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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 January 2025. Category of football games in North America For the racehorse, see Bowl Game (horse). For the current or most recent set of bowl games, see 2024–25 NCAA football bowl games. This article has an unclear citation style. The references used may be made clearer with a different or ...
Note that, in groups 1–3, the teams can be chosen in any order, and the bowl games choose the teams; however, in group 4, they must be chosen in APR order, and each team chooses the bowl game in which it will play. [2] A rule change for 2010 allows bowls to tender a bid to any team with a 6–6 record before teams with more than six wins.
The current system of Division II bowl games has its origins in 1997, when a new Pioneer Bowl (unrelated to the former game) was created as a contest between teams from the division's two conferences of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. [5]
The longest postseason in college football history is at hand. A look at the entire bowl lineup ending with the national title game on Jan. 20.
The College Football Playoff format has undergone its first change in a decade, transitioning to a new 12-team structure. This change is set to ignite a new level of competition, enabling the top ...
Here's a look at the history of the Pop-Tarts Bowl and game results: Blockbuster Bowl (Miami) Dec. 28, 1990: Florida State 24, Penn State 17. Dec. 28, 1991: Alabama 30, Colorado 25.
The Football Bowl Subdivision gets its name from the bowl games that many FBS teams play at the end of the year, although other college divisions also have their own bowl games. FBS bowl games are played at the end of the season in December or January. During the 2024–25 bowl season, there were 46 FBS bowl games, including four first-round ...
For nearly a century, bowl games were the purview of only the very best teams, but a steady proliferation of new bowl games required more teams, with 70 participating teams by the 2010–11 bowl season, then 80 participating teams by the 2015–16 bowl season. As a result, the NCAA has steadily relaxed the criteria for bowl eligibility.