The college football bowl season for 2011-12 has been announced and as expected Jan. 1 has no bowl games due it being on a Sunday which is normally the case when the new year falls on a Sunday.
The Mountain West has four bowl tie-ins this year and before we get to the full bowl lineup here is the Mountain West line up:
New Mexico Bowl, Dec. 17, 2 p.m. ET ESPN
Mountain West #4 vs. Pac-12 #7
Poinsettia Bowl, Dec. 21, 8 p.m. ET ESPN
Mountain West #2 vs. WAC #1
Las Vegas Bowl, Dec. 22, 8 p.m. ET ESPN
Mountain West #1 vs. Pac-12 #5
Independence Bowl, Dec. 26, 5 p.m. ET ESPN
Mountain West #3 vs. ACC #7
Bowl
Location
Date/Time
Network
New Mexico
MWC vs. Pac-12
Albuquerque, N.M.
University StadiumDec. 17
2 p.m.ESPN
uDrove Humanitarian
MAC vs. WAC
Boise, Idaho
Bronco StadiumDec. 17
5:30 p.m.ESPN
R+L Carriers New Orleans
C-USA vs. Sun Belt
New Orleans
Louisiana SuperdomeDec. 17
9 p.m.ESPN
Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg
Big East vs. C-USA
St. Petersburg, Fla.
Tropicana FieldDec. 20
8 p.m.ESPN
S.D. County Credit Union Poinsettia
MWC vs. WAC
San Diego
Qualcomm StadiumDec. 21
8 p.m.ESPN
MAACO Las Vegas
MWC vs. Pac-12
Las Vegas
Sam Boyd StadiumDec. 22
8 p.m.ESPN
Sheraton Hawaii
C-USA vs. WAC
Honolulu
Aloha StadiumDec. 24
8 p.m.ESPN
AdvoCare V100 Independence
ACC vs. MWC
Shreveport, La.
Independence StadiumDec. 26
5 p.m.ESPN2
Little Caesars
Big Ten vs. MAC
Detroit
Ford FieldDec. 27
4:30 p.m.ESPN
Belk
ACC vs. Big East
Charlotte, N.C.
Bank of America StadiumDec. 27
8 p.m.ESPN
Military Bowl Presented By Northrop Grumman
ACC vs. Navy
Washington, D.C.
RFK StadiumDec. 28
4:30 p.m.ESPN
Bridgepoint Education Holiday
Big 12 vs. Pac-12
San Diego
Qualcomm StadiumDec. 28
8 p.m.ESPN
Champs Sports
ACC vs. Big East
Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus BowlDec. 29
5:30 p.m.ESPN
Valero Alamo
Big 12 vs. Pac-12
San Antonio
AlamodomeDec. 29
9 p.m.ESPN
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
BYU vs. C-USA
Dallas
Gerald J. Ford StadiumDec. 30
NoonESPN
New Era Pinstripe
Big 12 vs. Big East
Bronx, N.Y.
Yankee StadiumDec. 30
3:20 p.m.ESPN
Franklin American Mortgage Music City
ACC vs. SEC
Nashville, Tenn.
LP FieldDec. 30
6:40 p.m.ESPN
Insight
Big Ten vs. Big 12
Tempe, Ariz.
Sun Devil StadiumDec. 30
10 p.m.ESPN
Meineke Car Care of Texas
Big Ten vs. Big 12
Houston
Reliant StadiumDec. 31
NoonESPN
Hyundai Sun
ACC vs. Pac-12
El Paso, Texas
Sun BowlDec. 31
2 p.m.CBS
AutoZone Liberty
C-USA vs. SEC
Memphis, Tenn.
Liberty BowlDec. 31
3:30 p.m.ABC
Kraft Fight Hunger
Army vs. Pac-12
San Francisco
AT&T ParkDec. 31
3:30 p.m.ESPN
Chick-fil-A
ACC vs. SEC
Atlanta
Georgia DomeDec. 31
7:30 p.m.ESPN
TicketCity
Big Ten vs. C-USA
Dallas
Cotton BowlJan. 2
NoonESPNU
Outback
Big Ten vs. SEC
Tampa, Fla.
Raymond James StadiumJan. 2
1 p.m.ABC
Capital One
Big Ten vs. SEC
Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus BowlJan. 2
1 p.m.ESPN
Gator Bowl
Big Ten vs. SEC
Jacksonville, Fla.
EverBank FieldJan. 2
1 p.m.ESPN2
Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio
BCS vs. BCS
Pasadena, Calif.
Rose BowlJan. 2
5 p.m.ESPN
Allstate Sugar
BCS vs. BCS
New Orleans
Louisiana SuperdomeJan. 3
8:30 p.m.ESPN
Discover Orange
BCS vs. BCS
Miami
Sun Life StadiumJan. 4
8:30 p.m.ESPN
Tostitos Fiesta
BCS vs. BCS
Glendale, Ariz.
U. of Phoenix StadiumJan. 5
8:30 p.m.ESPN
AT&T Cotton
Big 12 vs. SEC
Arlington, Texas
Cowboys StadiumJan. 6
8 p.m.FOX
BBVA Compass Bowl
Big East vs. SEC
Birmingham, Ala.
Legion FieldJan. 7
1 p.m.ESPN
Allstate BCS National Championship Game
BCS vs. BCS
New Orleans
Louisiana SuperdomeJan. 9
8:30 p.m.ESPN
GoDaddy.com
MAC vs. Sun Belt
Mobile, Ala.
Ladd-Peebles StadiumTBD
TBDTBD