| Bowl | Opponents | Date, Time and TV | Results |
| Eagle Bank (Washington, D.C.) | Navy vs Wake Forest | Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008; 11 a.m. ESPN | |
| New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque) | Colorado State vs Fresno State | Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008; 2:30 PM ESPN | |
| MagicJack St. Petersburg Bowl | South Florida vs Memphis | Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008; 4:30 PM ESPN2 | |
| Las Vegas Bowl | BYU vs Arizona | Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008; 8 p.m. ESPN | |
| R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | Troy vs Southern Mississippi | Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008; 8 p.m. ESPN | |
| San Diego Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl | Texas Christian vs Boise State | Tuesday, Dec. 23, 8 p.m.; ESPN | |
| Sheraton Hawaii Bowl | Hawaii v Notre Dame | Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008; 8 p.m. ESPN | |
| Motor City Bowl (Detroit) | Central Michigan vs Florida Atlantic | Friday, Dec. 26, 2008; 7:30 p.m. ESPN | |
| Meineke Car Care Bowl (Charlotte, NC) | West Virginia vs North Carolina | Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008; 1:00 PM; ESPN | |
| Champs Sports Bowl (Orlando) | Florida State vs Wisconsin | Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008; 4:30 PM ESPN | |
| Emerald Bowl (San Francisco) | Miami (Fla) vs California | Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008, 8 p.m. ESPN | |
| Independence Bowl Shreveport, La. | Louisiana Tech vs Northern Illinois | Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008, 8 p.m. ESPN | |
| Papajohns.Com Bowl (Birmignham, Ala.) | Rutgers vs North Carolina State | Monday, Dec. 29, 2008, 3p.m. ESPN | |
| Valero Alamo Bowl (San Antonio) | Northwestern vs Missouri | Monday, Dec. 29, 2008, 8 p.m. ESPN | |
| Roady's Humanitarian Bowl (Boise, Idaho) | Nevada vs Maryland | Tuesday, Dec. 30,2008 4:30 p.m. ESPN 2 | |
| Texas Bowl (Houston) | Rice vs Western Michigan | Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008 8 p.m., NFL Network | |
| Pacific Life Holiday Bowl (San Diego) | Oklahoma State vs Oregon | Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, 8 p.m. ESPN | |
| Armed Forces Bowl (Fort Worth) | Air Force vs Houston | Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008, 12:30 p.m. ESPN | |
| Brut Sun Bowl (El Paso) | Oregon State vs Pittsburgh | Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008, 2 p.m. CBS | |
| Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl (Nashville) | Vanderbilt vs Boston College | Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008, 3:30 p.m. ESPN | |
| Insight Bowl (Glendale, Ariz) | Kansas vs Minnesota | Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008 5:30 p.m. NFL Network | |
| Chick-fil-A Bowl (Atlanta) | LSU vs Georgia Tech | Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 7:30 p.m. ESPN | |
| Outback Bowl (Tampa) | Iowa vs South Carolina | Thursday, January 1, 2009; 11:00 am ESPN | |
| Capital One Bowl (Orlando) | Michigan State vs Georgia | Thursday, January 1, 2009; 1:00 pm ABC | |
| Gator Bowl | Clemson vs Nebraska | Thursday, January 1, 2009; 1:00 p.m. CBS | |
| Rose Bowl | Southern California v Penn State | Thursday, January 1, 2009; 5 p.m. ABC | |
| Orange Bowl | Virginia Tech v Cincinnati | Thursday, January 1, 2009; 8:30 p.m.; FOX | |
| AT&T Cotton Bowl (Dallas) | Texas Tech v Mississippi | Friday, January 2, 2009; 2 p.m. FOX | |
| Autozone Liberty Bowl (Memphis) | East Carolina vs Kentucky | Friday,January 2, 2009; 5 p.m. ESPN | |
| Nokia Sugar Bowl (New Orleans) | Alabama vs Utah | Friday, January 2, 2009; 8 p.m. FOX | |
| International Bowl | Connecticut vs Buffalo | Saturday, January 3, 2009, noon ESPN2 | |
| Fiesta Bowl | Texas vs Ohio State | Monday, January 5,2009; 8 p.m. FOX | |
| GMAC Bowl (Mobile, Ala) | Ball State vs Tulsa | Tuesday, January 6; 8 p.m.; ESPN | |
| BCS Title Game (Miami) | Oklahoma vs Florida | Thursday, January 8, 8 p.m.; FOX | |
2007 - 2008 College Bowl Schedule and Results