Bowl Season 2010 - Which Matchups Are Most Intriguing?

To be analytical about this year's bowl matchups, we do need to define exactly what we mean by "most intriguing" since technically a matchup could be intriguing to someone because of a particular storyline or because the names of the two schools' mascots rhyme or any other reason really... What we mean when we say intriguing is which games are most likely to result in a close game between two very good teams based on their resume of games during the regular season? Naturally, this probably means that the BCS championship game will usually come in #1 on the list (although our analysis shows that one of the teams actually shouldn't be in this game). But where do the other games rank? See below... These games are ranked from least intriguing (#35) to most intriguing (#1).

35. GoDaddy.Com Bowl - #99 Mid. Tennessee vs. #77 Miami (OH)
34. Independence Bowl - #23 Air Force vs. #73 Georgia Tech
33. New Mexico Bowl - #69 BYU vs. #87 UTEP
32. Little Caesars Bowl - #82 FIU vs. #68 Toledo
31. New Orleans Bowl - #72 Ohio vs. #81 Troy
30. Fight Hunger Bowl - #9 Nevada vs. #58 Boston College
29. Fiesta Bowl - #57 Connecticut vs. #11 Oklahoma
28. Military Bowl - #66 ECU vs. #40 Maryland
27. TicketCity Bowl - #70 Northwestern vs. #53 Texas Tech
26. Holiday Bowl - #15 Nebraska vs. #56 Washington
25. Meineke Bowl - #61 South Florida vs. #31 Clemson
24. Pinstripe Bowl - #43 Kansas State vs. #65 Syracuse
23. BBVA Compass Bowl - #30 Pittsburgh vs. #59 Kentucky
22. Armed Forces Bowl - #71 Army vs. #67 SMU
21. Music City Bowl - #46 North Carolina vs. #62 Tennessee
20. Humanitarian Bowl - #42 Northern Illinois vs. #60 Fresno State
19. Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl - #48 Southern Miss vs. #54 Louisville
18. Texas Bowl - #38 Illinois vs. #49 Baylor
17. Gator Bowl - #27 Mississippi State vs. #45 Michigan
16. Outback Bowl - #34 Florida vs. #47 Penn State
15. Hawaii Bowl - #26 Hawaii vs. #41 Tulsa
14. Alamo Bowl - #14 Oklahoma State vs. #33 Arizona
13. Liberty Bowl - #39 Georgia vs. #32 UCF
12. Poinsettia Bowl - #36 Navy vs. #37 San Diego State
11. Sun Bowl - #24 Notre Dame vs. #29 Miami (FL)
10. Champs Sports Bowl - #22 West Virginia vs. #28 NC State
9. MAACO Las Vegas Bowl - #21 Utah vs. #4 Boise State
8. Insight Bowl - #13 Missouri vs. #24 Iowa
7. Capital One Bowl - #8 Alabama vs. #18 Michigan State
6. Chick-fil-A Bowl - #18 South Carolina vs. #20 Florida State
5. Cotton Bowl - #17 LSU vs. #16 Texas A&M
4. Sugar Bowl - #5 Ohio State vs. #12 Arkansas
3. Discover Orange Bowl - #6 Stanford vs. #10 Virginia Tech
2. Rose Bowl - #7 Wisconsin vs. #2 TCU
1. BCS Championship - #1 Oregon vs. #3 Auburn