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 Iowa, which lost the Big Ten championship game to Michigan State,
will play in the Jan. 1 Rose Bowl against Stanford, the Pac-12
champion and the No. 6 team in the final College Football Playoff
rankings.
Iowa dropped to No. 5 in the final CFP rankings, two spots ahead of
Ohio State. The Rose Bowl, which matches the champions of the Pac-12
and Big Ten, has its choice of another team from one of those
conferences if that conference's champion plays in a national
semifinal game.
With Big Ten champion Michigan State in one semifinal game, the Rose
Bowl opted on Sunday to take Iowa (12-1) over Ohio State (11-1)
Ohio State and Notre Dame, which finished one spot behind the
Buckeyes at No. 8, did not play in conference championship games,
but will meet Jan. 1.
In another Jan. 1 matchup, Mississippi of the Southeastern
Conference and Oklahoma State of the Big 12 will meet in the Sugar
Bowl, while the Dec. 31 Peach Bowl features a matchup between
Florida State and Houston, the American Athletic Conference
champion. Houston (12-1) finished No. 18 in the CFP rankings, and,
as the highest ranked team outside of the Notre Dame and the power
five conferences, the Cougars earned an automatic berth to one of
the six major bowls -- the Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, Peach and the two
national semifinal games. Clemson will face Oklahoma in one
semifinal game, with Michigan State and Alabama facing off in the
other. Both games will be on Dec. 31, with the national championship
game scheduled for Jan. 11.
Here are the other bowl matchups:
Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl: Alcorn State vs. North Carolina
A&T, Dec. 19
Cure Bowl: San Jose State vs. Georgia State, Dec. 19.
Las Vegas Bowl: BYU vs. Utah, Dec. 19.
Camellia Bowl: Ohio vs. Appalachian State, Dec. 19.
New Orleans Bowl: Arkansas State vs. Louisiana Tech, Dec. 19.
Miami Beach Bowl: Western Kentucky vs. South Florida, Dec. 21.
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl: Akron vs. Utah State, Dec. 22.
Boca Raton Bowl: Toledo vs. Temple, Dec. 22.
Poinsettia Bowl: Boise State vs. Northern Illinois, Dec. 23.
GoDaddy Bowl: Georgia Southern vs. Bowling Green, Dec. 23.
Bahamas Bowl: Middle Tennessee vs. Western Michigan, Dec. 24.
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Hawaii Bowl: San Diego State vs. Cincinnati, Dec. 24.
St. Petersburg Bowl: Connecticut vs. Marshall, Dec. 26.
Sun Bowl: Miami vs. Washington State, Dec. 26.
Heart of Dallas Bowl: Washington vs. Southern Miss, Dec. 26.
Independence Bowl: Tulsa vs. Virginia Tech, Dec. 26.
Foster Farms Bowl: Nebraska vs. UCLA, Dec. 26.
Military Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Navy, Dec. 28.
Quick Lane Bowl: Central Michigan vs. Minnesota. Dec. 28
Armed Forces Bowl: California vs. Air Force, Dec. 29.
Russell Athletic Bowl: North Carolina vs. Baylor, Dec. 29.
Arizona Bowl: Nevada vs. Colorado State, Dec. 29.
Texas Bowl: Texas Tech vs. LSU, Dec. 29.
Birmingham Bowl: Memphis vs. Auburn, Dec. 30.
Belk Bowl: North Carolina State vs. Mississippi State, Dec. 30.
Music City Bowl: Louisville vs. Texas A&M, Dec. 30.
Holiday Bowl: USC vs. Wisconsin, Dec. 30.
Outback Bowl: Northwestern vs. Tennessee, Jan. 1.
Citrus Bowl: Michigan vs. Florida, Jan. 1.
TaxSlayer Bowl: Penn State vs. Georgia, Jan. 2.
Liberty Bowl: Kansas State vs. Arkansas, Jan. 2.
Alamo Bowl: Oregon vs. TCU, Jan. 2.
Cactus Bowl: West Virginia vs. Arizona State, Jan. 2.
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