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College football bowl games: Ranking every 2019-2020 bowl team

By Nicholas Ian Allen

Trevor Lawrence, Clemson Tigers. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
Trevor Lawrence, Clemson Tigers. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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LINCOLN, NE – NOVEMBER 29: Wide receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette #6 of the Iowa Hawkeyes scores on a kickoff return against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium on November 29, 2019 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images)
LINCOLN, NE – NOVEMBER 29: Wide receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette #6 of the Iowa Hawkeyes scores on a kickoff return against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium on November 29, 2019 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images) /

18. Texas A&M Aggies, 87.07

  • Roster Strength: 86.60 (20)
  • Team Performance: 84.42 (30)
  • Head Coach Rating: 89.16 (10)

Texas A&M played a brutal schedule and finished the season 7-5 overall and 4-4 in SEC play. All five losses came to teams ranked in the Top 10 at the time of the game (including two ranked No. 1).

But losing 50-7 to LSU – even an LSU team that won the SEC and made it to the College Football Playoff – is unacceptable. The Aggies should return a huge amount of production in 2020, and depending on which (if any) players leave College Station early for the NFL Draft, Texas A&M could be in line to compete with Alabama and LSU for the division title in 2020.

Bowl preparations, and in a perfect world, a victory over Oklahoma State in the Texas Bowl, should help head coach Jimbo Fisher and his squad turn the page.

17. Iowa Hawkeyes, 87.13

  • Roster Strength: 83.17 (54)
  • Team Performance: 87.15 (18)
  • Head Coach Rating: 90.48 (7)

The 2019 college football season was a great one for Iowa fans. The Hawkeyes beat in-state rival Iowa State 18-17, knocked Minnesota from the ranks of the unbeatens and spoiled the Gophers’ chances of winning the Big Ten West, and outlasted Nebraska 27-24 to keep the Cornhuskers out of bowl season. Even the losses – to Michigan, Penn State and Wisconsin by a total of 11 points – were respectable.

A victory over USC in the Holiday Bowl would give head coach Kirk Ferentz his first 10-win season since 2015, and it would be a nice going-away party for senior quarterback Nate Stanley, as well as likely first-round NFL Draft picks A.J. Epenesa and Tristan Wirfs, who is expected to leave the Hawkeyes early.

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