2014–15 NCAA football bowl games

2014–15 NCAA football bowl games
2014–15 NCAA football bowl games
Season	2014
Regular season	August 30, 2014 – December 13, 2014
Number of bowls	39
All-star games	3
Bowl games	December 2014 – January 2015
National Championship	2015 College Football Championship Game
Location of Championship	AT&T Stadium; Arlington, Texas
Conference
Bowl record by conference
Conference	Bowls
	←2013–14; Bowl game; 2015–16→;

The 2014–15 NCAA football bowl games are a series of college football bowl games. They will complete the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and include 39 team-competitive games and three all-star games. The games will begin in mid-December 2014 and, aside from the all-star games, end with the 2015 College Football Championship Game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas to be played on January 12, 2015.^[1]

Schedule

The schedule for the 2014–15 bowl games is as follows. All times are EST (UTC−5).^[2]

CFP bowl games and Championship Game

Starting with the 2014–15 postseason, six College Football Playoff (CFP) bowl games will host two semifinal playoff games on a rotating basis—the Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Peach Bowl, and Fiesta Bowl. The games will be played on two days, on or around January 1. The winners of the two semifinal games will advance to the College Football Championship Game.^[3] These six bowl games are also known as the New Year's Six.^[4] All games will be televised by ESPN and broadcast on the radio by ESPN Radio.

Date	Game	Site	Affiliations
Dec. 31	Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 12:30 pm
	Vizio Fiesta Bowl	University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, AZ 4:00 pm
	Capital One Orange Bowl	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL 7:30 pm	ACC Big Ten/SEC/Notre Dame
Jan. 1	Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic	AT&T Stadium Arlington, TX 1:00 pm
	Rose Bowl presented by Northwestern Mutual (Playoff semifinal game)	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA 5:00 pm
	Allstate Sugar Bowl (Playoff semifinal game)	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA 8:30 pm
Jan. 12	College Football Championship Game (Rose Bowl winner vs. Sugar Bowl winner)	AT&T Stadium Arlington, TX 8:30 pm

Playoff bracket

Semifinals			Championship

January 1 – Sugar Bowl Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans
1	Alabama	35
4	Ohio State	42	January 12 – National Championship AT&T Stadium, Arlington
			January 12 – National Championship AT&T Stadium, Arlington
			4	Ohio State	42
January 1 – Rose Bowl Rose Bowl, Pasadena			2	Oregon	20
January 1 – Rose Bowl Rose Bowl, Pasadena
2	Oregon	59
3	Florida State	20

Non-CFP bowl games

Date	Game	Site	Television	Radio	Teams	Affiliations
Dec. 20	R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA 11:00 am	ESPN	ESPN Radio	Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (8–4)	Sun Belt MWC
	Gildan New Mexico Bowl	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM 2:20 pm	ESPN	ESPN Radio		MWC C-USA
	Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV 3:30 pm	ABC	Sports USA Radio Network		Pac-12 MWC
	Famous Idaho Potato Bowl	Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID 5:45 pm	ESPN	ESPN Radio		MWC MAC
	Raycom Media Camellia Bowl	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL 9:15 pm		ESPN Radio	South Alabama Jaguars^[5] (6–6)	MAC Sun Belt
Dec.22	Miami Beach Bowl	Marlins Park Miami, FL 2:00 pm			BYU Cougars (8–4)	Independent American
Dec.23	Boca Raton Bowl	FAU Stadium Boca Raton, FL 6:00 pm		ESPN Radio		C-USA MAC
Dec.23	San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA 9:30 pm			Navy Midshipmen (6–5)	Independent MWC
Dec. 24	Popeyes Bahamas Bowl	Thomas Robinson Stadium Nassau, Bahamas Noon				MAC C-USA
Dec. 24	Hawai'i Bowl	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI 8:00 pm				MWC C-USA
Dec. 26	Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX 1:00 pm		RedVoice LLC		Big Ten/Big 12 C-USA
	Quick Lane Bowl	Ford Field Detroit, MI 4:30 pm		TBC Radio		Big Ten ACC
	Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl	Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, FL 8:00 pm		ESPN Radio		ACC American
Dec 27	Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD 1:00 pm		ESPN Radio		ACC American
	Hyundai Sun Bowl	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX 2:00 pm	CBS	Sports USA Radio Network		ACC Pac-12
	Duck Commander Independence Bowl	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA 4:00 pm	ESPN2	Sports USA Radio Network		ACC SEC
	New Era Pinstripe Bowl	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY 4:30 pm	ESPN	ESPN Radio		ACC Big Ten
	National University Holiday Bowl	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA 8:00 pm				Big Ten Pac-12
Dec 29	AutoZone Liberty Bowl	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN 2:00 pm				Big 12 SEC
	Russell Athletic Bowl	Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium Orlando, FL 5:30 pm				ACC Big 12
	AdvoCare Texas Bowl	NRG Stadium Houston, TX 9:00 pm				Big 12 SEC
Dec 30	Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl	LP Field Nashville, TN 3:00 pm				ACC/Big Ten SEC
	Belk Bowl	Bank of America Stadium Charlotte, NC 6:45 pm				ACC SEC
	Foster Farms Bowl	Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, CA 10:00 pm				Big Ten Pac-12
Jan. 1	Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl	Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium Orlando, FL 1:00 pm	ABC			ACC/Big Ten SEC
Jan. 1	Outback Bowl	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL 1:00 pm	ESPN2	Touchdown Radio		Big Ten SEC
Jan. 2	Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX Noon	ESPN	RedVoice LLC		At-Large American
	TaxSlayer Bowl	EverBank Field Jacksonville, FL 3:20 pm		ESPN Radio		ACC/Big Ten SEC
	Valero Alamo Bowl	Alamodome San Antonio, TX 6:45 pm				Big 12 Pac-12
	TicketCity Cactus Bowl	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ 10:15 pm				Big 12 Pac-12
Jan. 3	Birmingham Bowl	Legion Field Birmingham, AL 1:00 pm	ESPN2			SEC American
Jan. 4	GoDaddy Bowl	Ladd Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL 9:00 pm	ESPN	Nevada Sports Network	Arkansas State Red Wolves (7–5)	MAC Sun Belt

Post College Football Playoff all-star games

Date	Game	Site	Television	Participants	Results
Jan. 10	Medal of Honor Bowl	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC 2:30 pm	NBCSN	American Team vs. National Team	American Team National Team
Jan. 17	East-West Shrine Game	Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, FL 4:00 pm	NFL Network	East Team vs. West Team	East Team West Team
Jan. 17	NFLPA Collegiate Bowl	StubHub Center Carson, CA 6:00 pm	ESPN2	American Team vs. National Team	American Team National Team
Jan. 24	Senior Bowl	Ladd Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL 4:00 pm	NFL Network	North Team vs. South Team	South Team North Team

Selection of the teams

Teams that became bowl eligible

American (5) Cincinnati, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, Temple, UCF
ACC (11) Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, NC State, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech
Big 12 (7) Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, West Virginia
Big Ten (10) Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, Wisconsin
Conference USA (7) Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee State, Rice, UAB, UTEP, Western Kentucky
Independents (3) BYU, Navy, Notre Dame
MAC (6) Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Toledo, Western Michigan
Mountain West (7) Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Nevada, San Diego State, Utah State
Pac-12 (8) Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington
SEC (12) Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M
Sun Belt (4) Arkansas State, Louisiana–Lafayette, South Alabama, Texas State

Number of bowl berths available: 76
Number of teams bowl eligible: 81

Teams that did not become bowl eligible

American (5) Connecticut, SMU, Tulane, Tulsa, USF
ACC (3) Syracuse, Virginia, Wake Forest
Big Ten (4) Indiana, Michigan, Northwestern, Purdue
Big 12 (3) Iowa State, Kansas, Texas Tech
Conference USA (6) FIU, Florida Atlantic, North Texas, Old Dominion†, Southern Miss, UTSA
Independents (1) Army
MAC (7) Akron, Ball State, Buffalo, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Massachusetts, Miami (OH)
Mountain West (5) Hawai'i, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV, Wyoming
Pac 12 (4) California, Colorado, Oregon State, Washington State
SEC (2) Kentucky, Vanderbilt
Sun Belt (7) Appalachian State†, Georgia Southern†, Georgia State, Idaho‡, Louisiana–Monroe, New Mexico State, Troy

Number of teams bowl ineligible: 47

† – Appalachian State (7-5), Georgia Southern (9-3 & Sun Belt Champions), and Old Dominion (6-6) were conditionally eligible based on win/loss record. However, under FCS-to-FBS transition rules, they are not eligible because enough teams qualified under normal circumstances.

‡ – Idaho was ineligible for postseason play due to an insufficient Academic Progress Rate.

References

^ "College Football Playoff 101", ESPN, May 19, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
^ "2014–15 College Football Bowl Schedule – 2015 Playoff", FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
^ Wolken, Dan (April 25, 2013). "Questions and Answers for the College Football Playoff", USA Today. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
^ Berkes, Peter (July 23, 2013). "College Football Playoff Bowls to Be Part of 'New Year's Six'", SB Nation. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
^ Hicks, Tommy (December 2, 2014). "South Alabama Headed to Montgomery's Camellia Bowl", Alabama Media Group. Retrieved December 4, 2014.

[1] "College Football Playoff 101", ESPN, May 19, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.

[2] "2014–15 College Football Bowl Schedule – 2015 Playoff", FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 3, 2014.

[3] Wolken, Dan (April 25, 2013). "Questions and Answers for the College Football Playoff", USA Today. Retrieved June 10, 2014.

[4] Berkes, Peter (July 23, 2013). "College Football Playoff Bowls to Be Part of 'New Year's Six'", SB Nation. Retrieved June 10, 2014.

[5] Hicks, Tommy (December 2, 2014). "South Alabama Headed to Montgomery's Camellia Bowl", Alabama Media Group. Retrieved December 4, 2014.

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v t e 2014–15 NCAA football bowl game season
New Orleans (Dec. 20) New Mexico (Dec. 20) Las Vegas (Dec. 20) Famous Idaho Potato (Dec. 20) Camellia (Dec. 20) Miami Beach (Dec. 22) Boca Raton (Dec. 23) Poinsettia (Dec. 23) Bahamas (Dec. 24) Hawaii (Dec. 24) Heart of Dallas (Dec. 26) Quick Lane (Dec. 26) St. Petersburg Bowl (Dec. 26) Military (Dec. 27) Sun (Dec. 27) Independence (Dec. 27) Pinstripe (Dec. 27) Holiday (Dec. 27) Liberty (Dec. 29) Russell Athletic (Dec. 29) Texas (Dec. 29) Music City (Dec. 30) Belk (Dec. 30) Foster Farms (Dec. 30) Peach (Dec. 31) Fiesta (Dec. 31) Orange (Dec. 31) Outback (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 1) Citrus (Jan. 1) Armed Forces (Jan. 2) TaxSlayer (Jan. 2) Alamo (Jan. 2) Cactus (Jan. 2) Birmingham (Jan. 3) GoDaddy (Jan. 4)
College Football Playoff games: Rose (semifinal) (Jan. 1) Sugar (semifinal) (Jan. 1) National Championship Game (Jan. 12)
All-Star Games: Medal of Honor Bowl (Jan. 10) East−West Shrine Game (Jan. 17) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl (Jan. 17) Senior Bowl (Jan. 24)

v t e 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season
Conference seasons	The American ACC Big 12 Big Ten Conference USA MAC Mountain West Pac-12 SEC Sun Belt
Inter-conference	Bowl games Rankings
All-Americans	2014 College Football All-America Team