2000-2001 Bowl Games

Listed by bowls matching highest-ranked teams as of final regular season AP poll (released Dec. 4, 2000). Attendance figures indicate tickets sold.

Bowl		Winner	Regular Season		Loser	Regular Season	Score	Date	Attendance
Orange	#1	Oklahoma	12-0	#3	Florida St.	11-1	13-2	Jan. 3	76,835
Sugar	#2	Miami-FL	10-1	#7	Florida	10-2	37-20	Jan. 2	64,407
Rose	#4	Washington	10-1	#14	Purdue	8-3	34-24	Jan. 1	94,392
Fiesta	#5	Oregon St.	10-1	#10	Notre Dame	9-2	41-9	Jan. 1	75,428
Gator	#6	Virginia Tech	10-1	#16	Clemson	9-2	41-20	Jan. 1	68,741
Holiday	#8	Oregon	9-2	#12	Texas	9-2	35-30	Dec. 29	63,278
Alamo	#9	Nebraska	9-2	#18	Northwestern	8-3	66-17	Dec. 30	60,028
Cotton	#11	Kansas St.	10-3	#21	Tennessee	8-3	35-21	Jan. 1	63,465
Mobile		So. Miss.	7-4	#13	TCU	10-1	28-21	Dec. 20	40,300
Peach		LSU	7-4	#15	Georgia Tech	9-2	28-14	Dec. 29	73,614
Citrus	#17	Michigan	8-3	#20	Auburn	9-3	31-28	Jan. 1	66,928
Outback		South Carolina	7-4	#19	Ohio St.	8-3	24-7	Jan. 1	65,229
Liberty	#23	Colorado St.	9-2	#22	Louisville	9-2	22-17	Dec. 29	58,302
Oahu	#24	Georgia	7-4		Virginia	6-5	37-14	Dec. 24	24,187
Motor City		Marshall	7-5		Cincinnati	7-4	25-14	Dec. 27	52,911
Sun		Wisconsin	8-4		UCLA	6-5	21-20	Dec. 29	49,093
Insight.com		Iowa St.	8-3		Pittsburgh	7-4	37-29	Dec. 28	41,813
Aloha		Boston College	6-5		Arizona St.	6-5	31-17	Dec. 25	24,397
MicronPC.com		N.C. State	7-4		Minnesota	6-5	38-30	Dec. 28	28,359
Independence		Mississippi St.	7-4		Texas A&M	7-5	43-41	Dec. 31	36,974
Humanitarian		Boise St.	9-2		UTEP	7-4	38-23	Dec. 28	26,203
Music City		West Virginia	6-5		Mississippi	7-4	49-38	Dec. 28	47,119
Las Vegas		UNLV	7-5		Arkansas	6-5	31-14	Dec. 21	29,113
Silicon Valley		Air Force	8-3		Fresno St.	7-4	37-34	Dec. 31	26,542
GalleryFurniture.com		East Carolina	7-4		Texas Tech	7-5	40-27	Dec. 27	33,899

Favorites:

Orange (Florida St. by 11); Sugar (Miami-FL by 6); Rose (Purdue by 1); Fiesta (Oregon St. by 3¹/2); Gator (Virginia Tech by 6); Holiday (Texas by 7); Alamo (Nebraska by 14¹/2); Cotton (Kansas St. by 3¹/2); Mobile (TCU by 7); Peach (Georgia Tech by 8¹/2); Citrus (Michigan by 7¹/2); Outback (Ohio St. by 7); Liberty (Colorado St. by 1¹/2); Oahu (Georgia by 9¹/2); Motor City (Cincinnati by 3); Sun (Wisconsin by 5); Insight.com (Pittsburgh by 1¹/2); Aloha (Arizona St. by 3); MicronPC.com (Minnesota by 3¹/2); Independence (Texas A&M by 1¹/2); Humanitarian (Boise St. by 7); Music City (Mississippi by 3¹/2); Las Vegas (UNLV by 1); Silicon Valley (Fresno St. by 1); GalleryFurniture.com (Texas Tech by 1).

Per Team Payouts:

Nokia Sugar, Tostitos Fiesta, FedEx Orange and Rose ($13 million); Capital One Florida Citrus ($4 million); Southwestern Bell Cotton ($2.5 million); Outback ($2 million); Culligan Holiday ($1.9 million); Chick-fil-A Peach ($1.7 million); Toyota Gator ($1.4 million); AXA Liberty ($1.25 million); Sylvania Alamo ($1.2 million); Sanford Independence ($1.1 million); Wells Fargo Sun ($1 million); Silicon Valley ($975,000); Jeep Aloha, Jeep Oahu, Las Vegas, ($800,000); Insight.com, GMAC Mobile, MicronPC.com, Ford Motor City, GalleryFurniture.com, Music City and Crucial.com Humanitarian ($750,000).