The matchup for the 45th annual DirecTV Holiday Bowl will be officially announced Sunday morning
, although the picture could be pretty clear after Saturday’s conference championship games in the ACC and Big 12.
In the ACC, the Holiday Bowl, Gator Bowl and Pop-Tarts Bowl all submit their top three choices. If all three bowls select different schools as their top pick, then they get that team. If there is overlap, then the conference and bowls work things out.The CFP rankings include five ACC teams. No. 4 Notre Dame , which is aligned with the conference for bowl purposes, is among them. The others are No. 8 SMU , No. 12 Miami , No. 17 Clemson and No. 22 Syracuse .
If SMU wins the ACC title, then the Pop-Tarts Bowl is expected to take Miami and the Holiday Bowl gets Clemson. The Tigers are not an option for the Gator Bowl because they played there last year. If the Mustangs are not part of the playoff field, then the Pop-Tarts Bowl would take either SMU or Miami and the Holiday Bowl would take the team not selected.The teams in the Holiday Bowl’s sights are No. 16 Arizona State, No. 23 Colorado and Washington State .
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