College Football Bowl lineups:
*December 8, 1996: Once the conference championship games were finished, the following bowl games were revealed:
(Las Vegas Bowl: December 19, 1996)
Nevada (8-3) vs Ball State (8-3)
(Aloha Bowl: December 25, 1996)
Navy (8-3) vs California (6-5)
(Carquest Bowl: December 27, 1996)
Miami (8-3) vs Virginia (7-4)
(Liberty Bowl: December 27, 1996)
Houston (7-4) vs Syracuse (8-3)
(Copper Bowl: December 27, 1996)
Wisconsin (7-5) vs Utah (8-4)
(Peach Bowl: December 28, 1996)
Clemson (7-4) vs 17.) LSU (9-2)
(Alamo Bowl: December 29, 1996)
Texas Tech (7-4) vs 21.) Iowa (8-3)
(Holiday Bowl: December 30, 1996)
8.) Colorado (9-2) vs 13.) Washington (9-2)
(Independence Bowl: December 31, 1996)
24.) Auburn (8-4) vs 25.) Army (10-1)
(Sun Bowl: December 31, 1996)
Stanford (6-5) vs Michigan State (6-5)
(Outback Bowl: January 1, 1997)
16.) Alabama (9-3) vs 15.) Michigan (8-3)
(Cotton Bowl: January 1, 1997)
14.) Kansas State (9-2) vs 7.) Penn State (10-2)
(Gator Bowl: January 1, 1997)
25.) West Virginia (8-3) vs 12.) North Carolina (9-2)
(Florida Citrus Bowl: January 1, 1997)
5.) Ohio State (10-1) vs 9.) Tennessee (9-2)
(Orange Bowl: December 31, 1996)
10.) Virginia Tech (10-1) vs 6.) Nebraska (10-2)
(Rose Bowl: January 1, 1997)
11.) Northwestern (10-1) vs 2.) Arizona State (11-0)
(Fiesta Bowl: January 1, 1997)
20.) Texas (8-4) vs 4.) BYU (14-0)
(Sugar Bowl: January 2, 1997): National Championship
3.) Florida (11-1) vs 1.) Florida State (11-0)