New Years’ Six Bowl Games
| Cotton Bowl Classic | Sat, Dec 28, Noon | Penn State | vs | Memphis |
| Orange Bowl | Mon, Dec 30, 8:00 PM | Virginia | vs | Florida |
| Rose Bowl Game | Wed, Jan 1, 5:00 PM | Wisconsin | vs | Oregon |
| Sugar Bowl | Wed, Jan 1, 8:45 PM | Georgia | vs | Baylor |
The NY6 bowls are straightforward enough. The Rose Bowl gets the top teams from the Big Ten and Pac 12, while the Sugar Bowl gets the same from the SEC and Big 12. In the Pac 12’s case, the champion goes because it isn’t in the Playoff.
The ACC finally has a second ranked team, so we’ll put Virginia into the Orange Bowl. The other Orange Bowl slot goes to the highest-ranked remaining Big Ten or SEC team, which will be Florida.
The highest remaining at-large is Penn State, and the Bears face the highest-ranked Group of 5 champion, which will be Memphis.
There could be a slight chance that Utah stays ahead of Penn State and gets into the Cotton Bowl, which will trickle on through the rest of the bowls.
Other Big Ten Bowl Games
| Pinstripe Bowl | Fri, Dec 27, 3:20 PM | Michigan State | vs | Pitt |
| Holiday Bowl | Fri, Dec 27, 8:00 PM | Iowa | vs | USC |
| Redbox Bowl | Mon, Dec 30, 12:30 PM | Illinois | vs | California |
| Citrus Bowl | Wed, Jan 1, 1:00 PM | Michigan | vs | Alabama |
| Outback Bowl | Wed, Jan 1, 1:00 PM | Minnesota | vs | Auburn |
| Gator Bowl | Thu, Jan 2, 7:00 PM | Indiana | vs | Kentucky |
That Michigan vs Alabama game will be too tempting for the Citrus Bowl to pass up. After that, things are somewhat simple. The Outback Bowl can only really take Minnesota, which leaves Iowa for the Holiday and Indiana in the Gator Bowl. Michigan State was in the Redbox Bowl last year, so the Spartans go to the Pinstripe and Illinois gets the Redbox.