TENTATIVE BOWL LINEUP

The final BCS rankings will be announced today, with Oklahoma expected to be No. 1 and Florida State No. 2--which would set up a game between the Sooners and Seminoles for the national championship in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 3. The remaining contender for a national championship berth, Miami, would become a BCS at-large selection for the Fiesta or Sugar bowls. Notre Dame and Oregon State are the leading contenders for remaining two BCS at-large berths. The bowl lineup, excluding all-star games, with dates, sites, payouts, times (Pacific) and networks. * indicates tentative berth for team listed in bowl game.

MOBILE ALABAMA

DEC. 20 at MOBILE, ALA.

Texas Christian vs. Southern Mississippi

Payout: $750,000. Time: 5 p.m., ESPN2

LAS VEGAS

DEC. 21 at LAS VEGAS

Nevada Las Vegas

vs. Arizona State

Payout: $800,000. Time: 5 p.m., ESPN2

OAHU

DEC. 24 at HONOLULU

Boston College or Virginia

vs. Arkansas or Georgia

Payout: $750,000. Time: 5:30 p.m., ESPN

ALOHA

DEC. 25 at HONOLULU

Boston College or Virginia

vs. Arkansas or Georgia

Payout: $750,000. Time: 12:30 p.m., ABC

MOTOR CITY

DEC. 27 at PONTIAC, MICH.

Marshall vs. Cincinnati

Payout: $750,000. Time: 1 p.m., ESPN

GALLERYFURNITURE.COM

DEC. 27 at HOUSTON

* Texas Tech vs. East Carolina

Payout: $750,000. Time: 5 p.m., ESPN2

HUMANITARIAN

DEC. 28 at BOISE, IDAHO

Boise State

vs. * Texas El Paso

Payout: $750,000. Time: 10:30 a.m., ESPN2

MUSIC CITY

DEC. 28 at NASHVILLE

*West Virginia

vs. * Mississippi

Payout: $750,000. Time: 1 p.m., ESPN

MICRON PC.COM

DEC. 28 vs. at MIAMI

Minnesota vs. North Carolina State

Payout: $750,000. Time: 4 p.m., TBS

INSIGHT.COM

DEC. 28 at PHOENIX

* Pittsburgh

vs. * Iowa State

Payout: $750,000. Time: 4:30 p.m., ESPN

LIBERTY

DEC. 29 at MEMPHIS, TENN.

Colorado State vs. Louisville

Payout: $1.25 million.

Time: 10:30 a.m., ESPN

SUN

DEC. 29 at EL PASO

UCLA vs. Wisconsin

Payout: $1 million. Time: 11 a.m., CBS

PEACH

DEC. 29 at ATLANTA

Georgia Tech vs. *Louisiana State

Payout: $1.8 million. Time: 2 p.m., ESPN

HOLIDAY

DEC. 29 at SAN DIEGO

* Oregon vs. Texas

Payout: $1.9 million. Time: 5:30 p.m., ESPN

ALAMO

DEC. 30 at SAN ANTONIO

* Kansas State vs. Northwestern

Payout: $1.2 million. Time: 5 p.m., ESPN

SILICON VALLEY

DEC. 31 at SAN JOSE

Fresno State

vs. Air Force

Payout: $1.2 million.

Time: 3:30 p.m., FSN

INDEPENDENCE

DEC. 31 at SHREVEPORT, LA.

* Texas A&M; vs. * Mississippi State

Payout: $1.1 million. Time: 5 p.m., ESPN

OUTBACK

JAN. 1 at TAMPA, FLA.

Ohio State vs. * South Carolina

Payout: $2 million. Time: 8 a.m., ESPN

COTTON

JAN. 1 at DALLAS

Tennessee vs. * Kansas State

Payout: $2.5 million. Time: 8 a.m., Fox

GATOR

JAN. 1 at JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

* Virginia Tech vs. Clemson

Payout: $1.4 million. Time: 9:30 a.m., NBC

CITRUS

JAN. 1 at ORLANDO, FLA.

Michigan vs. Auburn

Payout: $4 million. Time: 10 a.m., ABC

ROSE

JAN. 1 at PASADENA

Purdue vs. Washington

Payout: $13.5 million. Time: 1:30 p.m., ABC

FIESTA

JAN. 1 at TEMPE, ARIZ.

* Notre Dame vs. * Oregon State

Payout: $13.5 million. Time: 5 p.m., ABC

SUGAR

JAN. 2 at NEW ORLEANS

Florida vs. *Miami

Payout: $13.5 million. Time: 5 p.m., ABC

ORANGE

JAN. 3 at MIAMI

* Oklahoma vs. * Florida State

Payout: $11-$13 million. Time: 5 p.m., ABC