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Bowl Championship Series Games

From the 1998 season until the 2005 season, four BCS bowls have determined the national champion on a rotating basis. The other three games consisted of major conference champions not playing in the championship game, as well as two at-large teams.

However, a change implemented before the beginning 2006 season allowed for the creation of a fifth BCS bowl, the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game. The BCS National Championship Game will be a separate event from the host bowl played at the same site as the host one week after New Year's Day. The game's location will rotate between the four main bowl sites of Glendale, New Orleans, Miami Gardens and Pasadena, but will have Tostitos as the title sponsor, regardless of location (Tostitos is also the sponsor of the Fiesta Bowl, held in Glendale, Arizona). This is because Tostitos bought the naming rights until 2010.

1999-2006

Sponsor Name Started City Stadium
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl 1971 Tempe, Arizona[1]
Glendale, Arizona 		Sun Devil Stadium[1]
University of Phoenix Stadium
FedEx Orange Bowl 1935 Miami, Florida[2]
Miami Gardens, Florida. 		Miami Orange Bowl[2]
Dolphin Stadium
Citi Rose Bowl Game 1902 Pasadena, California Rose Bowl
Nokia Sugar Bowl 1935 New Orleans, Louisiana
Atlanta, Georgia[3] 		Louisiana Superdome
Georgia Dome[3]
Rotates [4] National Championship Game 1998 Rotates [4]

2007 - 2010

Sponsor Name Started City Stadium
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl 1971 Glendale, Arizona University of Phoenix Stadium
FedEx Orange Bowl 1935 Miami Gardens, Florida Dolphin Stadium
Citi Rose Bowl 1902 Pasadena, California Rose Bowl
Allstate Sugar Bowl 1935 New Orleans, Louisiana Louisiana Superdome
Tostitos BCS National Championship Game 2006 Rotates[5]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Games played in Tempe, 1999 to 2006 Cite error: The named reference "tempe" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Game played in Miami, 1999 Cite error: The named reference "miami" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Game played in Atlanta in 2006. Cite error: The named reference "atlanta" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b The rotation is as follows: Fiesta (1998, 2002), Sugar (1999, 2003), Orange (2000, 2004), Rose (2001, 2005). Cite error: The named reference "rotates" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  5. ^ The rotation is as follows: University of Phoenix Stadium (2006), Louisiana Superdome (2007), Dolphin Stadium (2008), Rose Bowl (2009)

Other Current Bowl Games

Besides BCS games, 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 Ten conference champions. Generally, the payout to the participating teams in a Bowl Game is closely correlated to its prestige. For comparison, each of the BCS bowls (including the National Championship) has a payout of $17 million.

Sponsor(s) Name City Most
Recent
Payout 		Started Previous Name(s)
Brut Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas $1.9M 1935
AT&T Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas $3M 1937
Toyota Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Florida

(1994: Gainesville, Florida)

$2.5M 1946
Capital One Capital One Bowl Orlando, Florida

(1973: Gainesville, Florida)

$4.25M 1947 Tangerine Bowl, Florida Citrus Bowl
AutoZone Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tennessee $1.5M 1959
Chick-fil-A Chick-fil-A Bowl Atlanta, Georgia $2.4-$3.25M 1968 Peach Bowl
PetroSun Independence Bowl Shreveport, Louisiana 1976
Outback Steakhouse Outback Bowl Tampa, Florida $3M 1986 Hall of Fame Bowl
Pacific Life Holiday Bowl San Diego, California $2.13M 1978
Insight Insight Bowl Phoenix, Arizona

(1989-99: Tucson, Arizona)

$1.2M 1989 Copper Bowl
Champs Sports Champs Sports Bowl Orlando, Florida

(1990-2000: Miami Gardens, Florida)

$2.25M 1990 Blockbuster Bowl, Carquest Bowl, MicronPC Bowl, Tangerine Bowl
Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl Las Vegas, Nevada $950,000 1992
None Alamo Bowl San Antonio, Texas $2.25M 1993
Ford, GM, DaimlerChrysler Motor City Bowl Detroit, Michigan $750,000 1997
MPC Computers MPC Computers Bowl Boise, Idaho $250,000 1997 Humanitarian Bowl
Gaylord Hotels, Bridgestone Music City Bowl Nashville, Tennessee $1.6M 1998
GMAC GMAC Bowl Mobile, Alabama $750,000 1999 Mobile Alabama Bowl
None Texas Bowl Houston, Texas $500,000-
$700,000 		2000 galleryfurniture.com Bowl, Houston Bowl
R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl New Orleans, Louisiana

(2005: Lafayette, Louisiana)

$325,000 2001
Emerald Emerald Bowl San Francisco, California $850,000 2002 San Francisco Bowl
Sheraton Hawaiʻi Bowl Honolulu, Hawaiʻi $398,000 2002
Meineke Meineke Car Care Bowl Charlotte, North Carolina $750,000 2002 Continental Tire Bowl
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas $600,000 2003 Fort Worth Bowl
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl San Diego, California $750,000 2005
Papa John's Papajohns.com Bowl Birmingham, Alabama $300,000 2006
None New Mexico Bowl Albuquerque, New Mexico $750,000 2006
None International Bowl Toronto, Canada $750,000 2007

All-Star Games

Regular season rivalries called Bowls

Non-Division I-A Bowl Games

Division I-AA

Division II

Division III

Defunct Bowl Games

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