Six-Year Relationships set to begin following the 2014 regular season.
GREENSBORO, NC – Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford announced Wednesday partnerships with five football bowl games which will be effective for the six years of postseason play following the 2014 through 2019 seasons.
The partnerships are in addition to what the Conference previously announced, * and have the ACC providing a team in each of the six years to the
The Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman
The AdvoCare V100 Bowl
A new bowl game in Detroit, Mich., hosted by the Detroit Lions Football Club
The Beef ‘O’Brady’s Bowl in St. Petersburg, Fla.
The Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl games in those seasons when the games are scheduled to be played after Christmas.
The Birmingham Bowl will be a second conditional bowl for the ACC, if it has an available team beyond the Beef ‘O’Brady’s Bowl choice. The ACC is the first conditional choice of the Birmingham Bowl, should either of that bowl’s primary partners not have an eligible team.
“It’s very satisfying to finalize our future ACC bowl partnerships that collectively provide great flexibility, matchups and depth for our 15 member schools,” said ACC Commissioner John Swofford. “We are pleased to continue our relationship with the Military and AdvoCare V100 Bowls while beginning new ones with the new bowl game in Detroit, hosted by the Detroit Lions; the Beef ‘O’Brady’s bowl game and Birmingham
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* - As in the past, the ACC champion will continue to be committed to the Orange Bowl in Miami – unless it qualifies for the four-team national championship playoff.
During those years in which the Orange Bowl plays host to a semifinal playoff game, the ACC champ will go to either the Fiesta or Chick-fil-A bowls.
From there, new bowl lineup gets a little complicated:
The Russell Athletic Bowl will have the first selection of ACC teams after the Orange Bowl and the playoff. As part of that agreement, an ACC team will also play in the Capital One Bowl whenever the Orange Bowl hosts a Big Ten team to play the ACC champion.
The next four teams in the pecking order will go to the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Tex., Belk Bowl in Charlotte, the Pinstripe Bowl in New York and (on a rotating basis) either Music City or Gator bowls.
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