Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas

With the college football regular season heading into its final week, it’s still anybody’s guess which schools will win the Big 12 and Big Ten championships. The Big Ten features four schools tied at 9-2 - two each in the Legends and the Leaders divisions. Penn State and Wisconsin will battle for the Leaders division title on Saturday in Madison, while Michigan State has clinched the Legends division championship.

In the Big 12, Oklahoma State’s 37-31 loss at Iowa State on Friday night opened the door for Oklahoma. The Sooners and Cowboys will fight for the conference title in the annual Bedlam game in Stillwater on December 3. The highlight of this week’s Big 12 slate is the much-anticipated Texas-Texas A&M game Thursday night in College Station in what is likely the last meeting between the longtime rivals for the foreseeable future.

The 2011 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas will feature teams from the Big 12 and Big Ten conferences and will kick off at 11:00 a.m. CST on Saturday, Dec. 31 and will be televised nationally on ESPN. The Bowl holds the fifth choice among non-BCS bowls in each conference.

After 12 weeks of play, there are nine bowl-eligible teams in the Big Ten and eight in the Big 12. Two other schools - Texas Tech from the Big 12 and Purdue from the Big Ten - have one last chance to garner their sixth wins of the season this Saturday.

Following are some projected Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas matchups from selected national media outlets:

ESPN.com (Mark Schlabach): Texas A&M vs. Northwestern
ESPN.com (Brad Edwards): Missouri vs. Iowa
CBSSports.com: Texas vs. Purdue
SportsIllustrated.com: Texas A&M vs. Penn State
CollegeFootballNews.com: Texas A&M vs. Iowa
Big Ten Network: Texas A&M vs. Ohio State
ESPN.com (Big 12 Blog): Texas
ESPN.com (Big Ten Blog): Iowa

Following are the bowl-eligible teams from the Big 12 and Big Ten following Week 11:

Big 12 Conference

• Oklahoma State (10-1)
• Kansas State (9-2)
• Oklahoma (8-2)
• Baylor (7-3)
• Missouri (6-5)
• Texas A&M (6-5)
• Texas (6-4)
• Iowa State (6-4)

Big Ten Conference

• Michigan State (9-2)
• Michigan (9-2)
• Penn State (9-2)
• Wisconsin (9-2)
• Nebraska (8-3)
• Iowa (7-4)
• Ohio State (6-5)
• Illinois (6-5)
• Northwestern (6-5)

Following are the teams from each conference that can become bowl-eligible with a win this week:

Big 12 Conference

• Texas Tech (5-6) at Baylor (7-3)

Big Ten Conference

• Purdue (5-6) vs. Indiana (1-10)