New Year's Six

New Year's Six
New Year's Six
	A break in play during the 2017 edition of the; Cotton Bowl Classic, one of the New Year's Six
In operation	2014–present
Preceded by	BCS (1998–2013); Bowl Alliance (1995–1997); Bowl Coalition (1992–1994)
Number of New Year's Six games	Six plus the National Championship game
Television partner(s)	ESPN (2014–present)
Most New Year's Six appearances	Ohio State (10)
Most New Year's Six wins	Alabama (9)
Most New Year's Six championships	Alabama (3)
Conference with most appearances	SEC (24)
Conference with most game wins	SEC (20)
Conference with most championships	SEC (6)
Last championship game	January 8, 2024
Current champion	Michigan

The New Year's Six, sometimes abbreviated as NY6, are the following NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) bowl games: the Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Peach Bowl, and Fiesta Bowl. These games are played annually on or around New Year's Day and represent six of the ten oldest bowl games played at the FBS level.

These six top-tier bowl games rotate the hosting of the two College Football Playoff (CFP) semifinal games, which determine the teams that play in the final College Football Playoff National Championship game.^[1] The rotation is set on a three-year cycle with the following pairings: Rose–Sugar, Orange–Cotton, and Peach-Fiesta. The National Championship game may be considered part of the New Year's Six, depending on context.

As of the 2024 season, the New Year's Six hosts the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the College Football Playoff.^[2] Twelve teams are selected and seeded, following the conclusion of regular-season play, for the single-elimination tournament. Eight teams meet in first-round games, played at campus sites. The four winners then advance to play the four highest-ranked conference champions, who received a bye; these quarterfinal games are played as four of the New Year's Six games. The four quarterfinal winners then advance to the semifinals, played as two of the New Year's Six games. The two semifinal winners then advance to a championship game.

For the 2014 through 2023 seasons, two of the New Year's Six games (selected annually on a rotating basis) served as semifinal games in a four-team playoff, while teams appearing in the other four New Year's Six games were not eligible to appear in the national championship game.

History leading to the creation and expansion of the CFP

The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was a selection system that created five bowl game match-ups involving ten of the top ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of college football, including an opportunity for the top two teams to compete in the BCS National Championship Game. The system was in place for the 1998 through 2013 seasons and in 2014 was replaced by the College Football Playoff. The four-team playoffs consist of two semifinal games, with the winners advancing to the College Football Playoff National Championship. If New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, the traditional New Year's Day games are played on January 2 in deference to the National Football League's week 17 games.

In June 2012, the BCS conference presidents approved the College Football Playoff to replace the Bowl Championship Series.^[3] Three bowls—Rose, Sugar, and Orange—because of their contracts with Power Five conferences, were selected to be part of the rotating semifinal playoff games, with three more bowls to be named.^[1] Because of issues about fairness and the Big East Conference's status as a BCS automatic qualifier, conference commissioners began to consider accommodating the Group of Five conferences with a seventh participating bowl. On November 12, 2012, in Denver, the conference commissioners granted the top Group of Five conference champion a guaranteed slot in one of the six premier bowls.^[3] In July 2013, the Cotton Bowl Classic, the Fiesta Bowl, and the Peach Bowl were selected as the other three rotating semifinal playoff bowls, ahead of the Holiday Bowl. Also, the conference commissioners selected AT&T Stadium as the first host of the College Football Playoff National Championship game, held on January 12, 2015.^[1]

When the playoff expanded to 12 teams beginning in 2024, the six bowls were designated as the quarterfinals and semifinals on a rotating basis.^[4] Four first-round games, added to the expanded playoff and to be held before the six bowls, are contested at campus sites.

Former bowl game conference tie-ins

Three of the bowls had traditional tie-ins with the specified conference champions in the years they were not hosting playoff games (2014–2023):

Rose Bowl: Big Ten vs. Pac-12^[5]
Sugar Bowl: SEC vs. Big 12^[3]
Orange Bowl: ACC vs. Big Ten, SEC, or Notre Dame^[6]

When the conference champion is unavailable, the bowls invite the next-best team from that conference. The Cotton,^[1] Fiesta,^[5] and Peach Bowls have no conference tie-ins;^[5] as such, the best conference champion from the Group of Five will play in one of those bowls if it does not qualify for the CFP semifinal until 2024 when all games are apart of the playoff and thus removes all conference tie ins.^[3]

History and schedule

Games are listed in chronological order, with final CFP rankings, and win–loss records prior to the respective bowl being played.

2014 season

Day	Date	Bowl	City	Winning team		Losing team
Wednesday	December 31, 2014	Peach Bowl	Atlanta, GA	No. 6 TCU (11–1)	42	No. 9 Ole Miss (9–3)	3
Wednesday	December 31, 2014	Fiesta Bowl	Glendale, AZ	No. 20 Boise State (11–2)	38	No. 10 Arizona (10–3)	30
Wednesday	December 31, 2014	Orange Bowl	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 12 Georgia Tech (10–3)	49	No. 7 Mississippi State (10–2)	34
Thursday	January 1, 2015	Cotton Bowl Classic	Arlington, TX	No. 8 Michigan State (10–2)	42	No. 5 Baylor (11–1)	41
Thursday	January 1, 2015	(CFP Semifinal) Rose Bowl	Pasadena, CA	No. 2 Oregon (12–1)	59	No. 3 Florida State (13–0)	20
Thursday	January 1, 2015	(CFP Semifinal) Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, LA	No. 4 Ohio State (12–1)	42	No. 1 Alabama (12–1)	35
Monday	January 12, 2015	National Championship Game	Arlington, TX	No. 4 Ohio State (13–1)	42	No. 2 Oregon (13–1)	20

2015 season

Day	Date	Bowl	City	Winning team		Losing team
Thursday	December 31, 2015	Peach Bowl	Atlanta, GA	No. 18 Houston (12–1)	38	No. 9 Florida State (10–2)	24
Thursday	December 31, 2015	(CFP Semifinal) Orange Bowl	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 1 Clemson (13–0)	37	No. 4 Oklahoma (11–1)	17
Thursday	December 31, 2015	(CFP Semifinal) Cotton Bowl Classic	Arlington, TX	No. 2 Alabama (12–1)	38	No. 3 Michigan State (12–1)	0
Friday	January 1, 2016	Fiesta Bowl	Glendale, AZ	No. 7 Ohio State (11–1)	44	No. 8 Notre Dame (10–2)	28
Friday	January 1, 2016	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, CA	No. 6 Stanford (11–2)	45	No. 5 Iowa (12–1)	16
Friday	January 1, 2016	Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, LA	No. 12 Ole Miss (9–3)	48	No. 16 Oklahoma State (10–2)	20
Monday	January 11, 2016	National Championship Game	Glendale, AZ	No. 2 Alabama (13–1)	45	No. 1 Clemson (14–0)	40

2016 season

Day	Date	Bowl	City	Winning team		Losing team
Friday	December 30, 2016	Orange Bowl	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 11 Florida State (9–3)	33	No. 6 Michigan (10–2)	32
Saturday	December 31, 2016	(CFP Semifinal) Peach Bowl	Atlanta, GA	No. 1 Alabama (13–0)	24	No. 4 Washington (12–1)	7
Saturday	December 31, 2016	(CFP Semifinal) Fiesta Bowl	Glendale, AZ	No. 2 Clemson (12–1)	31	No. 3 Ohio State (11–1)	0
Monday	January 2, 2017	Cotton Bowl Classic	Arlington, TX	No. 8 Wisconsin (10–3)	24	No. 15 Western Michigan (13–0)	16
Monday	January 2, 2017	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, CA	No. 9 USC (9–3)	52	No. 5 Penn State (11–2)	49
Monday	January 2, 2017	Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, LA	No. 7 Oklahoma (10–2)	35	No. 14 Auburn (8–4)	19
Monday	January 9, 2017	National Championship Game	Tampa, FL	No. 2 Clemson (13–1)	35	No. 1 Alabama (14–0)	31

2017 season

Day	Date	Bowl	City	Winning team		Losing team
Friday	December 29, 2017	Cotton Bowl Classic	Arlington, TX	No. 5 Ohio State (11–2)	24	No. 8 USC (11–2)	7
Saturday	December 30, 2017	Fiesta Bowl	Glendale, AZ	No. 9 Penn State (10–2)	35	No. 11 Washington (10–2)	28
Saturday	December 30, 2017	Orange Bowl	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 6 Wisconsin (12–1)	34	No. 10 Miami (FL) (10–2)	24
Monday	January 1, 2018	Peach Bowl	Atlanta, GA	No. 12 UCF (12–0)	34	No. 7 Auburn (10–3)	27
Monday	January 1, 2018	(CFP Semifinal) Rose Bowl	Pasadena, CA	No. 3 Georgia (12–1)	54	No. 2 Oklahoma (12–1)	48^2OT
Monday	January 1, 2018	(CFP Semifinal) Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, LA	No. 4 Alabama (11–1)	24	No. 1 Clemson (12–1)	6
Monday	January 8, 2018	National Championship Game	Atlanta, GA	No. 4 Alabama (12–1)	26	No. 3 Georgia (13–1)	23^OT

2018 season

Day	Date	Bowl	City	Winning team		Losing team
Saturday	December 29, 2018	Peach Bowl	Atlanta, GA	No. 10 Florida (9–3)	41	No. 7 Michigan (10–2)	15
Saturday	December 29, 2018	(CFP Semifinal) Cotton Bowl Classic	Arlington, TX	No. 2 Clemson (13–0)	30	No. 3 Notre Dame (12–0)	3
Saturday	December 29, 2018	(CFP Semifinal) Orange Bowl	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 1 Alabama (13–0)	45	No. 4 Oklahoma (12–1)	34
Tuesday	January 1, 2019	Fiesta Bowl (January 2019)	Glendale, AZ	No. 11 LSU (9–3)	40	No. 8 UCF (12–0)	32
Tuesday	January 1, 2019	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, CA	No. 6 Ohio State (12–1)	28	No. 9 Washington (10–3)	23
Tuesday	January 1, 2019	Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, LA	No. 15 Texas (9–4)	28	No. 5 Georgia (11–2)	21
Monday	January 7, 2019	National Championship Game	Santa Clara, CA	No. 2 Clemson (14–0)	44	No. 1 Alabama (14–0)	16

2019 season

Day	Date	Bowl	City	Winning team		Losing team
Saturday	December 28, 2019	Cotton Bowl Classic	Arlington, TX	No. 10 Penn State (10–2)	53	No. 17 Memphis (12–1)	39
Saturday	December 28, 2019	(CFP Semifinal) Peach Bowl	Atlanta, GA	No. 1 LSU (13–0)	63	No. 4 Oklahoma (12–1)	28
Saturday	December 28, 2019	(CFP Semifinal) Fiesta Bowl	Glendale, AZ	No. 3 Clemson (13–0)	29	No. 2 Ohio State (13–0)	23
Monday	December 30, 2019	Orange Bowl	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 9 Florida (10–2)	36	No. 24 Virginia (9–4)	28
Wednesday	January 1, 2020	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, CA	No. 6 Oregon (11–2)	28	No. 8 Wisconsin (10–3)	27
Wednesday	January 1, 2020	Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, LA	No. 5 Georgia (11–2)	26	No. 7 Baylor (11–2)	14
Monday	January 13, 2020	National Championship Game	New Orleans, LA	No. 1 LSU (14–0)	42	No. 3 Clemson (14–0)	25

Source:^[7]^[8]

2020 season

Day	Date	Bowl	City	Winning team		Losing team
Wednesday	December 30, 2020	Cotton Bowl Classic	Arlington, TX	No. 6 Oklahoma (8–2)	55	No. 7 Florida (8–3)	20
Friday	January 1, 2021	Peach Bowl	Atlanta, GA	No. 9 Georgia (7–2)	24	No. 8 Cincinnati (9–0)	21
Friday	January 1, 2021	(CFP Semifinal) Rose Bowl	Arlington, TX	No. 1 Alabama (11–0)	31	No. 4 Notre Dame (10–1)	14
Friday	January 1, 2021	(CFP Semifinal) Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, LA	No. 3 Ohio State (6–0)	49	No. 2 Clemson (10–1)	28
Saturday	January 2, 2021	Orange Bowl	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 5 Texas A&M (8–1)	41	No. 13 North Carolina (8–3)	27
Saturday	January 2, 2021	Fiesta Bowl	Glendale, AZ	No. 10 Iowa State (8–3)	34	No. 25 Oregon (4–2)	17
Monday	January 11, 2021	National Championship Game	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 1 Alabama (12–0)	52	No. 3 Ohio State (7–0)	24

Source:^[9]

2021 season

Day	Date	Bowl	City	Winning team		Losing team
Thursday	December 30, 2021	Peach Bowl	Atlanta, GA	No. 10 Michigan State (10–2)	31	No. 12 Pittsburgh (11–2)	21
Friday	December 31, 2021	(CFP Semifinal) Cotton Bowl Classic	Arlington, TX	No. 1 Alabama (12–1)	27	No. 4 Cincinnati (13–0)	6
Friday	December 31, 2021	(CFP Semifinal) Orange Bowl	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 3 Georgia (12–1)	34	No. 2 Michigan (12–1)	11
Saturday	January 1, 2022	Fiesta Bowl	Glendale, AZ	No. 9 Oklahoma State (11–2)	37	No. 5 Notre Dame (11–1)	35
Saturday	January 1, 2022	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, CA	No. 6 Ohio State (10–2)	48	No. 11 Utah (10–3)	45
Saturday	January 1, 2022	Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, LA	No. 7 Baylor (11–2)	21	No. 8 Ole Miss (10–2)	7
Monday	January 10, 2022	National Championship Game	Indianapolis, IN	No. 3 Georgia (13–1)	33	No. 1 Alabama (13–1)	18

2022 season

Day	Date	Bowl	City	Winning team		Losing team
Friday	December 30, 2022	Orange Bowl	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 6 Tennessee (10–2)	31	No. 7 Clemson (11–2)	14
Saturday	December 31, 2022	Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, LA	No. 5 Alabama (10–2)	45	No. 9 Kansas State (10–3)	20
Saturday	December 31, 2022	(CFP Semifinal) Fiesta Bowl	Glendale, AZ	No. 3 TCU (12–1)	51	No. 2 Michigan (13–0)	45
Saturday	December 31, 2022	(CFP Semifinal) Peach Bowl	Atlanta, GA	No. 1 Georgia (13–0)	42	No. 4 Ohio State (11–1)	41
Monday	January 2, 2023	Cotton Bowl Classic	Arlington, TX	No. 16 Tulane (11–2)	46	No. 10 USC (11–2)	45
Monday	January 2, 2023	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, CA	No. 11 Penn State (10–2)	35	No. 8 Utah (10–3)	21
Monday	January 9, 2023	National Championship Game	Inglewood, CA	No. 1 Georgia (14–0)	65	No. 3 TCU (13–1)	7

2023 season

Day	Date	Bowl	City	Winning team		Losing team
Friday	December 29, 2023	Cotton Bowl Classic	Arlington, TX	No. 9 Missouri (10–2)	14	No. 7 Ohio State (11–1)	3
Saturday	December 30, 2023	Peach Bowl	Atlanta, GA	No. 11 Ole Miss (10–2)	38	No. 10 Penn State (10–2)	25
Saturday	December 30, 2023	Orange Bowl	Miami Gardens, FL	No. 6 Georgia (12–1)	63	No. 5 Florida State (13–0)	3
Monday	January 1, 2024	Fiesta Bowl	Glendale, AZ	No. 8 Oregon (11–2)	45	No. 23 Liberty (13–0)	6
Monday	January 1, 2024	(CFP Semifinal) Rose Bowl	Pasadena, CA	No. 1 Michigan (13–0)	27	No. 4 Alabama (12–1)	20
Monday	January 1, 2024	(CFP Semifinal) Sugar Bowl	New Orleans, LA	No. 2 Washington (13–0)	37	No. 3 Texas (12–1)	31
Monday	January 8, 2024	National Championship Game	Houston, TX	No. 1 Michigan (14–0)	34	No. 2 Washington (14–0)	13

Future games

The below games dates have been announced by CFP organizers. Starting with the 2024 season (2024–25 bowl season), with the expansion of the playoff from four to 12 teams, games not hosting the national semifinals will host the national quarterfinals.

Season (bowl games)	Cotton	Orange	Fiesta	Peach	Rose	Sugar	Championship (site)
2024 (2024–25)	January 10*	January 9*	December 31†	January 1†	January 1†	January 1†	January 20 (Atlanta, GA)
2025 (2025–26)	December 31†	January 1†	January 8*	January 9*	January 1†	January 1†	January 19 (Miami, FL)

* Denotes CFP semifinal games

† Denotes CFP quarterfinal games

Source:^[10]

New Year's Six bowl appearances

New Year's Six performance

NY6	CFP	School	Conf	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
		School	Conf
10	5	Ohio State	Big Ten	CH	W	SF	W	W	SF	RU	W	SF	L
9	8	Alabama	SEC	SF	CH	RU	CH	RU		CH	RU	W	SF
7	6	Clemson	ACC		RU	CH	SF	CH	RU	SF		L
7	3	Georgia	SEC				RU	L	W	W	CH	CH	W
6	4	Oklahoma	Big 12		SF	W	SF	SF	SF	W
5	3	Michigan	Big Ten			L		L			SF	SF	CH
5	-	Penn State	Big Ten			L	W		W			W	L
4	2	Notre Dame	Ind./ACC		L			SF		SF	L
4	2	Washington	Pac-12			SF	L	L					RU
4	1	Florida State	ACC	SF	L	W							L
4	1	Oregon	Pac-12	RU					W	L			W
4	-	Ole Miss	SEC	L	W						L		W
3	1	Michigan State	Big Ten	W	SF						W
3	-	Baylor	Big 12	L					L		W
3	-	Wisconsin	Big Ten			W	W		L
3	-	Florida	SEC					W	W	L
3	-	USC	Pac-12			W	L					L
2	1	LSU	SEC					W	CH
2	1	Cincinnati	AAC							L	SF
2	1	TCU	Big 12	W								RU
2	1	Texas	Big 12					W					SF
2	-	Oklahoma State	Big 12		L						W
2	-	Auburn	SEC			L	L
2	-	UCF	AAC				W	L
2	-	Utah	Pac-12								L	L
1	-	Arizona	Pac-12	L
1	-	Boise State	MWC	W
1	-	Georgia Tech	ACC	W
1	-	Mississippi State	SEC	L
1	-	Houston	AAC		W
1	-	Iowa	Big Ten		L
1	-	Stanford	Pac-12		W
1	-	Western Michigan	MAC			L
1	-	Miami (FL)	ACC				L
1	-	Memphis	AAC						L
1	-	Virginia	ACC						L
1	-	Iowa State	Big 12							W
1	-	North Carolina	ACC							L
1	-	Texas A&M	SEC							W
1	-	Pittsburgh	ACC								L
1	-	Kansas State	Big 12									L
1	-	Tennessee	SEC									W
1	-	Tulane	AAC									W
1	-	Missouri	SEC										W
1	-	Liberty	C-USA										L

KEY
CH	National Champion
RU	Lost in CFP Championship Game
SF	Lost in CFP Semifinals
W	Won New Year's Six game
L	Lost New Year's Six game

New Year's Six bowl appearances by team

Texas

App	Games	School	W	L	Pct	Game(s) won	Game(s) lost
10	12	Ohio State	7	5	.583	2015 Sugar Bowl+ 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship 2016 Fiesta Bowl (January) 2017 Cotton Bowl Classic (December) 2019 Rose Bowl 2021 Sugar Bowl+ 2022 Rose Bowl	2016 Fiesta Bowl (December)+ 2019 Fiesta Bowl (December)+ 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship 2022 Peach Bowl+ 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic (December)
9	15	Alabama	10	5	.667	2015 Cotton Bowl Classic (December)+ 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship 2016 Peach Bowl+ 2018 Sugar Bowl+ 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship 2018 Orange Bowl+ 2021 Rose Bowl+ 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship 2021 Cotton Bowl+ 2022 Sugar Bowl (December)	2015 Sugar Bowl+ 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship 2024 Rose Bowl+
7	11	Clemson	6	5	.545	2015 Orange Bowl+ 2016 Fiesta Bowl (December)+ 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship 2018 Cotton Bowl+ 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship 2019 Fiesta Bowl (December)+	2016 College Football Playoff National Championship 2018 Sugar Bowl+ 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship 2021 Sugar Bowl+ 2022 Orange Bowl
7	10	Georgia	8	2	.800	2018 Rose Bowl+ 2020 Sugar Bowl 2021 Peach Bowl (January) 2021 Orange Bowl (December)+ 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship 2022 Peach Bowl+ 2023 College Football Playoff National Championship 2023 Orange Bowl	2018 College Football Playoff National Championship 2019 Sugar Bowl
6	6	Oklahoma	2	4	.333	2017 Sugar Bowl 2020 Cotton Bowl	2015 Orange Bowl+ 2018 Rose Bowl+ 2018 Orange Bowl+ 2019 Peach Bowl+
5	6	Michigan	2	4	.333	2024 Rose Bowl+ 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship	2016 Orange Bowl 2018 Peach Bowl (December) 2021 Orange Bowl (December)+ 2022 Fiesta Bowl (December)+
5	5	Penn State	3	2	.600	2017 Fiesta Bowl 2019 Cotton Bowl 2023 Rose Bowl	2017 Rose Bowl 2023 Peach Bowl
4	5	Oregon	3	2	.600	2015 Rose Bowl+ 2020 Rose Bowl 2024 Fiesta Bowl (January)	2015 College Football Playoff National Championship 2021 Fiesta Bowl
4	5	Washington	1	4	.200	2024 Sugar Bowl+	2016 Peach Bowl+ 2017 Fiesta Bowl 2019 Rose Bowl 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship
4	4	Ole Miss	2	2	.500	2016 Sugar Bowl 2023 Peach Bowl	2014 Peach Bowl 2022 Sugar Bowl (January)
4	4	Florida State	1	3	.250	2016 Orange Bowl	2015 Rose Bowl+ 2015 Peach Bowl 2023 Orange Bowl
4	4	Notre Dame	0	4	.000		2016 Fiesta Bowl (January) 2018 Cotton Bowl+ 2021 Rose Bowl+ 2022 Fiesta Bowl (January)
3	3	Florida	2	1	.667	2018 Peach Bowl (December) 2019 Orange Bowl	2020 Cotton Bowl
3	3	Wisconsin	2	1	.667	2017 Cotton Bowl Classic (January) 2017 Orange Bowl	2020 Rose Bowl
3	3	Michigan State	2	1	.667	2015 Cotton Bowl Classic (January) 2021 Peach Bowl (December)	2015 Cotton Bowl Classic (December)+
3	3	Baylor	1	2	.333	2022 Sugar Bowl (January)	2015 Cotton Bowl Classic (January) 2020 Sugar Bowl
3	3	USC	1	2	.333	2017 Rose Bowl	2017 Cotton Bowl Classic (December) 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic (January)
2	3	LSU	3	0	1.000	2019 Fiesta Bowl (January) 2019 Peach Bowl+ 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship
2	3	TCU	2	1	.667	2014 Peach Bowl 2022 Fiesta Bowl (December)+	2023 College Football Playoff National Championship
2	2	UCF	1	1	.500	2018 Peach Bowl (January)	2019 Fiesta Bowl (January)
2	2	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500	2022 Fiesta Bowl (January)	2016 Sugar Bowl
2	2	Auburn	0	2	.000		2017 Sugar Bowl 2018 Peach Bowl (January)
2	2	Cincinnati	0	2	.000		2021 Peach Bowl (January) 2021 Cotton Bowl+
2	2	Utah	0	2	.000		2022 Rose Bowl 2023 Rose Bowl
1	1	Boise State	1	0	1.000	2014 Fiesta Bowl (December)
1	1	Georgia Tech	1	0	1.000	2014 Orange Bowl (December)
1	1	Houston	1	0	1.000	2015 Peach Bowl
1	1	Stanford	1	0	1.000	2016 Rose Bowl
2	2	Texas	1	1	.500	2019 Sugar Bowl	2024 Sugar Bowl+
1	1	Texas A&M	1	0	1.000	2021 Orange Bowl (January)
1	1	Iowa State	1	0	1.000	2021 Fiesta Bowl
1	1	Tennessee	1	0	1.000	2022 Orange Bowl
1	1	Tulane	1	0	1.000	2023 Cotton Bowl Classic (January)
1	1	Missouri	1	0	1.000	2023 Cotton Bowl Classic (December)
1	1	Arizona	0	1	.000		2014 Fiesta Bowl (December)
1	1	Mississippi State	0	1	.000		2014 Orange Bowl (December)
1	1	Iowa	0	1	.000		2016 Rose Bowl
1	1	Western Michigan	0	1	.000		2017 Cotton Bowl Classic (January)
1	1	Miami	0	1	.000		2017 Orange Bowl
1	1	Memphis	0	1	.000		2019 Cotton Bowl
1	1	Virginia	0	1	.000		2019 Orange Bowl
1	1	North Carolina	0	1	.000		2021 Orange Bowl (January)
1	1	Pittsburgh	0	1	.000		2021 Peach Bowl (December)
1	1	Kansas State	0	1	.000		2022 Sugar Bowl (December)
1	1	Liberty	0	1	.000		2024 Fiesta Bowl (January)

+ Denotes CFP Semifinal

New Year's Six bowl appearances by conference

Conference	Appearances	Games	W	L	Pct	# Schools	School(s)
SEC	31	41	28	13	.683	10	Alabama 15 (10–5) Georgia 10 (8–2) Ole Miss 4 (2–2) LSU 3 (3–0) Florida 3 (2–1) Auburn 2 (0–2) Texas A&M 1 (1–0) Tennessee 1 (1–0) Missouri 1 (1–0) Mississippi State 1 (0–1)
Big Ten	27	30	16	14	.533	6	Ohio State 12 (7–5) Michigan 6 (2–4) Penn State 5 (3–2) Michigan State 3 (2–1) Wisconsin 3 (2–1) Iowa 1 (0–1)
ACC	17	21	8	13	.381	8	Clemson 11 (6–5) Florida State 4 (1–3) Georgia Tech 1 (1–0) Miami (FL) 1 (0–1) Virginia 1 (0–1) Notre Dame* 1 (0–1) North Carolina 1 (0–1) Pittsburgh 1 (0–1)
Big 12	17	18	8	10	.444	7	Oklahoma 6 (2–4) Baylor 3 (1–2) TCU 3 (2–1) Oklahoma State 2 (1–1) Texas 2 (1–1) Iowa State 1 (1–0) Kansas State 1 (0-1)
Pac-12	15	17	6	11	.353	6	Oregon 5 (3–2) Washington 5 (1–4) USC 3 (1–2) Utah 2 (0–2) Stanford 1 (1–0) Arizona 1 (0–1)
American	7	7	3	4	.429	5	UCF 2 (1–1) Cincinnati 2 (0–2) Houston 1 (1–0) Tulane 1 (1-0) Memphis 1 (0–1)
Independent	3	3	0	3	.000	1	Notre Dame* 3 (0–3)
Mountain West	1	1	1	0	1.000	1	Boise State 1 (1–0)
MAC	1	1	0	1	.000	1	Western Michigan 1 (0–1)
Conference USA	1	1	0	1	.000	1	Liberty 1 (0–1)

Sun Belt Conference has never appeared in the New Year's Six.
* In 2020, Notre Dame played as part of the ACC due to COVID-19

College Football Playoff appearances and performances

College Football Playoff performance

School	Conference (as of 2023)	#	CG	CH	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
School	Conference (as of 2023)
Alabama	SEC	8	6	3	SF	CH	RU	CH	RU		CH	RU		SF
Clemson	ACC	6	4	2		RU	CH	SF	CH	RU	SF
Georgia	SEC	3	3	2				RU				CH	CH
Ohio State	Big Ten	5	2	1	CH		SF			SF	RU		SF
Michigan	Big Ten	3	1	1								SF	SF	CH
LSU	SEC	1	1	1						CH
Washington	Pac-12	2	1	-			SF							RU
Oregon	Pac-12	1	1	-	RU
TCU	Big 12	1	1	-									RU
Oklahoma	Big 12	4	-	-		SF		SF	SF	SF
Notre Dame	Independent	2	-	-					SF		SF
Florida State	ACC	1	-	-	SF
Michigan State	Big Ten	1	-	-		SF
Cincinnati	Big 12	1	-	-								SF
Texas	Big 12	1	-	-										SF

Note: Notre Dame was a member of the ACC in 2020 (Due to COVID-19). Cincinnati was a member of the American in 2021.

KEY
CH	National Champion
RU	Lost in CFP Championship Game
SF	Lost in CFP Semifinals

College Football Playoff National Championship appearances

College Football Playoff National Championship appearances by team

Appearances	Team	Wins	Losses	Win %	Season(s) won	Season(s) lost
6	Alabama	3	3	50	2015, 2017, 2020	2016, 2018, 2021
4	Clemson	2	2	50	2016, 2018	2015, 2019
3	Georgia	2	1	67	2021, 2022	2017
2	Ohio State	1	1	50	2014	2020
1	LSU	1	0	100	2019
1	Michigan	1	0	100	2023
1	Oregon	0	1	0		2014
1	TCU	0	1	0		2022
1	Washington	0	1	0		2023

College Football Playoff National Championship appearances by conference

Conference	Appearances	Wins	Losses	Win %	# Teams	Team(s)	Title seasons
SEC	10	6	4	60^[a]	3	Alabama 6 (3–3) Georgia 3 (2–1) LSU 1 (1–0)	2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
ACC	4	2	2	50	1	Clemson 4 (2–2)	2016, 2018
Big Ten	3	2	1	67	2	Ohio State 2 (1–1) Michigan 1 (1–0)	2014, 2023
Pac-12	2	0	2	0	2	Oregon 1 (0–1) Washington 1 (0–1)
Big 12	1	0	1	0	1	TCU 1 (0–1)

^ The 2017 and 2021 championship games featured SEC teams Alabama and Georgia. The SEC has a record of 4–2 (.667) in championship games against other conferences.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Staff reports (July 22, 2013). "Sources: 'New Year's Six' likely the working title for College Football Playoff's six bowl games". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
^ "College Football Playoff to expand to 12 teams starting with the 2024 season". NCAA.com. 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Stewart Mandel (12 November 2012). "Stewart Mandel: Big East, rest of 'Group of Five' score victory with six-bowl decision". SI.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
^ Thamel, Pete (2022-12-01). "Source: Rose Bowl allows for 12-team CFP in '24". ESPN. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c McMann, Aaron (November 30, 2018). "Michigan's bowl destination hinges on Ohio State and the playoff". Flint Journal. MLive Media Group. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
^ Daily Press (15 November 2012). "Teel Time: ACC, Orange Bowl announce ties with SEC, Big Ten, Notre Dame, ESPN". dailypress.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
^ "2019-2020 College Football Playoff, New Year's Six, Bowl Schedule, Conference Matchups". CollegeFootballNews.com. January 14, 2019. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
^ "86th Capital One Orange Bowl now Scheduled for Primetime". orangebowl.org (Press release). May 13, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
^ "College Football Bowl Schedule 2020". fbschedules.com. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
^ Sallee, Barrett (May 2, 2023). "College Football Playoff schedule, dates set for 2024, 2025 seasons with field expanding to 12 teams". CBS Sports. Retrieved January 9, 2024.

[11] The 2017 and 2021 championship games featured SEC teams Alabama and Georgia. The SEC has a record of 4–2 (.667) in championship games against other conferences.

[ny6-1] Staff reports (July 22, 2013). "Sources: 'New Year's Six' likely the working title for College Football Playoff's six bowl games". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved July 26, 2013.

[n361-2] "College Football Playoff to expand to 12 teams starting with the 2024 season". NCAA.com. 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2024-11-27.

[si-3] Stewart Mandel (12 November 2012). "Stewart Mandel: Big East, rest of 'Group of Five' score victory with six-bowl decision". SI.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

[4] Thamel, Pete (2022-12-01). "Source: Rose Bowl allows for 12-team CFP in '24". ESPN. Retrieved 2022-12-01.

[fj-5] McMann, Aaron (November 30, 2018). "Michigan's bowl destination hinges on Ohio State and the playoff". Flint Journal. MLive Media Group. Retrieved December 4, 2018.

[6] Daily Press (15 November 2012). "Teel Time: ACC, Orange Bowl announce ties with SEC, Big Ten, Notre Dame, ESPN". dailypress.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015.

[7] "2019-2020 College Football Playoff, New Year's Six, Bowl Schedule, Conference Matchups". CollegeFootballNews.com. January 14, 2019. Retrieved April 13, 2019.

[8] "86th Capital One Orange Bowl now Scheduled for Primetime". orangebowl.org (Press release). May 13, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.

[9] "College Football Bowl Schedule 2020". fbschedules.com. Retrieved October 22, 2020.

[10] Sallee, Barrett (May 2, 2023). "College Football Playoff schedule, dates set for 2024, 2025 seasons with field expanding to 12 teams". CBS Sports. Retrieved January 9, 2024.

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v t e College Football Playoff
Overview	New Year's Six College Football Playoff National Championship
Games	2014 (Rose Bowl Sugar Bowl National Championship) 2015 (Orange Bowl Cotton Bowl Classic National Championship) 2016 (Peach Bowl Fiesta Bowl National Championship) 2017 (Rose Bowl Sugar Bowl National Championship) 2018 (Orange Bowl Cotton Bowl Classic National Championship) 2019 (Peach Bowl Fiesta Bowl National Championship) 2020 (Rose Bowl Sugar Bowl National Championship) 2021 (Orange Bowl Cotton Bowl Classic National Championship) 2022 (Peach Bowl Fiesta Bowl National Championship) 2023 (Rose Bowl Sugar Bowl National Championship) 2024 (Fiesta Bowl Peach Bowl Rose Bowl Sugar Bowl Orange Bowl Cotton Bowl Classic National Championship)
Other	List of College Football Playoff games CFP National Championship Trophy NCAA Division I FBS champions Mythical national championship Power Four conferences
Championship games for each season are played in January, as well as the Rose Bowl semifinal and the Sugar Bowl semifinal

v t e Systems used to determine college football national championships
NCAA Division I-A/FBS	Various polling systems (1869–present) Bowl Coalition (1992–1994) Bowl Alliance (1995–1997) Bowl Championship Series (1998–2013) College Football Playoff (2014–present)
NCAA Division I-AA/FCS	NCAA Division I Football Championship (1978–present)
NCAA Division II	NCAA Division II Football Championship (1973–present)
NCAA Division III	NCAA Division III Football Championship (1973–present)
NAIA	NAIA Football National Championship (1956–present) NAIA Division II Football National Championship (1970–1996)
NJCAA	NJCAA National Football Championship (1956–present)
Additional systems	Black college football national championship (1920–present) UPI small college football rankings (1958–1974) AP small college football rankings (1960–1974) NCCAA Victory Bowl (1997–present)

v t e NCAA Division I FBS bowl games
College Football Playoff	Championship Game Cotton Fiesta Orange Peach Rose Sugar
Other bowl games	68 Ventures Alamo Arizona Armed Forces Bahamas Birmingham Boca Raton Citrus Cure Duke's Mayo Famous Idaho Potato Fenway First Responder Frisco GameAbove Sports Gasparilla Gator Hawaii Holiday Independence LA Las Vegas Liberty Military Music City Myrtle Beach New Mexico New Orleans Pinstripe Pop-Tarts Rate ReliaQuest Salute to Veterans Sun Texas
All-Star games	East–West Shrine Bowl HBCU Legacy Bowl Hula Bowl Senior Bowl Tropical Bowl

v t e Rose Bowl Game
History & conference tie-ins	History Rose Bowl (stadium) College Football Playoff Broadcasters Big Ten Conference Pac-12 Conference
Games	1902 1903–1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942^DUR 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002^BCS 2003 2004 2005 2006^BCS 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015^CFS 2016 2017 2018^CFS 2019 2020 2021^{CFS, DAL} 2022 2023 2024^CFS 2025^CFQ 2026^CFQ
^BCS denotes Bowl Championship Series Championship Game ^DAL denotes the game was played in Arlington, Texas. ^DUR denotes the game was played in Durham, North Carolina. ^CFS denotes College Football Playoff Semifinal Game ^CFQ denotes College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Game

v t e Sugar Bowl
History & conference tie-ins	History Tulane Stadium Georgia Dome Caesars Superdome College Football Playoff Southeastern Conference Big 12 Conference
Games	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 (Jan) 1972 (Dec) 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 (Jan) 1995 (Dec) 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 (Jan) 2022 (Dec) 2024 2025
Notes	The 2006 game took place in Atlanta, Georgia due to Hurricane Katrina. The game was also the national title game for either the Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series in 1993, 1997, 2000, and 2004. There was a Sugar Bowl in January and December in 1972, 1995 and 2022. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its 2015, 2018, 2021, and 2024 editions.