| Date | Bowl | City | Conf | vConf | $(000s) | | SEC | B10 | ACC | B12 | P10 | CUSA | BigE | MW | MAC | WAC | SBC |
| 12/20/2008 | New Mexico | Albuquerque | MW | WAC | 750 | | | | | | | | | 750 | | 750 |
| 12/20/2008 | Las Vegas | Las Vegas | MW | P10 | 1000 | | | | | | 1000 | | | 1000 | | |
| 12/20/2008 | Congressional | Washington, DC | ACC | Navy | ? | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12/20/2008 | St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg | BigE | CUSA | ? | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12/21/2008 | New Orleans | New Orleans | SBC | CUSA | 325 | | | | | | | 325 | | | | | 325 |
| 12/23/2008 | Poinsettia | San Diego | MW | P10 | 750 | | | | | | 750 | | | 750 | | |
| 12/24/2008 | Hawaii | Honolulu | WAC | P10 | 398 | | | | | | 398 | | | | | 398 |
| 12/26/2008 | Motor City | Detroit | B10 | MAC | 750 | | | 750 | | | | | | | 750 | |
| 12/27/2008 | Emerald | San Francisco | ACC | P10 | 750 | | | | 750 | | 750 | | | | | |
| 12/27/2008 | Meineke | Charlotte | ACC | BigE | 750 | | | | 750 | | | | 750 | | | |
| 12/27/2008 | Champs Sports | Orlando | ACC | B10 | 2250 | | | 2250 | 2250 | | | | | | | |
| 12/28/2008 | Independence | Shreveport | B12 | SEC | 1200 | | 1200 | | 1200 | | | | | | | |
| 12/29/2008 | Papajohns.com | Birmingham | BigE | SEC | 750 | | 750 | | | | | | 750 | | | |
| 12/29/2008 | Alamo | San Antonio | B10 | B12 | 2250 | | | 2250 | | 2250 | | | | | | |
| 12/30/2008 | Humanitarian | Boise | WAC | ACC | 750 | | | | 750 | | | | | | | 750 |
| 12/30/2008 | Texas | Houston | B12 | CUSA | 1250 | | | | | 1250 | | 1250 | | | | |
| 12/30/2008 | Holiday | San Diego | B12 | P10 | 2200 | | | | | 2200 | 2200 | | | | | |
| 12/31/2008 | Armed Forces | Ft. Worth | MW | CUSA | 750 | | | | | | | 750 | | 750 | | |
| 12/31/2008 | Insight | Phoenix | B10 | B12 | 1200 | | | 1200 | | 1200 | | | | | | |
| 12/31/2008 | Music City | Nashville | ACC | SEC | 1500 | | 1500 | | 1500 | | | | | | | |
| 12/31/2008 | Sun | El Paso | B12 | P10 | 1900 | | | | | 1900 | 1900 | | | | | |
| 12/31/2008 | Chick-fil-A | Atlanta | ACC | SEC | 3250-2400 | | 2400 | | 3250 | | | | | | | |
| 1/1/2009 | Gator | Jacksonville | ACC | BigE | 2500 | | | | 2500 | | | | 2500 | | | |
| 1/1/2009 | Outback | Tampa | B10 | SEC | 3000 | | 3000 | 3000 | | | | | | | | |
| 1/1/2009 | Capital One | Orlando | B10 | SEC | 4250 | | 4250 | 4250 | | | | | | | | |
| 1/1/2009 | Orange | Miami | ACC | BCS | BCS‡ | | | | BCS‡ | | | | | | | |
| 1/1/2009 | Rose | Pasadena | P10 | B10 | BCS‡ | | | BCS‡ | | | BCS‡ | | | | | |
| 1/2/2009 | Liberty | Memphis | CUSA | SEC | 1700 | | 1700 | | | | | 1700 | | | | |
| 1/2/2009 | Cotton | Dallas | B12 | SEC | 3000 | | 3000 | | | 3000 | | | | | | |
| 1/2/2009 | Sugar | New Orleans | SEC | BCS | BCS‡ | | BCS‡ | | | | | | | | | |
| 1/3/2009 | International | Toronto | BigE | MAC | 750 | | | | | | | | 750 | | 750 | |
| 1/3/2009 | Fiesta | Glendale | B12 | BCS | BCS‡ | | | | | BCS‡ | | | | | | |
| 1/6/2009 | GMAC | Mobile | CUSA | MAC | 750 | | | | | | | 750 | | | 750 | |
| 1/8/2009 | BCS Championship | Miami | BCS 1 | BCS 2 | BCS‡ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 17800 | 13700 | 12950 | 11800 | 6998 | 4775 | 4750 | 3250 | 2250 | 1898 | 325 |
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