Rutgers will play in a bowl for the first time in nearly three decades, and Boise State is staying home for its postseason game.

Rutgers (7-4) accepted an invitation to play in the Insight Bowl on Dec. 27 in Phoenix against Arizona State.

The last time the Scarlet Knights played in a bowl game was 1978, when they played Arizona State in the Garden State Bowl at Giants Stadium, not far from their campus in New Jersey. Rutgers has had just four winning seasons since 1984.

Boise State accepted an invitation to play in the MPC Computers Bowl on the blue artificial turf of its home stadium.

The Broncos will be making their fourth appearance in the nine-year history of the bowl.

Boise State (9-3) will play a team from the Atlantic Coast Conference on Dec. 28. North Carolina State (6-5) is considered to be a front-runner after beating Maryland, 20-14, Saturday.

The Broncos beat Louisiana Tech, 30-13, Saturday to earn a share of the WAC championship with Nevada. Fresno State (8-3) can also win a share of the title by beating Louisiana Tech on Friday

Nevada (8-3) has a standing invitation to play in the Hawaii Bowl, but still has an outside shot at the Motor City Bowl or Las Vegas Bowl. WAC officials decided to hold off on sealing that deal to see how the Bowl Championship Series shakes out.

If No. 8 Oregon earns an at-large berth in one of the BCS bowls, that would make it possible for the WAC to replace the Pac-10 in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 22, commissioner Karl Benson said. If that happened, Louisiana Tech (6-4) would have a shot at the Hawaii Bowl.

BYU of the Mountain West Conference already has accepted a bid to the Las Vegas Bowl.