Bowls and playoffs
The 2011 football postseason, including games played in 2012.
National championship games
Playoffs
FCS playoffs
Division I FCS · National playoff
Final: North Dakota St. 17 · Sam Houston 6
19 recorded games · View rounds and results
Final: January 7, 2012
Final site: Frisco, TX
Division II playoffs
Division II · National playoff
Final: Pittsburg St. 35 · Wayne St. (MI) 21
23 recorded games · View rounds and results
Final: Date not documented
Final site: Florence, Alabama
Division III playoffs
Division III · National playoff
Final: Wis.-Whitewater 13 · Mount Union 10
31 recorded games · View rounds and results
Final: Date not documented
Final site: Salem, VA
Bowls
AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Missouri 41 · North Carolina 24
December 26, 2011
Location not documented
Allstate Sugar Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Michigan 23 · Virginia Tech 20
January 3, 2012
Location not documented
AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Arkansas 29 · Kansas St. 16
January 6, 2012
Location not documented
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Cincinnati 31 · Vanderbilt 24
December 31, 2011
Location not documented
Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Rutgers 27 · Iowa St. 13
December 30, 2011
Location not documented
BBVA Compass Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
SMU 28 · Pittsburgh 6
January 7, 2012
Location not documented
Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Marshall 20 · FIU 10
December 20, 2011
Location not documented
Belk Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
North Carolina St. 31 · Louisville 24
December 27, 2011
Location not documented
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
BYU 24 · Tulsa 21
December 30, 2011
Location not documented
Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Texas 21 · California 10
December 28, 2011
Location not documented
Capital One Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
South Carolina 30 · Nebraska 13
January 2, 2012
Location not documented
Champs Sports Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Florida St. 18 · Notre Dame 14
December 29, 2011
Location not documented
Chick-fil-A Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Auburn 43 · Virginia 24
December 31, 2011
Location not documented
Discover Orange Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
West Virginia 70 · Clemson 33
January 4, 2012
Location not documented
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Ohio 24 · Utah St. 23
December 17, 2011
Location not documented
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Mississippi St. 23 · Wake Forest 17
December 30, 2011
Location not documented
Gildan New Mexico Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Temple 37 · Wyoming 15
December 17, 2011
Location not documented
GoDaddy.com Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Northern Ill. 38 · Arkansas St. 20
January 8, 2012
Location not documented
Hyundai Sun Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Utah 30 · Georgia Tech 27
December 31, 2011
Location not documented
Insight Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Oklahoma 31 · Iowa 14
December 30, 2011
Location not documented
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Purdue 37 · Western Mich. 32
December 27, 2011
Detroit
MAACO Bowl Las Vegas
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Boise St. 56 · Arizona St. 24
December 22, 2011
Location not documented
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Texas A&M 33 · Northwestern 22
December 31, 2011
Location not documented
Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Toledo 42 · Air Force 41
December 28, 2011
Location not documented
Outback Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Michigan St. 33 · Georgia 30
January 2, 2012
Location not documented
Poinsettia Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
TCU 31 · Louisiana Tech 24
December 21, 2011
San Diego, CA
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Louisiana 32 · San Diego St. 30
December 17, 2011
Location not documented
Rose Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Oregon 45 · Wisconsin 38
January 2, 2012
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
San Francisco Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Illinois 20 · UCLA 14
December 31, 2011
San Francisco
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Southern Miss. 24 · Nevada 17
December 24, 2011
Location not documented
TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Florida 24 · Ohio St. 17
January 2, 2012
Location not documented
TicketCity Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Houston 30 · Penn St. 14
January 2, 2012
Location not documented
Valero Alamo Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Baylor 67 · Washington 56
December 29, 2011
Location not documented
VRBO Fiesta Bowl
Division I FBS · Postseason bowl
Oklahoma St. 41 · Stanford 38
January 2, 2012
Location not documented
Mineral Water Bowl
Division II · Postseason bowl
Minn. St. Mankato 28 · Northeastern St. 14
December 3, 2011
Location not documented
All-star games
East-West Shrine Classic
Collegiate all-star · All-star showcase
West 24 · East 17
January 21, 2012
Location not documented
NFLPA Game
Collegiate all-star · All-star showcase
National 20 · American 14
January 21, 2012
Location not documented
Senior Bowl
Collegiate all-star · All-star showcase
North 23 · South 13
January 28, 2012
Location not documented
This directory follows documented editions. Dates, results, and selection rules that have not been documented are marked on each event’s page.