The Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl is in the final year of six-year contracts with the ACC and the Pac-12 conferences. The current selection order for each conference is:
The ACC and its bowl partners will select teams based on several factors, including avoiding repeat appearances and matchups, regular-season win-loss records, and geographic proximity.
College Football Playoff
San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl (San Diego, California)
Pop Tarts Bowl (Orlando, Florida)
TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, Florida)
Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl (New York City)
Duke’s Mayo Bowl Game (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl (El Paso, Texas)
Fenway Bowl (Boston, Massachusetts)
Go Bowling Military Bowl (Annapolis, Maryland)
Birmingham Bowl (Birmingham, Alabama)
Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl (Tampa Bay, Florida)
Due to the reshaping of the Pac-12 conference membership during the final two years of the current bowl partnerships, all stakeholders agreed that the former Pac-12 programs, referred to as “Pac-12 legacy schools,” along with Oregon State and Washington State, would continue to participate in Pac-12 bowl games until the new bowl contracts commence in 2026.
Valero Alamo Bowl (San Antonio, Texas)
Direct TV Holiday Bowl (San Diego, California)
SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl (El Paso, Texas)
Art of Sport LA Bowl Hosted by Gronk (Los Angeles, California)
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl (Shreveport, Louisiana)
