Bowl Projections: Valero Alamo Bowl Preseason Prediction, Breakdown and History

Before the season gets underway, what's the first guess on what the 2024 Valero Alamo Bowl might be? Why did we make this call, who else should be in the mix, and what's the history of the bowl?

This will all change throughout the season with its twists and turns, but in the preseason, the Valero Alamo Bowl projection is ...

Valero Alamo Bowl Projection

Saturday, December 28
7:30, ABC
Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
Bowl Affiliations : Big 12, Former Pac-12
Last Season: Arizona 38, Oklahoma 24
Preseason Bowl Projection (with predicted final regular season records)
Oklahoma State (9-3) vs USC (9-3)

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Why this is the preseason Valero Alamo Bowl Projection

It’s always one of the better bowls for the Big 12, and this year it’ll be against a former Pac-12 program.

That opens this up a bit.

The loser of the Big 12 Championship will be hit-or-miss to get into the new expanded College Football Playoff, so it will probably be the league’s second or third-best team that gets in.

The former Pac-12 team is a little bit more difficult. It almost certainly won’t be Washington State or Oregon State, and it won’t be one of the new Big 12 teams from the old Pac-12 - Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah could be here, but from the Big 12.

That leaves USC, Washington, Oregon, or UCLA. USC makes the most sense.

5 teams also in the mix for the Valero Alamo Bowl

1. Utah
2. Washington
3. Kansas State
4. Texas Tech
5. TCU

Valero Alamo Bowl History

Dec 28, 2023 Arizona 38, Oklahoma 24
Dec 29, 2022 Washington 27, Texas 20
Dec. 29, 2021 Oklahoma 47, Oregon 32
Dec. 29, 2020 Texas 55, Colorado 23
Dec. 31, 2019 Texas 38, Utah 10
Dec. 28, 2018 Washington State 28, Iowa State 26
Dec. 28, 2017 TCU 39, Stanford 37
Dec. 29, 2016 Oklahoma State 38, Colorado 8
Jan. 2, 2016 TCU 47 Oregon 41 (3 OT)
Jan. 2, 2015 UCLA 40 Kansas State 35
Dec. 30, 2013 Oregon 30 Texas 7
Dec. 29, 2012 Texas 31 Oregon State 27
Dec. 29, 2011 Baylor 67 Washington 57
Dec. 29, 2010 Oklahoma State 36 Arizona 10
Jan. 2, 2010 Texas Tech 41 Michigan State 31
Dec. 29, 2008 Missouri 30 Northwestern 23 (OT)
Dec. 30, 2007 Penn State 24 Texas A&M 17
Dec. 30, 2006 Texas 26 Iowa 24
Dec. 28, 2005 Nebraska 32 Michigan 28
Dec. 29, 2004 Ohio State 33 Oklahoma State 7
Dec. 29, 2003 Nebraska 17 Michigan State 3
Dec. 28, 2002 Wisconsin 31 Colorado 28
Dec. 29, 2001 Iowa 19 Texas Tech 16
Dec. 30, 2000 Nebraska 66 Northwestern 17
Dec. 28, 1999 Penn State 24 Texas A&M 0
Dec. 29, 1998 Purdue 37 Kansas State 34
Dec. 30, 1997 Purdue 33 Oklahoma State 20
Dec. 29, 1996 Iowa 27 Texas Tech 0
Dec. 28, 1995 Texas A&M 22 Michigan 20
Dec. 31, 1994 Washington State 10 Baylor 3
Dec. 31, 1993 California 37 Iowa 3