Welcome to the final year of the college football season as you know it!
By 2024, there will be no such thing as the New Year’s Six Bowls, only quarterfinals and semifinals, and longtime Pac-12 partners like the Las Vegas and Holiday Bowls are supposed to match up with other conferences. It would be really weird when Oregon faced off against Arizona in the Big Ten-Big 12 Alamo Bowl.
As for 2023, here are a few things you need to know:
• The Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl are this year’s semi-final sites. If not in the playoffs, the ACC champion (ours is Florida State) goes to the Orange Bowl and the Big 12 champion (Kansas State) goes to Fiesta, Cotton, or Peach. The top five group champion will go to Atlanta or Arizona. Our district is Boise State – so, Fiesta Bowl.
• If, as in our scenario, a Big Ten team (Penn State) makes the Orange Bowl, the conference hands over its berth in the ReliaQuest (formerly Outback) Bowl to the ACC, which will then almost certainly go to 9-3 Notre Dame.
• Let this be your yearly reminder that players don’t have to pick teams by conference standings. “Big Ten No. 5” means “fifth pick,” not “fifth place.”
• ESPN Events has 16 lower-tier bowls and has wide flexibility in moving teams between them. The army, if qualified, is part of this assembly this year. The fellow UConn Independent is a free agent.
• Finally, the Independence Bowl was originally supposed to host BYU this year, before it joined the Big 12. Shreveport Stadium now gets the second-to-last pick in the league. The Big 12 team behind it will go to either Fort Worth or Dallas.
An * indicates a generic alternative for a conference that does not have a sufficient number of qualified teams.
New Year’s Six
| Dish | date | a team | a team | location | time (Eastern time) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
cotton |
December 29th |
Washington (in general) |
Kansas State (Big 12) |
Arlington, Texas |
8 p.m |
|
peach |
December 30th |
Tennessee (overall) |
Ohio (overall) |
Atlanta |
the noon |
|
orange |
December 30th |
Florida State (ACC) |
Pennsylvania (SEC/B1G/ND) |
Miami |
4 p.m |
|
Eid |
January 1st |
Oregon (overall) |
Boise State (Group of Five) |
Glendale, Ariz. |
1 p.m |
|
rose |
January 1st |
No. 2 Michigan |
No. 3 LSU |
Pasadena, California. |
5 p.m |
|
sugar |
January 1st |
No. 1 Georgia |
No. 4 USC |
New Orleans |
8:45 p.m |
remaining dishes
| Dish | date | a team | a team | location | time (Eastern time) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bahamas |
December 16th |
Eastern Michigan (MAC) |
New Mexico (C-USA) |
Nassau, Bahamas |
11 am |
|
New Orleans |
December 16th |
Troy (sun belt) |
Liberty (C-USA) |
New Orleans |
2:15 p.m |
|
medicine |
December 16th |
Appalachian State (ESPN) |
Buffalo (ESPN) |
Orlando, Florida. |
3:30 p.m |
|
New Mexico |
December 16th |
UNLV (MWC) |
Marshall (ESPN) |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
5:45 p.m |
|
Los Angeles Powell |
December 16th |
University of California (Pac-12 6) |
Air Force (MWC 1) |
Englewood, California. |
7:30 p.m |
|
independence |
December 16th |
Kansas (Big 12 No. 7) |
Yukon (PAC-12*) |
Shreveport, no. |
9:15 p.m |
|
Myrtle Beach |
December 18th |
Southern Miss (Sunbelt) |
Western Kentucky (C-USA) |
Myrtle Beach, SC |
2:30 p.m |
|
fresco |
December 19th |
Wyoming (ESPN) |
Louisiana (ESPN) |
Frisco, Texas |
21:00 |
|
Boca Raton |
December 21st |
FAW (ESPN) |
Georgia Southern (ESPN) |
Boca Raton, Florida |
8 p.m |
|
Gasparilla |
December 22nd |
North Carolina State (ESPN) |
UCF (ESPN) |
Tampa, Florida. |
6:30 p.m |
|
Camellia |
Dec 23rd |
Coastal Carolina (ESPN) |
Ohio |
Montgomery, Ala. |
the noon |
|
Birmingham |
Dec 23rd |
SMU (AAAC) |
Army (SEC 9*) |
Birmingham, Ala. |
the noon |
|
Armed forces |
Dec 23rd |
North Texas (ESPN) |
Utah State (ESPN) |
Fort Worth, Texas |
3:30 p.m |
|
Idaho potatoes |
Dec 23rd |
San Diego State (MWC) |
Miami, Ohio (MAC) |
Boise, Idaho |
3:30 p.m |
|
68 projects |
Dec 23rd |
South Alabama (Sunbelt) |
Middle Tennessee (C-USA) |
Mobile, Ala. |
7 p.m |
|
Vegas |
Dec 23rd |
Oregon (Pac-12 3) |
Maryland (Big Ten 3) |
Las vigas |
7:30 p.m |
|
Hawaii |
Dec 23rd |
San Jose State (MWC) |
Memphis |
Honolulu |
10:30 pm |
|
quick lane |
December 26th |
Minnesota (Big Ten 7) |
neo (mac) |
Detroit |
2 p.m |
|
first responder |
December 26th |
Baylor (Big 12 8) |
Utah |
University Park, Texas |
5:30 p.m |
|
Guaranteed price |
December 26th |
Michigan State (Big Ten 6) |
Texas Tech (Big 12 6) |
Phoenix, Ariz. |
21:00 |
|
army |
December 27th |
Tulane (AAC) |
Wake Forest (ACC 9) |
Annapolis, Maryland |
2 p.m |
|
Duke mayonnaise |
December 27th |
Ole Miss (SEC 3-8) |
Duke (ACC 4-6) |
Charlotte, NC |
5:30 p.m |
|
vacation |
December 27th |
Pittsburgh (AK 4-6) |
Washington State (Pac-12 4) |
San Diego |
8 p.m |
|
Texas |
December 27th |
TCU (Big 12 4) |
Auburn (SEC 3-8) |
Houston |
21:00 |
|
Fenway |
December 28th |
Boston College (ACC 10) |
East Carolina (AAC) |
Boston |
11 am |
|
Pencil case |
December 28th |
Illinois (Big Ten 5) |
Louisville (ACC 7) |
Bronx, New York |
2:15 p.m |
|
Pop pies |
December 28th |
Texas (Big 12 3) |
Clemson (ACC 3) |
Orlando, Florida. |
5:45 p.m |
|
Alamo |
December 28th |
Oklahoma (Big 12 2) |
Utah (Pac-12 2) |
San Antonio |
9:15 p.m |
|
crocodile |
December 29th |
North Carolina State (ACC 4-6) |
Missouri (SEC 3-8) |
Jacksonville, Florida |
the noon |
|
sun |
December 29th |
Miami (ACC 8) |
Arizona (Pac-12 5) |
El Paso, Texas |
2 p.m |
|
freedom |
December 29th |
Oklahoma State (Big 12 5) |
Kentucky (SEC 3-8) |
Memphis, Tenn. |
3:30 p.m |
|
Music City |
December 30th |
Wisconsin (Big Ten 4) |
South Carolina (SEC 3-8) |
Nashville, Tenn. |
2 p.m |
|
Arizona |
December 30th |
Fresno State (MWC) |
Toledo (mac) |
Tucson, Arizona. |
4:30 p.m |
|
ReliaQuest |
January 1st |
Notre Dame (ACC No. 2) |
Texas A&M (SEC 3-8) |
Tampa, Florida. |
the noon |
|
citrus fruits |
January 1st |
Iowa (Big Ten No. 2) |
Alabama (SEC No. 2) |
Orlando, Florida. |
1 p.m |
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