List Of College Bowl Games

The following is a list of current, defunct, and proposed college football bowl games. Six bowl games are currently part of the College Football Playoff, a selection system that creates bowl matchups involving twelve of the top-ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. There are also a number of other college football postseason invitationals, as well as several all-star games.

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 2010â€"11 bowl season, then 80 participating teams by the 2015â€"16 bowl season. As a result, the NCAA has steadily reduced the criteria for bowl eligibility, allowing teams with a non-winning (6â€"6) record in 2010, further reducing requirements to allow teams with outright losing records (5-7) to be invited since 2012. Of the teams with losing records, the team with the best Academic Progress Rate score would be chosen first. While losing teams in bowl games has now become commonplace, there have been a few losing teams who have played in bowl games before the changes in bowl eligibility: 1945 Gator Bowl - Florida Gators (2-3-3), 1963 Sun Bowl - SMU (4-6), 1970 Tangerine Bowl - William & Mary - (5-6), and the 2001 New Orleans Bowl - North Texas (5-6). For the 2016â€"17 bowl season, 25% of the bowl participants (20 teams) did not have a winning record.

The tables below(College Football Playoff games, Other current Division I FBS bowl games) reflect the changes for the 2016-17 bowl season.

Bowl games are not limited to the Bowl Subdivision; teams in the three lower divisions of the NCAA (the championship subdivision, and Divisions II and III) are also allowed to participate in bowl games. The playoff structure in those three divisions discourages most high-caliber teams from participating in bowl games, as teams would rather contest for the national championship than play in a bowl game. The same basic guidelines for bowl eligibility apply for those contests. As of 2015, one bowl game exists for the championship subdivision, three bowls serve Division II and none exist for teams in Division III (with the exception of the Stagg Bowl, which is not a bowl in the same sense but a name for the Division III playoff tournament's championship game).

Past and present community college bowl games, not sanctioned by the NCAA, are also listed.

College Football Playoff games

Six major bowl games, known as the New Year's Six, rotate the hosting of the two semifinal games which determine the teams that play in the final College Football Playoff National Championship game. The New Year's Six includes six of the ten oldest bowl games (missing the Sun, Gator, Citrus and Liberty bowls), continuing their original history of pitting the very best teams in the country against each other. These six games focus on the top 12 teams in the rankings, with only five teams ranked lower than 12th (all five were still ranked in the top 20) having ever played in the New Year's Six since the College Football Playoff system was inaugurated.

^ The Rose Bowl did not add a sponsor to its name until the 1998 season. Unlike other bowls, which give the sponsor's name precedence ahead of the bowl's name (effectively changing the title of the game), the Rose Bowl adds the sponsor as "presented by", after the words Rose Bowl.
* One-time move due to World War II travel restrictions after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
â€ One-time move due to damage to the Superdome from Hurricane Katrina.

Other current Division I FBS bowl games

Besides the six bowl games that are part of the College Football Playoff, there are a number of other postseason invitationals. Generally, two conferences will agree to send teams of a particular standing to a game beforehand. For instance, the Rose Bowl traditionally features the Big Ten and Pac-12 conference champions. Generally, the payout to the participating teams in a bowl game is closely correlated to its prestige. By comparison, each of the former BCS bowls (including the national championship game) had a payout of $18 million.

Division I FCS and Division II bowl games

FCS bowls

Division II bowls

Proposed games

The number of bowl games have risen steadily, reaching 41 (including the national championship game) by the 2015 bowl season. To fill the 80 available bowl slots, a record 15 teams with non-winning seasons participated in bowl gamesâ€"including three with a record of 5â€"7. This situation led directly to the NCAA Division I Council imposing a three-year moratorium on new bowl games in April 2016.

Since 2010, organizers and boosters have continued to propose other bowl gamesâ€"some of these proposals have since been dropped, while others are active proposals that have been placed on hold during the NCAA moratorium.

Two proposed games, the Cure Bowl and Christmas Bowl, were turned down by the NCAA for 2010. The Cure Bowl was eventually added in 2014, for the 2015 season.

In August 2013, the Detroit Lions announced that it would hold a new bowl game at Ford Field beginning in 2014, holding Big Ten and Atlantic Coast Conference tie-ins, despite the existence of the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl While Pizza Bowl organizers attempted to move the game to Comerica Park (a baseball stadium across the street from Ford Field), these plans never came to fruition. In August 2014, the Lions announced that the new game would be known as the Quick Lane Bowl, and play its inaugural game on December 26, 2014. In a statement to Crain's Detroit Business, Motor City Bowl co-founder Ken Hoffman confirmed that there would be no Little Caesars Pizza Bowl for 2014.

In June 2013, ESPN.com reported that the so-called "Group of Five" conferencesâ€"the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West Conference, and Sun Belt Conferenceâ€"were considering adding one or more new bowl games once the NCAA's current moratorium on new bowls expires after the 2013 season. This move was driven by a trend for the "Power Five" conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC) to play one another in bowl games. The 2013 season, the last of the current four-year bowl cycle, will have 16 bowls that involve two teams from "Power Five" leagues. The 2014 season, the first of a new six-year bowl cycle, will have at least 19, and possibly more, matchups of "Power Five" teams. The "Group of Five" was apparently concerned that this trend would mean that its teams might not have available bowl slots.

According to reports, the 2010 Christmas Bowl proposal would have involved a Mountain West team against an opponent from either the Pac-12 or The American. As for The American, it has suggested a new bowl game, most likely at Marlins Park in Miami. Two other venues of "Group of Five" schools in Floridaâ€"Spectrum Stadium (UCF, Orlando) and FAU Stadium (Florida Atlantic, Boca Raton)â€"are being considered for other potential bowls. A possible bowl in Little Rock would pit C-USA and the Sun Belt. Finally, the director of the current Little Caesars Bowl indicated that he had been in contact with officials from all of the "Group of Five" about starting new bowl games in Ireland (most likely Dublin), Dubai, and either Toronto or Nassau. Recently, though, reports have indicated the proposed games in Ireland and Dubai would be unworkable.

The first new bowl to be confirmed for 2014 was the Camellia Bowl, a game created by ESPN that will be played in Montgomery, Alabama. It will have tie-ins with the MAC and Sun Belt, and the contract for the game will run through the 2019 season. ESPN was also reported to be in negotiations to take over ownership of the existing Heart of Dallas Bowl and establish a new bowl game in Boca Raton.

Another ownership group interested in starting a Montgomery-based bowl at Alabama State's stadium has reportedly switched focus to Charleston, South Carolina. In the face of obstacles related to a NCAA ban on playing postseason games at predetermined locations in South Carolina due to the Confederate battle flag being flown at a civil war monument on the State House grounds, the ownership group instead chose to stage the Medal of Honor Bowl all-star game at Johnson Hagood Stadium beginning in 2014. However, with the Confederate flag's removal from the State House grounds on July 10, 2015, the NCAA lifted its ban that day. As such, on August 27 of that year, the Medal of Honor Bowl announced their plans to become a traditional postseason bowl game beginning on December 18, 2016 pending NCAA approval. The all-star game format will not be played that year as a result.

Map of bowl games

Number of current FBS bowl games by state

*State also hosts College Football Playoff semifinals in rotation under current CFP format.

Current bowl games played outside the U.S.

All-Star games

Eastâ€"West Shrine Game â€" Orlando, Florida (1925â€"present)
Senior Bowl â€" Mobile, Alabama (1947â€"present)
NFLPA Collegiate Bowl â€" Carson, California (2012â€"present)
National Bowl Game â€" Miami â€" (NCAA Division I FCS/II-III) (2010â€"present)
FCS BOWL â€" Miami â€" (NCAA Division I FCS) (2014â€"present)

Defunct

Texas vs The Nation â€" Allen, Texas (2007â€"2011, 2013)
Casino del Sol College All-Star Game â€" Tucson, Arizona (2011â€"2012)
Cactus Bowl â€" Kingsville, Texas (NCAA Division II) (1994â€"2010)
College All-Star Bowl (2013â€"2014)
East Coast Bowl â€" Petersburg, Virginia (2001)
Florida Gridiron Classic
Blue-Gray Football Classic â€" Montgomery, Alabama (1935â€"2001, 2003)
Hula Bowl â€" Honolulu, Hawaii (1947â€"2008)
Inta-Juice All-Star Classic (one year)
The South Carolina All Star Game â€" South Carolina (2013â€"2014)
Northâ€"South All-Star Classic â€" Houston, Texas (2007)
Northâ€"South Shrine Game â€" Miami (1948â€"1973)
Las Vegas All-American Classic â€" Las Vegas (2002â€"2006)
Magnolia Gridiron All-Star Classic â€" Jackson, Mississippi (2005)
Players All-Star Classic
Raycom All-Star Classic (2013)
The Silver and Gold Gridiron Classic â€" Atlanta (2008)
Chicago College All-Star Game (College All-Stars vs. NFL champions) â€" Chicago/Evanston, Illinois (1934â€"1976)
Medal of Honor Bowl â€" Charleston, South Carolina (2014â€"2015)

Regular season rivalries called bowls

Empire State Bowl â€" Columbia and Cornell
Shula Bowl â€" Florida International and Florida Atlantic
Black and Blue Bowl â€" Memphis and Southern Miss
Crab Bowl Classic â€" Maryland and Navy
Egg Bowl â€" Mississippi and Mississippi State
Friends of Coal Bowl â€" Marshall and West Virginia
Iron Bowl â€" Alabama and Auburn
Magnolia Bowl â€" LSU and Mississippi
Palmetto Bowl â€" Clemson and South Carolina
Textile Bowl â€" Clemson and North Carolina State

Bowl games played outside of the US

Bacardi Bowl â€" seven exhibition games played in Havana, Cuba from 1907â€"1946
International Bowl â€" bowl game played in Toronto, Canada from 2007â€"2010
Bahamas Bowl

Playoff games called bowls

Division III

Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl â€" Salem, Virginia (1973â€"present). In contrast to the other bowl games, the Stagg Bowl operates within the NCAA tournament structure; it serves as the Division III national championship game.

NAIA bowl games

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College Fanz First Down Classic, 2007â€"2011
NAIA national football championship (1956â€"present); previously called Aluminum Bowl (1956), Holiday Bowl (1957â€"1960), Camellia Bowl (1961â€"1963), Championship Bowl (1964â€"1976 Division I), Apple Bowl (1977 Division I), Palm Bowl (1978â€"1979 Division I), and Championship Bowl (1980â€"1996 Division I)

Community College bowl games

Beef Empire Bowl â€" Garden City, Kansas â€" defunct
Brazos Valley Bowl â€" Bryan, Texas â€" defunct
Carrier Dome Bowl â€" Syracuse, New York â€" defunct
C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl â€" Copperas Cove, Texas
Citizens Bank Bowl â€" Pittsburg, Kansas â€" defunct. Known in its last season as the Football Capital of Kansas Bowl. Hosted 2009 National Junior College Athletic Association National Championship game between Blinn and Fort Scott, which featured future NFL stars Cam Newton and Lavonte David.
El Toro Bowl â€" Yuma, Arizona
The Graphic Edge Bowl â€" Cedar Falls, Iowa (formerly Coca-Cola Bowl, Like Cola Bowl, Royal Crown Bowl, Pepsi-Cola/Sigler Printing Bowl). This bowl is a doubleheader with the Iowa runner-up playing in the first game and the Iowa champion in the second. The opponents for each game are chosen at-large.
Garland Shrine Bowl â€" defunct
Garland Texas Bowl â€" Garland, Texas â€" defunct
Hospitality Bowl â€" defunct
Jayhawk Bowl Classic â€" Coffeyville, Kansas â€" defunct
Industrial Bowl â€" defunct
Junior Rose Bowl â€" defunct
Little Oil Bowl â€" defunct
Midwest Bowl â€" Chicago â€" defunct
Mississippi Bowl â€" Biloxi, Mississippi
North Star Bowl â€" Rochester, Minnesota â€" defunct
NJCAA Shrine Bowl â€" defunct
Pilgrim's Pride Bowl Classic â€" defunct
Real Dairy Bowl â€" Pocatello, Idaho â€" defunct
Red River Bowl â€" Bedford, Texas â€" defunct
Roaring Ranger Bowl â€" Ranger, Texas â€" defunct
Robert A. Bothman Bulldog Bowl â€" San Mateo, California
Salt City Bowl â€" Hutchinson, Kansas
Silver Bowl â€" Sterling, Kansas â€" defunct
Texas Juco Shrine Bowl â€" defunct
Top of the Mountains Bowl â€" Sandy, Utah â€" defunct
Valley of the Sun Bowl â€" Scottsdale, Arizona
Wool Bowl â€" Roswell, New Mexico â€" defunct

NCCAA bowl games

Victory Bowl, NCCAA Championship Game, 1997â€"present

Defunct bowl games

Defunct major-college bowl games

Defunct Division I-AA bowl games

Camellia Bowl â€" Sacramento, California (1980)
Heritage Bowl - Atlanta, Georgia (1991-1999)
Pioneer Bowl â€" Wichita Falls, Texas (1978, 1981â€"1982)
Gridiron Classic â€" rotating locations (2006â€"2009)

Defunct Division II bowl games

Boardwalk Bowl â€" Atlantic City, New Jersey (1973)
Camellia Bowl â€" Sacramento, California (1973â€"1975)
Dixie Rotary Bowl â€" Saint George, Utah (1986â€"2008)
Grantland Rice Bowl - Murfreesboro, Tennessee & Baton Rouge, Louisiana (1973â€"1977)
Kanza Bowl â€" Topeka, Kansas (2009â€"2012)
Knute Rockne Bowl â€" Akron, Ohio & Davis, California (1976â€"1977)
Pioneer Bowl â€" various locations (1973â€"1977, 1997â€"2012)

Defunct Division III bowl games

Aztec Bowl â€" Toluca, Mexico (1950â€"53, 1955, 1957, 1964â€"66, 1970â€"71, 1971â€"80, 1984, 1986â€"2007)
Oyster Bowl â€" Norfolk, Virginia (at various times in its history a Division I bowl game, a Division III bowl game and, currently, a regular season game)

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