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Complete Bowl Schedule: Baylor, TCU Get ‘New Year’s Six’ Spots

By Phil Watson

Oct 11, 2014; Waco, TX, USA; Baylor Bears running back Shock Linwood (32) celebrates during the game against the TCU Horned Frogs at McLane Stadium. The Bears defeat Horned Frogs 61-58. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 11, 2014; Waco, TX, USA; Baylor Bears running back Shock Linwood (32) celebrates during the game against the TCU Horned Frogs at McLane Stadium. The Bears defeat Horned Frogs 61-58. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /
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The pairings are complete for 38 of the 39 postseason games in college football this season, and FanSided has the complete bowl schedule.

Baylor, TCU and the Big 12 were the big losers Sunday morning when the inaugural College Football Playoff bracket was announced.

Baylor, 11-1 with a win over TCU but a loss to West Virginia, was declared a co-champion of the Big 12 Conference along with the Horned Frogs, also 11-1.

That wasn’t enough to impress the selection committee for the CFP, which went with the four champions from the Power 5 conferences that do hold conference title games.

But Baylor and TCU got some consolation, being selected for lucrative bids in the so-called “New Year’s Six” bowls.

Two of those games, the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl, will host CFP semifinal games on New Year’s Day.

Baylor will play Michigan State (10-2) in the Cotton Bowl and TCU takes on Ole Miss (9-3) in the Peach Bowl on New Year’s Eve.

The other two “New Year’s Six” matchups will include Mississippi State (10-2) and Georgia Tech (10-3) in the Orange Bowl on Dec. 31 and Boise State (11-2)—the highest-ranked team from the Group of Five conferences—paired with Arizona (10-3) in the Fiesta Bowl, also to be played New Year’s Eve.

The matchups for the Cotton, Fiesta and Peach bowls were determined by the CFP selection committee. In years when the Orange Bowl is not part of the playoff bracket, it will pair the top remaining ACC team against the top-ranked team that did not win its conference.

The complete bowl schedule is listed below (all times Eastern):

Saturday, Dec. 20

R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans): Nevada (7-5) vs. Louisiana Lafayette (8-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN)
Gildan New Mexico Bowl (University Stadium, Albuquerque, N.M.): Utah State (9-4) vs. UTEP (7-5), 2:20 p.m. (ESPN)
Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl (Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas): Utah (8-4) vs. Colorado State (10-2), 3:30 p.m. (ABC)
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Bronco Stadium, Boise, Idaho): Western Michigan (8-4) vs. Air Force (9-3), 5:45 p.m. (ESPN)
Raycom Media Camellia Bowl (Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Ala.): South Alabama (6-6) vs. Bowling Green (7-6), 9:15 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Dec. 22

Miami Beach Bowl (Marlins Park, Miami): BYU (8-4) vs. Memphis (9-3), 2 p.m. (ESPN)

Tuesday, Dec. 23

Boca Raton Bowl (FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, Fla.): Marshall (12-1) vs. Northern Illinois (11-2), 6 p.m. (ESPN)
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl (Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego): Navy (6-5) vs. San Diego State (7-5), 9:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Wednesday, Dec. 24

Popeyes Bahamas Bowl (Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas): Central Michigan (8-4) vs. Western Kentucky (7-5), noon (ESPN)
Sheraton Hawaii Bowl (Aloha Stadium, Honolulu): Fresno State (6-7) vs. Rice (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Friday, Dec. 26

Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl (Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas): Illinois (6-6) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-5), 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Quick Lane Bowl (Ford Field, Detroit): North Carolina (6-6) vs. Rutgers (7-5), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl (Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla.): NC State (7-5) vs. UCF (9-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Saturday, Dec. 27

Military Bowl (Navy-Marine Corps Stadium, Annapolis, Md.): Cincinnati (9-3) vs. Virginia Tech (6-6), 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Hyundai Sun Bowl (Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, Texas): Arizona State (9-3) vs. Duke (9-3), 2 p.m. (CBS)
Duck Commander Independence Bowl (Independence Stadium, Shreveport, La.): Miami (6-6) vs. South Carolina (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ABC)
NewEra Pinstripe Bowl (Yankee Stadium, Bronx, N.Y.): Boston College (7-5) vs. Penn State (6-6), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)
National University Holiday Bowl (Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego): Nebraska (9-3) vs. USC (8-4), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Dec. 29

AutoZone Liberty Bowl (Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tenn.): Texas A&M (7-5) vs. West Virginia (7-5), 2 p.m. (ESPN)
Russell Athletic Bowl (Florida Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Fla.): Clemson (9-3) vs. Oklahoma (8-4), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)
AdvoCare Texas Bowl (NRG Stadium, Houston): Arkansas (6-6) vs. Texas (6-6), 9 p.m. (ESPN)

Tuesday, Dec. 30

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl (LP Field, Nashville, Tenn.): LSU (8-4) vs. Notre Dame (7-5), 3 p.m. (ESPN)
Belk Bowl (Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, N.C.): Georgia (9-3) vs. Louisville (9-3), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Foster Farms Bowl (Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif.): Maryland (7-5) vs. Stanford (7-5), 10 p.m. (ESPN)

Wednesday, Dec. 31

Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (Georgia Dome, Atlanta): Ole Miss (9-3) vs. TCU (11-1), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Vizio Fiesta Bowl (University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ariz.): Arizona (10-3) vs. Boise State (11-2), 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Capital One Orange Bowl (Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Fla.): Georgia Tech (10-3) vs. Mississippi State (10-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Jan. 1

Outback Bowl (Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fla.): Auburn (8-4) vs. Wisconsin (10-3), noon (ESPN2)
Goodyear Cotton Bowl (AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas): Baylor (11-1) vs. Michigan State (10-2), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl (Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium, Orlando, Fla.): Minnesota (8-4) vs. Missouri (10-3), 1 p.m. (ABC)
Rose Bowl Game (Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif.): (2) Oregon (12-1) vs. (3) Florida State (13-0), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)—College Football Playoff semifinal
Allstate Sugar Bowl (Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans): (1) Alabama (12-1) vs. (4) Ohio State (12-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)—College Football Playoff semifinal

Friday, Jan. 2

Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas): Houston (7-5) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6), noon (ESPN)
TaxSlayer Bowl (EverBank Field, Jacksonville, Fla.): Iowa (7-5) vs. Tennessee (6-6), 3:20 p.m. (ESPN)
Valero Alamo Bowl (Alamodome, San Antonio): Kansas State (9-3) vs. UCLA (9-3), 6:45 p.m. (ESPN)
TicketCity Cactus Bowl (Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Ariz.): Oklahoma State (6-6) vs. Washington (8-5), 10:115 p.m. (ESPN)

Saturday, Jan. 3

Birmingham Bowl (Legion Field, Birmingham, Ala.): Florida (6-5) vs. East Carolina (8-4), 1 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)

Sunday, Jan. 4

GoDaddy Bowl (Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, Ala.): Arkansas State (7-5) vs. Toledo (8-4), 9 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Jan. 12

College Football Championship Game (AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas): Oregon-Florida State winner vs. Alabama-Ohio State winner, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

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