Champion will choose which bowl it wants to attend. Highest ranked team from AAC, C-USA, MAC, MW & Sun Belt will play in a New Year’s Six bowl. If the Big 12 doesn’t get a team in the College Football Playoff …Ħ. The Sugar Bowl is a College Football Playoff Semifinal – the Big 12 doesn’t have a direct tie-in this season. Navy in Armed Forces last year – Conference USA will play Army in Armed Forces this season. Illinois played in Dallas three years ago but couldn’t fill the spot last year. – Agreement for three Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas and three Armed Forces bowls in six years. – Agreement is for five different teams in six years, so no Indiana, Maryland or Nebraska. – It’s not official, but the bowl would prefer to have eight different teams in eight years, so no Northwestern, Penn State or Indiana if possible. The Big Ten played in TaxSlayer in 2015 and the Music City in 2016. – ACC and Big Ten combine with each getting three appearances in six years. TaxSlayer Bowl or Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl vs. – Agreement is for five different teams in six years, so no Minnesota, Nebraska or Wisconsin.
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– Agreement is for five different teams in six years, so no Iowa, Wisconsin or Northwestern. – Agreement for Citrus is for five different teams in six years, so no Minnesota or Michigan. If the Orange takes a Big Ten team, the Citrus Bowl will take an ACC team in place of the Big Ten. Orange will pick the highest-ranked team from Big Ten, SEC or Notre Dame to play a team from the ACC. The Rose Bowl is a College Football Playoff semifinal – there’s no rule that the Big Ten gets a team in this season. Also, the Big Ten is eligible for the Orange Bowl three times between 20. SECĬonditional if American Athletic or Conference USA can’t fill the spot.Ĭonditional if American Athletic or SEC can’t fill the spot. The ACC will likely be in the Music City this season. In 2016, the ACC was in the TaxSlayer and the Big Ten in the Music City. In 2015, the ACC played in the Music City and the Big Ten was in the TaxSlayer. It’s one or the other along with the Big Ten. – Franklin American Mortgage Music City vs. Both the Big Ten and SEC are guaranteed three appearances each over a 12-year span. Note: Since the Big Ten played in the last Orange Bowl, the SEC will likely play in it this season – but it’s not a sure thing. If the ACC plays the Big Ten in the Orange Bowl, the opportunity will be there for another opening in the Citrus Bowl.ġ. It’s the ACC champion if it’s not in the College Football Playoff. Notre Dame is eligible for any ACC bowl tie-in as long as it’s within one game of the team eligible for the slot, except the Orange Bowl. The American Athletic has secondary partnerships with the AutoZone Liberty and Camping World Independence. – Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl vs. Conference USA The bowl matchups are based on best possible games and geography. The American Athletic Conference doesn’t have a true pecking order.
– 2017-2018 Bowl Projections American Athletic Bowl Ties – There are no set assigned conferences for the Goodyear Cotton, PlayStation Fiesta, or Chick-fil-A Peach Bowls – Capital One Orange Bowl will be ACC vs. – The highest-ranked conference champion from the American Athletic, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt automatically gets one spot in either the College Football Playoff or in the Cotton Bowl, PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, or Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. – The two winners to play in the College Football Playoff National Championship in Atlanta on January 8th, 2018. – Top four teams ranked by the College Football Playoff selection committee to be slotted in the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl – January 1st, 2018. College Football Playoff New Year’s Six Bowls 2017-2018 College Football Bowl Ties & Affiliations For Each ConferenceĪll the 2017-2018 college football bowl ties and affiliations by conference.