Seasons 1987 Bowls & playoff ← Week 15 1987: Bowls & playoff 18 games. Seven ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. Seven games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.
The week in review Ranked against ranked Jan 1, 1988 2 Miami 20,1 Oklahoma 14upset Orange Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1988 3 Florida State 31,5 Nebraska 28Fiesta Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1988 4 Syracuse 16,6 Auburn 16Sugar Bowl Box score Dec 31, 1987 7 LSU 30,9 South Carolina 13Gator Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1988 8 Michigan State 20,16 USC 17Rose Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1988 13 Texas A&M 35,12 Notre Dame 10upset Cotton Bowl Box score
Upsets A ranked team beaten as the betting favorite, or, where no line is on file, by an unranked or lower-ranked team.
FBS vs. FBS Dec 12, 1987 Eastern Michigan 30,San José State 27California Bowl Box score Dec 19, 1987 Washington 24,Tulane 12Independence Bowl Box score Dec 22, 1987 Virginia 22,BYU 16upset All-American Bowl Box score Dec 25, 1987 11 Oklahoma State 35,West Virginia 33Sun Bowl Box score Dec 25, 1987 10 UCLA 20,Florida 16Aloha Bowl Box score Dec 29, 1987 15 Georgia 20,Arkansas 17Liberty Bowl Box score Dec 30, 1987 Arizona State 33,Air Force 28Freedom Bowl Box score Dec 30, 1987 18 Iowa 20,Wyoming 19Holiday Bowl Box score Dec 31, 1987 7 LSU 30,9 South Carolina 13Gator Bowl Box score Dec 31, 1987 Texas 32,19 Pittsburgh 27upset Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1988 14 Clemson 35,20 Penn State 10Citrus Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1988 3 Florida State 31,5 Nebraska 28Fiesta Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1988 2 Miami 20,1 Oklahoma 14upset Orange Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1988 8 Michigan State 20,16 USC 17Rose Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1988 4 Syracuse 16,6 Auburn 16Sugar Bowl Box score Jan 1, 1988 13 Texas A&M 35,12 Notre Dame 10upset Cotton Bowl Box score Jan 2, 1988 Michigan 28,Alabama 24Hall of Fame Bowl Box score Jan 2, 1988 17 Tennessee 27,Indiana 22Peach Bowl Box score