Saturday, December 11, 2021

2021-2022 College Bowl Games

It has been an exciting year in college football. Across the country, most stadiums saw very large crowds of enthusiastic students and other fans, seemingly none too concerned about the coronavirus. In Illinois, the one team to make a Bowl game this season are the MAC Champion Northern Illinois Huskies. This is quite an accomplishment for my alma mater. Last season, in an abbreviated campaign, they failed to win a single game. This year, they had several last minute wins and once again won a conference championship. All of this is very impressive for a team with many freshmen. Their reward though is playing next week in a pretty minor Bowl game in which they will be underdogs. 

Hopefully, all of these Division I games will be exciting. I do not have a tremendous rooting interest in most games but I will "pick a team" in each case that I suppose I prefer to win and they will be named in bold. The rankings are the official CFP final ones.

1. Bahamas Bowl
Nassau, The Bahamas
 
Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders vs. Toledo Rockets
 
2. Cure Bowl
Orlando, FL
 
Northern Illinois Huskies vs. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
 
3.  Boca Raton Bowl
Boca Raton, FL

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs. Appalachian State Mountaineers
 
4.  New Mexico Bowl
Albuquerque, NM
 
Texas at El Paso Miners vs. California State, Fresno Bulldogs
 
5.  Independence Bowl
Shreveport, LA

Alabama at Birmingham Blazers vs. # 13 Brigham Young Cougars

6. LendingTree Bowl
Mobile, AL

Eastern Michigan Eagles vs. Liberty Flames

7. LA Bowl
Inglewood, CA

Utah State Aggies vs. Oregon State Beavers

8. New Orleans Bowl
New Orleans, LA

# 23 Louisiana at Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns vs. Marshall Thundering Herd
 
9. Myrtle Beach Bowl
Conway, SC

Old Dominion Monarchs vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane

10. Potato Bowl
Boise, ID

Kent State Golden Flashes vs. Wyoming Cowboys

11. Frisco Bowl
Frisco, TX

Texas at San Antonio Roadrunners vs. #24 San Diego State Aztecs

12. Armed Forces Bowl
Fort Worth, TX

Missouri Tigers vs. United States Military Academy West Point Black Knights
 
13. Frisco Football Classic
Frisco, TX
 
North Texas Mean Green vs. Miami RedHawks

14. Gasparilla Bowl
Tampa, FL

Central Florida Knights vs. Florida Gators

15. Hawai'i Bowl
Honolulu, HI

Memphis Tigers vs. Hawai'i at Manoa Rainbow Warriors

16. Camellia Bowl
Montgomery, AL

Georgia State Panthers vs. Ball State Cardinals

17. Quick Lane Bowl
Detroit, MI

Western Michigan Broncos vs. Nevada, Reno Wolf Pack

18. Military Bowl
Annapolis, MD

Boston College Eagles vs. East Carolina Pirates

19. Birmingham Bowl
Birmingham, AL

# 20 Houston Cougars vs. Auburn Tigers

20. First Responder Bowl
University Park, TX

United States Air Force Academy Falcons vs. Louisville Cardinals

21. Liberty Bowl
Memphis, TN

Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science Bulldogs vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders

22. Holiday Bowl
San Diego, CA

California, Los Angeles Bruins vs. # 18 North Carolina State Wolfpack

23. Guaranteed Rate Bowl
Phoenix, AZ

West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Minnesota, Twin Cities Golden Gophers

24. Fenway Bowl
Boston, MA

Southern Methodist Mustangs vs. Virginia Cavaliers

25. Pinstripe Bowl
New York, NY

Maryland, College Park Terrapins vs. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Hokies

26. Cheez-It Bowl
Orlando, FL

# 19 Clemson Tigers vs. Iowa State University of Science and Technology Cyclones

27. Alamo Bowl
San Antonio, TX

# 14 Oregon Ducks vs. # 16 Oklahoma Sooners

28. Mayo Bowl
Charlotte, NC

North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels vs. South Carolina Gamecocks

29. Music City Bowl
Nashville, TN

Tennessee, Knoxville Volunteers vs. Purdue Boilermakers

30. Peach Bowl
Atlanta, GA

# 10 Michigan State Spartans vs. # 12 Pittsburgh Panthers

31. Las Vegas Bowl
Paradise, NV

Wisconsin-Madison Badgers vs. Arizona State Sun Devils

32. Gator Bowl
Jacksonville, FL

 # 17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs.  # 25 Texas A&M Aggies Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Scarlet Knights

33. Arizona Bowl
Tucson, AZ
 
Central Michigan Chippewas vs. Boise State Broncos
 
34. Sun Bowl
El Paso, TX

Washington State Cougars vs. Miami Hurricanes Central Michigan Chippewas

35. Cotton Bowl
Arlington, TX

# 4 Cincinnati Bearcats vs. # 1 Alabama Crimson Tide

36. Orange Bowl
Miami Gardens, FL

# 3 Georgia Bulldogs vs. # 2 Michigan Wolverines

37. Outback Bowl
Tampa, FL

Pennsylvania State Nittany Lions vs. # 21 Arkansas Razorbacks

38. Citrus Bowl
Orlando, FL

# 15 Iowa Hawkeyes vs. # 22 Kentucky Wildcats

39. Fiesta Bowl
Glendale, AZ

# 5 Notre Dame du Lac Fighting Irish vs. # 9 Oklahoma State Cowboys

40. Rose Bowl
Pasadena, CA

# 6 Ohio State Buckeyes vs. # 11 Utah Utes

41. Sugar Bowl
New Orleans, LA

# 8 Mississippi Rebels vs. # 7 Baylor Bears

42. Texas Bowl
Houston, TX

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Tigers vs. Kansas State Wildcats
 
43. National Championship
Indianapolis, IN

Cotton Bowl winner vs. Orange Bowl winner

# 4 Cincinnati over # 2 Michigan
# 4 Cincinnati over  # 3 Georgia
# 3 Georgia over # 1 Alabama
# 2 Michigan over # 1 Alabama


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