USA TODAY Bowl Projections - Week 12

In a little less than three weeks, all the speculation about bowl destinations will end. There are several changes in this week's projections at the top, but Oregon and Auburn retain their places in the BCS national title game.

Boise State now looks positioned for the Rose Bowl after its improvement in the BCS standings, while TCU will moves to the Orange. Pittsburgh is out as the Big East representative with West Virginia tentatively taking the spot. And there's a lot of shuffling among the other games.

Teams in bold have accepted berths. Teams with asterisk fill spots due to conferences not meeting allotment of teams.

BCS national championship: Oregon vs. Auburn
Rose: Boise State vs. Wisconsin
Sugar: LSU vs. Ohio State
Orange: Virginia Tech vs. TCU
Fiesta: Nebraska vs. West Virginia

Alamo: Missouri vs. Stanford
Armed Forces: Air Force vs. Southern Mississippi
Beef 'O' Brady's: Louisville vs. East Carolina
BBVA Compass: Connecticut vs. Georgia
Capital One: Michigan State vs. South Carolina
Champs Sports: Pittsburgh vs. North Carolina State
Chick-fil-A: Florida State vs. Arkansas
Cotton: Oklahoma State vs. Alabama
Gator: Penn State vs. Mississippi State
GoDaddy.com: Troy vs. Temple
Hawaii: Tulsa vs. Hawaii
Holiday: Texas A&M vs. Arizona
Humanitarian: Ohio vs. Fresno State
Independence: Clemson vs. Brigham Young
Insight: Oklahoma vs. Michigan
Kraft Fight Hunger: Boston College vs. Nevada
Liberty: Tennessee vs. Central Florida
Little Caesar's Pizza: Northern Illinois vs. Notre Dame*
Maaco Las Vegas: Toledo* vs. Utah
Meineke Car Care: South Florida vs. North Carolina
Military: Georgia Tech vs. UTEP
Music City: Maryland vs. Kentucky
New Mexico: Fresno State vs. Miami (Ohio)*
New Orleans: Florida International vs. SMU
Outback: Iowa vs. Florida
Pinstripe: Kansas State vs. Syracuse
Poinsettia: San Diego State vs. Navy
Sun: Miami (Fla.) vs. California
Texas: Baylor vs. Northwestern
TicketCity: Texas vs. Illinois