Editor’s note: This article was originally published by USA TODAY Sports and has been republished in its entirety below.
Bowl week is here! OK, technically it began last week, but it followed so quickly on the heels of this most irregular of regular seasons it was hard to tell where one ended and the other began.
Nevertheless, you’ll want to prioritize your viewing choices for New Year’s Week, and we’re here to help.
Standard disclaimer: these watchability rankings are completely arbitrary. It’s simply based on which games on the bowl lineup we’re most looking forward to seeing. We’ll add here that this, of all years, should have been the time when conference contracts should have been blown up in order to provide more compelling games. We’ll also add the caveat that player opt-outs could reduce some of the fun factor for certain teams.
Ordinarily, one would think the playoff games would automatically be at the top of the list, but is that actually the case? Read on. Here’s the list from worst to first (times ET).