Pac-12 Bowl Tie-Ins, Affiliations
The Pac-12 Champion will automatically go to the Rose Bowl if it’s not selected for the College Football Playoff. If the top Pac-12 team is in the CFP, the highest-ranked available team is in the Rose.
On other note, the San Francisco Bowl against the Big Ten that was canceled over the last two years due to COVID issues isn’t a sure-thing to come back in 2022.
1. Rose Bowl vs Big Ten
Pac-12 Champion goes here if not in the College Football Playoff, or highest-ranked Pac-12 team
The Pac-12 doesn’t have a set order. The bowl matchups are based on best possible games and geography.
– Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl vs Mountain West
– San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl vs ACC
– San Francisco Bowl vs Big Ten
– SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl vs SEC
– Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl vs ACC
– Valero Alamo Bowl vs Big 12
From the ESPN owned and operated bowl games, the Pac-12 will be able to fill one of these three slots …
– Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl vs Big 12 or C-USA
– SERVPRO First Responder Bowl vs ACC, American Athletic, or Big 12
– Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl vs Big 12, ACC or SEC
2022-2023 Bowl Affiliations, Conference Tie-Ins
ACC | American Athletic | Big Ten | Big 12
Conference USA | Independents | MAC
Mountain West | Pac-12 | SEC | Sun Belt