: Georgia Tech vs. Cincinnati

Texas Bowl
Dec. 28 / 8 p.m. NFL Network
Houston, Texas
Big 12 vs. C-USA 
Projection:  Louisiana Tech* vs. Houston
* No Big 12 team projected available

PapaJohn’s.com Bowl
Dec. 29 / 3 p.m. ET Birmingham, Ala. ESPN2
Big East vs. SEC
Projection: West Virginia vs. Troy*
* No SEC team projected available

PetroSun Independence Bowl
Dec. 28 / 8 p.m. ET  Shreveport, La. ESPN
Big 12 No. 7 vs. SEC No. 8 (Or Sun Belt if no Big 12 or SEC team available)
Projection: Kansas State vs. Arkansas State*
* No SEC teams projected available

Alamo Bowl
Dec. 29 / 8 p.m. ET  San Antonio, Texas ESPN
Big Ten No. 4 or No. 5 vs. Big 12 No. 4
Projection: Minnesota vs. Nebraska

Pacific Life Holiday Bowl
Dec. 30 / 8 p.m. ET San Diego, Calif. ESPN
Big 12 No. 3 vs. Pac-10 No. 2
Projection: Oklahoma State vs. Oregon State

Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl
Dec. 30/4:30 p.m.  Boise, Idaho ESPN
ACC No. 8 vs. WAC
Projection: Virginia vs. Boise State

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
Dec. 31 / 12 p.m. ET  Fort Worth, Texas ESPN
Mountain West vs. Conference USA 
Projection: TCU vs. Rice

Sun Bowl
Dec. 31 / 2 p.m. ET. El Paso, Texas CBS
Big 12/Big East/Notre Dame vs. Pac-10 No. 3
Projection: Missouri vs. California

Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl
Dec. 31 / 3:30 p.m. ET Nashville, Tenn. ESPN
ACC vs. SEC No. 5
Projection: Wake Forest vs. Rutgers*
* No SEC teams projected available

Chick-fil-A Bowl
Dec. 31 / 7:30 p.m. ET  Atlanta, Ga. ESPN
ACC No. 2 vs. SEC
Projection: North Carolina vs. Kentucky

Insight Bowl
Dec. 31 / 5:30 ET Tempe, Ariz. NFL Network
Big Ten No. 6 vs. Big 12 No. 6
Projection: Northwestern vs. Kansas

Outback Bowl
Jan. 1 / 11 a.m. ET Tampa, Fla. ESPN
Big Ten No. 3 vs. SEC
Projection: Iowa vs. South Carolina

Konica Minolta Gator Bowl
Jan. 1 / 1 p.m. ET  Jacksonville, Fla. CBS
ACC No. 3 vs. Big 12/Big East/Notre Dame 
Projection: Virginia Tech vs. Notre Dame

Capital One Bowl
Jan. 1 / 1 p.m. Orlando, Fla. ABC
Big Ten No. 2 vs. SEC No. 2
Projection: Michigan State vs. Georgia

AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Jan. 2 / 5:00 p.m. ET Memphis, Tenn. ESPN
C-USA No. 1 vs. SEC No. 6
Projection: Tulsa vs. Ole Miss

AT&T Cotton Bowl
Jan. 2 / 2 p.m. ET Dallas, Texas FOX
Big 12 No. 2 vs. SEC 
Projection: Texas Tech vs. LSU

International Bowl
Jan. 3 / 12 p.m. ET Toronto, Canada ESPN2
Big East vs. MAC No. 4 or 5
Projection: Connecticut vs. Western Michigan

GMAC Bowl
Jan. 6 / 8 p.m. ET  Mobile, Ala.  ESPN
C-USA No. 2 vs. MAC/WAC
Projection: East Carolina vs. Ball State