Boise State rises while a surging Arizona State throws a wrinkle in the picture.
If you came of age during the late 2000s and early 2010s—the heyday of the BCS and the spread revolution—there is something comforting about seeingEntering Saturday, the Broncos were already poised to become the second Group of Five team to appear in the College Football Playoff. With—is holding down both the Big 12's and the Pac-12's residual Alamo Bowl slot at the moment, forcing the Sun Devils to play an unusual, unlikely opponent.
Here's our view of the bowl picture as it stands based on the AP Poll and College Football Reference'sTexas State among teams who only overlapped in a particular conference for one year; the Hilltoppers won the two teams' only Sun Belt matchup 38–7 in 2013... have played seven times but never in a bowl game; in every matchup but one the Cornhuskers were ranked 12th or higher... have a bowl matchup in them, the fact that the Ducks won their Sept. 7 matchup 37–34 is worth noting.Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated.
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