Whelp.
Them birds are now CUSA champs.
I know the bowls have moved around a bit. What bowl does CUSA champ go to?
The college football bowl schedule will be largely announced on Sunday, with the College Football Playoff and New Year's Six bowl games going first.
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Conference USA
The bowls have no selection order; teams are selected based on
proximity, matchups and other factors.
- Bahamas Bowl vs. MAC
- Independence Bowl vs. BYU or At-large
- New Mexico Bowl vs. Mountain West
- New Orleans Bowl vs. Sun Belt
C-USA can also slot teams into these bowls:
- Myrtle Beach Bowl vs. AAC, MAC or Sun Belt
- Boca Raton Bowl vs. At-large
- First Responder Bowl vs. At-large
- Birmingham Bowl vs. SEC or AAC
- Cure Bowl vs. At-large
- Frisco Bowl vs. At-Large
- Gasparilla Bowl vs. ACC, AAC or SEC
- Armed Forces Bowl vs. Big 12, PAC-12 or Army
- Fenway Bowl vs. AAC or ACC
- Camellia Bowl vs. MAC or Sun Belt
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Sun Belt
Bowl tie-ins have gotten more complicated to explain over the last decade, and the Sun Belt may be the hardest to follow.
ESPN Events will get the Nos. 1, 3 and 4 picks of Sun Belt teams. Those teams will go to one of these bowls:
- Myrtle Beach Bowl vs. MAC or Sun Belt
- Boca Raton Bowl vs. At-large
- First Responder Bowl vs. ACC, Big 12 or PAC-12
- Cure Bowl vs. At-large
- Frisco Bowl vs. At-Large
- Camellia Bowl vs. C-USA or MAC
- Idaho Potato Bowl vs. MAC or Mountain West
- New Mexico Bowl vs. C-USA or Mountain West
The Nos. 2 and 5 selections will be made by these bowls
2.
New Orleans Bowl vs. Conference USA
5.
LendingTree Bowl vs. MAC