Other than the BCS there are many other bowls in which very well qualified teams play in thru the month of December and the bigger ones in the beginning of January. In the 2006-2007 Bowl Season there are 29 bowls and because of the extended BCS bowl schedule, bowls will run from December 19th to January 7th, the day before the National Championship Game in Arizona. All bowls are listed with their sponsor conferences and are all subject to the availability of enough bowl eligible teams from that conference.
Teams have begun to accept bowl bid this season, those who have already locked in invitations are in gold.
Winners in blue.
December 19: Poinsettia Bowl (Northern Illinois 7 vs. TCU 37)
December 21: Las Vegas Bowl (Oregon 8 vs. BYU 38)
December 22: New Orleans Bowl (Troy 41 vs. Rice 17)
December 23: PapaJohns.com Bowl (Eastern Carolina 7 vs. South Florida 24)
December 23: New Mexico Bowl (San Jose State 20 vs. New Mexico 12)
December 23: Armed Forces Bowl (Utah 25 vs. Tulsa 13)
December 24: Hawaii Bowl (Arizona State 24 vs. Hawaii 41)
December 26: Motor City Bowl (Middle Tennessee 14 vs. Central Michigan 31)
December 27: Emerald Bowl (Florida State 44 vs. UCLA 27)
December 28: Independence Bowl (Oklahoma State 34 vs. Alabama 31)
December 28: Holiday Bowl (Texas A+M 10 vs. California 45)
December 28: Texas Bowl (Rutgers 37 vs. Kansas State 10)
December 29: Music City Bowl (Clemson 20 vs. Kentucky 28)
December 29: Sun Bowl (Missouri 38 vs. Oregon State 39)
December 29: Liberty Bowl (South Carolina 44 vs. Houston 36)
December 29: Insight Bowl (Texas Tech 44 vs. Minnesota 41)
December 29: Champ Sports Bowl (Purdue 7 vs. Maryland 24)
December 30: Car Care Bowl (Navy 24 vs. Boston College 25)
December 30: Alamo Bowl (Iowa 24 vs. Texas 26)
December 30: Peach Bowl (Virginia Tech 24 vs. Georgia 31)
December 31: MPC Computers Bowl (Nevada 20 vs. Miami (Fla.) 21)
January 1: Outback Bowl (Tennessee 10 vs. Penn State 20)
January 1: Cotton Bowl (Nebraska 14 vs. Auburn 17)
January 1: Capital One Bowl (Wisconsin 17 vs. Arkansas 14)
January 1: Gator Bowl (West Virginia 38 vs. Georgia Tech 35)
January 6: International Bowl (Cincinnati vs. Western Michigan)
January 7: GMAC Bowl (Southern Miss vs. Ohio)