120 Become 124

Four programs will move up from FCS to FBS for the 2012 college football season:

The Massachusetts Minutemen will join the Mid-America Conference's East Division.
The South Alabama Jaguars will join the Sunbelt Conference.
The Texas State Bobcats will join the Western Athletic Conference.
The University of Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners will join the Western Athletic Conference.

Underclassmen Declaring For The 2012 NFL Draft

School	Player	Position
Alabama	Dont'a Hightower	LB
Alabama	Dre Kirkpatrick	CB
Alabama	Trent Richardson	RB
Arizona State	Vontaze Burfict	LB
Arizona State	Brock Osweiler	QB
Auburn	Barrett Trotter	QB
Baylor	Robert Griffin III	QB
Boston College	Max Holloway	DE
Boston College	Luke Kuechly	LB
Clemson	Dwayne Allen	TE
Georgia	Orson Charles	TE
Georgia Tech	Stephen Hill	WR
Illinois	Whitney Mercilus	DE
Iowa	Riley Reiff	OT
Kansas State	Bryce Brown	RB
LSU	Michael Brockers	DT
LSU	Morris Claiborne	CB
LSU	Rueben Randle	WR
McNeese State	Janzen Jackson	S
Memphis	Dontari Poe	DT
Miami	Marcus Forston	DT
Miami	Aldarius Johnson	WR
Miami	Lamar Miller	RB
Miami	Tommy Streeter	WR
Miami	Olivier Vernon	DE
Miami	Brandon Washington	OG
Michigan State	Edwin Baker	RB
Michigan State	Jerel Worthy	DT
Minnesota	Tiree Eure	TE
Mississippi	Bobby Massie	OT
Mississippi State	Fletcher Cox	DT
Nevada	Mike Ball	RB
North Carolina	Donte Paige-Moss	DE
North Carolina State	Terrell Manning	LB
Oklahoma	Ronnell Lewis	DE
Oklahoma State	Justin Blackmon	WR
Oklahoma State	Johnny Thomas	S
Oregon	Cliff Harris	CB
Oregon	LaMichael James	RB
Oregon	Darron Thomas	QB
Purdue	Ken Plue	OG
Rutgers	Mohamed Sanu	WR
San Diego State	Ronnie Hillman	RB
Southern California	Matt Kalil	OT
Southern California	Nick Perry	DE
South Carolina	Stephon Gilmore	CB
South Carolina	Alshon Jeffery	WR
South Florida	Darrell Scott	RB
Southern Illinois	Jewel Hampton	RB
Stanford	David DeCastro	OG
Stanford	Andrew Luck	QB
Stanford	Jonathan Martin	OT
Syracuse	Dorian Graham	WR
Syracuse	Chandler Jones	DE
Syracuse	Phillip Thomas	S
Temple	Bernard Pierce	RB
Texas	Jamison Berryhill	RB
Toledo	Eric Page	WR
Troy	Jonathan Massaquoi	DE
Tulsa	Damaris Johnson	WR
UCF	Josh Robinson	CB
Utah State	Robert Turbin	RB
Virginia Tech	Jayron Hosley	CB
Virginia Tech	David Wilson	RB
Wake Forest	Chris Givens	WR
Washington	Chris Polk	RB
Wisconsin	Peter Konz	C
Wyoming	Alvester Alexander	RB

2011-2012 Bowl Attendance Figures

Date	Bowl	Attendance	Capacity	Percentage
17-Dec-11	Gildan New Mexico Bowl	25,762	39,224	65.68%
17-Dec-11	Famous Idaho Potato Bowl	28,076	33,500	83.81%
17-Dec-11	R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl	42,841	73,208	58.52%
20-Dec-11	Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg	20,072	28,453	70.54%
21-Dec-11	San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl	24,607	70,561	34.87%
22-Dec-11	Maaco Bowl Las Vegas	35,720	36,800	97.07%
24-Dec-11	Sheraton Hawaii Bowl	32,630	50,000	65.26%
26-Dec-11	AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl	41,728	53,000	78.73%
27-Dec-11	Little Caesars Pizza Bowl	46,177	65,000	71.04%
27-Dec-11	Belk Bowl	58,427	73,778	79.19%
28-Dec-11	Military Bowl	25,042	45,423	55.13%
28-Dec-11	Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl	56,313	70,561	79.81%
29-Dec-11	Champs Sports Bowl	68,305	65,438	104.38%
29-Dec-11	Valero Alamo Bowl	65,256	65,000	100.39%
30-Dec-11	Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl	30,258	32,000	94.56%
30-Dec-11	New Era Pinstripe Bowl	38,328	52,328	73.25%
30-Dec-11	Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl	55,208	69,143	79.85%
30-Dec-11	Insight Bowl	54,247	71,706	75.65%
31-Dec-11	Meineke Car Care of Texas Bowl	68,395	71,054	96.26%
31-Dec-11	Hyundai Sun Bowl	48,123	51,500	93.44%
31-Dec-11	AutoZone Liberty Bowl	57,103	61,008	93.60%
31-Dec-11	Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl	29,878	40,184	74.35%
31-Dec-11	Chick-fil-A Bowl	72,919	71,228	102.37%
02-Jan-12	TicketCity Bowl	46,817	92,100	50.83%
02-Jan-12	Capital One Bowl	61,351	65,438	93.75%
02-Jan-12	Outback Bowl	49,429	65,908	75.00%
02-Jan-12	Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl	61,312	77,510	79.10%
02-Jan-12	Rose Bowl	91,245	91,136	100.12%
02-Jan-12	Tostitos Fiesta Bowl	69,927	63,400	110.29%
03-Jan-12	Allstate Sugar Bowl	64,512	73,208	88.12%
04-Jan-12	Discover Orange Bowl	67,563	75,540	89.44%
06-Jan-12	AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic	80,956	80,000	101.20%
07-Jan-12	BBVA Compass Bowl	29,726	71,594	41.52%
08-Jan-12	GoDaddy.com Bowl	38,734	40,646	95.30%
09-Jan-12	BCS National Championship Game	78,237	73,208	106.87%

More:
2012-2013 Bowl Attendance Figures
2010-2011 Bowl Attendance Figures

2012 Allstate BCS National Championship Preview

Date: January 9, 2012 8:30 PM ET

Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

Payout: $18,000,000

Played: 2007-present

Former Names: N/A

Broadcasters: Brent Musberger, Kirk Herbstreit

Sideline Reporter: Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi

All Time Series: 45-24-5 Alabama

Line: Alabama by 2

	Louisiana State			Alabama
Overall Record	13-0		Overall Record	11-1
Conference Record	8-0		Conference Record	7-1
Bowl Record	22-19-1		Bowl Record	33-22-3
Last Bowl Win	2011 Cotton		Last Bowl Win	2011 Capital One

2012 GoDaddy.com Bowl Preview

Date: January 8, 2012 9:00 PM ET

Stadium: Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, Alabama

Payout: $750,000

Played: 1999-present

Former Names: Mobile Alabama Bowl (1999-2000), GMAC Bowl (2001-2010)

Broadcasters: Rob Stone, Danny Kanell

Sideline Reporter: Cara Capuano

All Time Series: 6-1 Northern Illinois

Line: Arkansas State by 1.5

	Arkansas State			Northern Illinois
Overall Record	10-2		Overall Record	10-3
Conference Record	8-0		Conference Record	7-1
Bowl Record	0-1		Bowl Record	3-3
Last Bowl Win	N/A		Last Bowl Win	2010 Humanitarian

2012 BBVA Compass Bowl Preview

Date: January 7, 2012 1:00 PM ET
Stadium: Legion Field, Birmingham, Alabama
Payout: $950,000
Played: 2006-present
Former Names: PapaJohns.com Bowl (2006-2010)
Broadcasters: Mike Gleason, John Congemi
Sideline Reporter: Eamon McAnaney
All Time Series: 2-2-1
Line: Pittsburgh by 3.5

	Southern Methodist			Pittsburgh
Overall Record	7-5		Overall Record	6-6
Conference Record	5-3		Conference Record	4-3
Bowl Record	5-7-1		Bowl Record	12-15
Last Bowl Win	2009 Hawaii		Last Bowl Win	2011 BBVA Compass

2012 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic Preview

Date: January 6, 2012 8:00 PM ET

Stadium: Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas

Payout: $3,625,000

Played: 1937-present

Former Names: N/A

Broadcasters: Gus Johnson, Charles Davis

Sideline Reporter: Tim Brewster, Darryl Johnston

All Time Series: 3-1 Kansas State

Line: Arkansas by 8.5

 

	Kansas State			Arkansas
Overall Record	10-2		Overall Record	10-2
Conference Record	7-2		Conference Record	6-2
Bowl Record	6-8		Bowl Record	12-23-3
Last Bowl Win	2002 Holiday		Last Bowl Win	2009 Liberty

2012 Discover Orange Bowl Preview

Date: January 4, 2012 8:30 PM ET

Stadium: Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida

Payout: $17,000,000

Played: 1935-present

Former Names: N/A

Broadcasters: Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden, Ron Jaworski

Sideline Reporter: Lisa Salters

All Time Series: 1-0 Clemson

Line: Clemson by 3

	West Virginia			Clemson
Overall Record	9-3		Overall Record	10-3
Conference Record	5-2		Conference Record	6-2
Bowl Record	13-17		Bowl Record	16-17
Last Bowl Win	2008 Meineke Car Care		Last Bowl Win	2009 Music City

2012 Allstate Sugar Bowl Preview

Date: January 3, 2012 8:30 PM ET

Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

Payout: $17,000,000

Played: 1935-present

Former Names: N/A

Broadcasters: Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge

Sideline Reporter: Holly Rowe

All Time Series: 0-0

Line: Michigan by 3

	Michigan			Virginia Tech
Overall Record	10-2		Overall Record	11-1
Conference Record	6-2		Conference Record	7-1
Bowl Record	19-21		Bowl Record	9-15
Last Bowl Win	2008 Capital One		Last Bowl Win	2009 Chick-fil-A